Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.83/cwt on 1,248 head.

Average price

$152.83

1,248 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$232

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

$14.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.29

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	499	166.45	830	82
Medium and Large 1	699	151.87	1,062	1,166

One grade step is worth $14.58/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale1,248 hd

152.83

—

NE average9 barns · 19,092 hd

161.12

−8.29

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

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	944	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	839	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,103	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	856	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,070	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	904	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	701	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	988	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	830	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,087	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	769	137.24/cwt	135.25–139.25	1,055	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	878	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,150	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	887	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	995	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,184	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	667	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	563	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	161.71/cwt	157.00–163.50	791	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	144.53/cwt	141.25–152.00	1,133	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	171.13/cwt	165.00–175.50	818	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,080	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	166.07/cwt	159.00–169.25	1,036	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	137.89/cwt	137.00–139.50	928	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	156.67/cwt	154.00–161.00	815	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	152.47/cwt	148.00–156.00	898	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	134.45/cwt	131.50–135.00	995	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	168.02/cwt	164.50–169.50	956	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	151.25/cwt	148.00–152.25	1,035	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	878	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	431	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	668	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	162.09/cwt	162.00–162.10	810	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	391	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	645	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	935	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	929	48

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 2,380Last week 2,860Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	629	150.00	150.00
23	—	701	141.00	141.00
23	—	830	131.00	131.00
82	—	769	135.25–139.25	137.24
13	—	878	131.00	131.00
23	—	541	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
326	—	784	141.25–152.00	144.53
73	—	706	153.00	153.00
141	—	624	159.00–169.25	166.07
86	—	569	164.50–169.50	168.02
312	—	684	148.00–152.25	151.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	675	143.00	143.00
35	—	478	165.00–175.50	171.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	391	167.00	167.00
8	—	523	164.00	164.00
9	—	645	145.00	145.00
19	—	445	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	534	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	839	131.50	131.50
9	—	592	141.00	141.00
11	—	856	125.00	125.00
214	—	638	141.75	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	758	131.25	131.25
11	—	911	130.00	130.00
18	—	489	157.00–163.50	161.71
23	—	625	150.00	150.00
65	—	673	137.00–139.50	137.89
84	—	520	154.00–161.00	156.67
123	—	589	148.00–156.00	152.47
215	—	740	131.50–135.00	134.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	417	160.00	160.00
12	—	343	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	525	167.25	167.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	431	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	500	162.00–162.10	162.09

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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