Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.01/cwt on 494 head.

Average price

$114.01

494 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$266

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

$27.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.02

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	442	140.00	619	24
Medium and Large 1	785	112.68	885	470

One grade step is worth $27.32/cwt here — about −$266 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 sale494 hd

114.01

—

NE average4 barns · 2,146 hd

131.02

−17.02

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

19 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 1	—	588	139.70/cwt	138.00–142.00	821	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	106.26/cwt	104.00–107.50	804	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	814	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	116.10/cwt	111.75–118.50	825	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	619	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	815	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	132.15/cwt	130.00–133.00	699	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,019	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	953	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	155.80/cwt	153.00–157.50	896	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	159.98/cwt	154.00–164.00	832	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	990	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	106.25/cwt	106.25–106.25	1,098	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,044	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	151.85/cwt	145.00–154.00	964	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	798	11

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,009Last week 1,890Year ago 3,009

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	588	138.00–142.00	139.70
149	—	757	104.00–107.50	106.26
17	—	683	119.25	119.25
56	—	711	111.75–118.50	116.10
11	—	632	129.00	129.00
49	—	529	130.00–133.00	132.15
165	—	961	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	442	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	156.50	156.50
22	—	733	130.00	130.00
52	—	575	153.00–157.50	155.80
13	—	520	154.00–164.00	159.98
30	—	890	111.25	111.25
75	—	1,033	106.25	106.25
12	—	693	132.00	132.00
29	—	751	139.00	139.00
70	—	635	145.00–154.00	151.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	150.00	150.00
11	—	532	150.00	150.00

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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