Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold 1.00-6.00 lower. Heifers 550-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.33/cwt on 1,743 head.

Average price

$154.33

1,743 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$237

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$18.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.04

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	516	171.33	884	100
Medium and Large 1	731	153.29	1,121	1,643

One grade step is worth $18.04/cwt here — about −$237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,743 hd

154.33

—

NE average11 barns · 19,234 hd

164.37

−10.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	721	134.21/cwt	133.00–134.50	968	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	754	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,056	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	716	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,020	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	155.18/cwt	149.75–160.50	968	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	692	150.30/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,040	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	811	140.06/cwt	139.75–140.35	1,136	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	739	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,167	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	154.42/cwt	150.00–157.00	879	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	139.55/cwt	139.00–141.50	931	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	157.07/cwt	156.00–159.00	839	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	185.12/cwt	181.50–185.75	1,044	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	958	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	176.55/cwt	175.00–179.00	830	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	161.08/cwt	159.75–163.00	1,063	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	145.41/cwt	142.75–147.50	1,195	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	930	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	166.63/cwt	163.50–167.25	1,006	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	137.92/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,215	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	146.47/cwt	143.75–148.25	1,123	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,262	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,311	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	184.87/cwt	183.00–185.25	984	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	961	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	135.82/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,102	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	139.47/cwt	137.50–145.00	1,004	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	151.85/cwt	148.00–153.00	928	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	136.05/cwt	132.25–140.75	1,049	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	147.33/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,086	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	857	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	640	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	938	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	825	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,112	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	520	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	968	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	775	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	818	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	803	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	939	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	412	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	542	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,027	5

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Jan 24, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,860Last week 1,875Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	721	133.00–134.50	134.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	437	169.00	169.00
21	—	855	136.50	136.50
44	—	569	150.00–157.00	154.42
45	—	667	139.00–141.50	139.55
55	—	534	156.00–159.00	157.07
108	—	811	134.00–140.00	135.82
131	—	720	137.50–145.00	139.47
163	—	611	148.00–153.00	151.85
198	—	771	132.25–140.75	136.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	429	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	133.00	133.00
6	—	640	146.50	146.50
11	—	825	134.75	134.75
12	—	520	159.75	159.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	467	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	476	171.75	171.75
6	—	412	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	754	140.00	140.00
24	—	716	142.50	142.50
48	—	624	149.75–160.50	155.18
107	—	692	145.00–152.00	150.30
108	—	811	139.75–140.35	140.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	564	181.50–185.75	185.12
258	—	660	159.75–163.00	161.08
367	—	822	142.75–147.50	145.41
33	—	482	193.00	193.00
37	—	604	163.50–167.25	166.63
127	—	881	135.00–141.00	137.92
171	—	767	143.75–148.25	146.47
9	—	935	135.00	135.00
24	—	962	136.25	136.25
28	—	532	183.00–185.25	184.87
125	—	737	145.00–148.50	147.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	567	169.00	169.00
31	—	470	175.00–179.00	176.55
7	—	546	176.00	176.00
6	—	415	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	590	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	434	185.00	185.00
29	—	532	176.50	176.50
5	—	626	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	179.00	179.00
10	—	542	157.00	157.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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