Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 1.00-6.00 lower and heifers sold 1.00-4.00 lower on the comparable offerings. 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 $157.02/cwt on 1,157 head.

Average price

$157.02

1,157 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	157.02	1,037	1,157

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,157 hd

157.02

—

NE average8 barns · 7,036 hd

155.64

+1.38

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	586	136.92/cwt	136.00–140.00	802	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	780	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	957	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	536	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	772	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	453	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	854	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,068	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	817	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,062	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	440	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	967	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	955	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	843	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	125.62/cwt	125.00–126.60	1,016	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	814	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	158.11/cwt	157.00–159.00	778	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	141.62/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,049	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	175.66/cwt	172.25–176.50	956	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	185.64/cwt	185.50–186.00	915	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	148.20/cwt	145.75–150.50	1,014	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	164.31/cwt	160.00–165.10	1,020	108
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	425	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.18/cwt	130.00–136.00	902	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	133.22/cwt	133.00–134.00	962	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	137.37/cwt	134.50–138.10	1,159	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,104	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	137.35/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,037	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	192.49/cwt	187.00–193.00	830	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	717	136.22/cwt	136.00–136.25	977	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	622	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	908	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	425	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	693	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	422	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	781	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	527	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	891	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	555	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	964	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	44

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 Feb 28, 2020

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

Receipts 2,394Last week 4,743Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers sold 1.00-6.00 lower and heifers sold 1.00-4.00 lower on the comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	643	130.00	130.00
29	—	586	136.00–140.00	136.92
44	—	780	122.75	122.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	536	144.00	144.00
5	—	453	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	618	138.00	138.00
49	—	567	148.75	148.75
175	—	809	125.00–126.60	125.62
54	—	492	157.00–159.00	158.11
95	—	672	130.00–136.00	134.18
153	—	722	133.00–134.00	133.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	539	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	717	136.00–136.25	136.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	622	146.00	146.00
118	—	422	185.00	185.00
136	—	527	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	425	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	854	125.00	125.00
49	—	817	130.00	130.00
5	—	440	177.00	177.00
9	—	691	140.00	140.00
13	—	645	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	741	140.00–145.50	141.62
198	—	544	172.25–176.50	175.66
37	—	493	185.50–186.00	185.64
103	—	684	145.75–150.50	148.20
108	—	621	160.00–165.10	164.31
154	—	844	134.50–138.10	137.37
18	—	920	120.00	120.00
116	—	755	136.00–140.00	137.35
118	—	431	187.00–193.00	192.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	555	173.75	173.75
44	—	515	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	154.00	154.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	45.00	45.00

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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