Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder sale last week a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to active from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.76/cwt on 976 head.

Average price

$138.76

976 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$289

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

$2.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.20

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	438	140.78	617	90
Medium and Large 1	654	138.55	906	886

One grade step is worth $2.23/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale976 hd

138.76

—

NE average8 barns · 7,429 hd

143.96

−5.20

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

43 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	—	780	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	800	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	880	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	141.73/cwt	140.00–145.00	740	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	136.48/cwt	134.00–141.00	854	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	769	153.07/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,177	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	566	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	487	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	623	128.27/cwt	125.00–130.00	799	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	124.86/cwt	124.50–125.25	849	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	136.85/cwt	135.00–140.00	790	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	746	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,141	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	556	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	865	105.10/cwt	105.10–105.10	909	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	158.24/cwt	155.75–160.00	744	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	155.42/cwt	154.00–160.00	684	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	657	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	907	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	481	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	794	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	959	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	160.47/cwt	157.00–163.00	907	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	168.43/cwt	163.00–170.00	915	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	814	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	354	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	630	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	758	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	887	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	128.33/cwt	127.50–132.50	885	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,079	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	975	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	124.18/cwt	120.00–124.85	972	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	591	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	800	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	868	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	977	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,008	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	701	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	136.50/cwt	130.00–137.75	966	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	845	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	886	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	763	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	806	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	854	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	489	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	814	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	632	10

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 Mar 13, 2020

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

Receipts 1,790Last week 2,394Year ago 0

No feeder sale last week a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to active 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
27	—	780	102.50	102.50
7	—	487	144.00	144.00
77	—	623	125.00–130.00	128.27
60	—	865	105.10	105.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	730	120.50	120.50
59	—	522	140.00–145.00	141.73
108	—	626	134.00–141.00	136.48
43	—	680	124.50–125.25	124.86
91	—	577	135.00–140.00	136.85
32	—	470	155.75–160.00	158.24
69	—	440	154.00–160.00	155.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	769	140.00–161.00	153.07
109	—	746	153.00	153.00
73	—	657	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	667	115.00	115.00
5	—	715	110.00	110.00
50	—	381	146.00	146.00
5	—	604	110.00	110.00
10	—	436	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	365	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	481	165.00	165.00
11	—	758	117.00	117.00
82	—	690	127.50–132.50	128.33
7	—	705	113.50	113.50
40	—	868	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	827	116.00	116.00
21	—	565	157.00–163.00	160.47
48	—	543	163.00–170.00	168.43
88	—	456	178.50	178.50
11	—	972	111.00	111.00
40	—	602	162.00	162.00
87	—	783	120.00–124.85	124.18
8	—	1,008	100.00	100.00
27	—	385	182.00	182.00
72	—	708	130.00–137.75	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	354	178.00	178.00
7	—	591	144.00	144.00
33	—	489	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	140.00	140.00
5	—	738	120.00	120.00
24	—	806	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	681	112.00	112.00

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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