Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last year receipts were 3484.

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $120.67/cwt on 723 head.

Average price

$120.67

723 head · 768 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$226

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

$21.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.51

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	514	139.74	718	73
Medium and Large 1	796	118.52	944	650

One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale723 hd

120.67

—

NE average8 barns · 10,521 hd

137.18

−16.51

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

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	139.88/cwt	135.50–143.00	719	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	509	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	656	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	433	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	819	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	106.35/cwt	106.35–106.35	919	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	635	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	840	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	800	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	635	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	124.69/cwt	122.00–131.25	918	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	117.55/cwt	117.50–117.60	969	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	102.32/cwt	100.00–103.85	953	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	138.38/cwt	135.50–144.50	938	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	635	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	143.96/cwt	141.00–145.50	612	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	153.11/cwt	152.75–159.00	600	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	110.48/cwt	110.00–110.50	865	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	104.10/cwt	104.10–104.10	862	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	483	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	120.41/cwt	118.25–128.00	760	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	113.81/cwt	107.50–118.00	755	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	106.60/cwt	104.50–112.00	777	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	413	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	518	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	767	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	407	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	639	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	316	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	468	14

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 Apr 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,890Last week 1,790Year ago 0

Last year receipts were 3484.

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	514	135.50–143.00	139.88
41	—	318	160.00	160.00
48	—	418	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	130.50	130.50
8	—	352	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	876	93.50	93.50
12	—	452	150.00	150.00
13	—	520	147.00	147.00
88	—	392	152.75–159.00	153.11
113	—	783	110.00–110.50	110.48
44	—	828	104.10	104.10
55	—	300	161.00	161.00
60	—	631	118.25–128.00	120.41
64	—	663	107.50–118.00	113.81
184	—	729	104.50–112.00	106.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	552	115.00	115.00
14	—	540	117.50	117.50
15	—	425	141.00–145.50	143.96
7	—	318	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	864	106.35	106.35
23	—	611	131.00	131.00
133	—	736	122.00–131.25	124.69
274	—	824	117.50–117.60	117.55
46	—	775	115.00	115.00
48	—	931	100.00–103.85	102.32
51	—	678	135.50–144.50	138.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	137.00	137.00
5	—	756	109.00	109.00
8	—	441	144.00	144.00
21	—	656	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	148.00	148.00
11	—	407	157.00	157.00
14	—	316	148.00	148.00

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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