Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 550-650 lbs sold 5.00 lower and heifers 500-550 sold 5.00 higher with not enough comparable offerings in the other weight classes to establish a trend. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.81/cwt on 2,056 head.

Average price

$134.81

2,056 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$224

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

$5.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

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	543	140.73	764	22
Medium and Large 1	733	134.75	988	2,034

One grade step is worth $5.98/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale2,056 hd

134.81

—

NE average7 barns · 9,094 hd

139.57

−4.76

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

39 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	—	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	95.83/cwt	90.00–97.50	919	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	115.43/cwt	108.00–117.00	831	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	609	138.71/cwt	138.50–138.85	845	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	680	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	833	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	159.37/cwt	159.00–160.00	585	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.16/cwt	107.00–116.00	862	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	123.72/cwt	120.00–125.75	830	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	111.26/cwt	103.50–115.00	896	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	793	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	860	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	145.62/cwt	144.00–152.00	668	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	137.49/cwt	136.00–139.00	730	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,038	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	787	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	966	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,051	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	150.58/cwt	146.00–152.50	866	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	123.43/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,011	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	146.39/cwt	141.00–151.00	916	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	624	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,000	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	719	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	492	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	775	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	170.83/cwt	167.00–177.00	733	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	160.58/cwt	155.25–162.00	817	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	129.78/cwt	127.00–130.25	1,012	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	128.24/cwt	126.50–129.00	808	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	735	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	761	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	136.57/cwt	134.00–138.00	982	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	992	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	795	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,091	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	982	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	170.57/cwt	169.00–172.25	815	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	106.35/cwt	106.35–106.35	1,082	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	137.48/cwt	135.00–139.25	946	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	113.32/cwt	113.00–113.50	1,009	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	555	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	877	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	592	7

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 May 1, 2020

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

Receipts 3,445Last week 1,009Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	445	146.00	146.00
36	—	959	90.00–97.50	95.83
77	—	720	108.00–117.00	115.43
14	—	367	159.00–160.00	159.37
36	—	755	107.00–116.00	114.16
69	—	671	120.00–125.75	123.72
225	—	805	103.50–115.00	111.26
29	—	459	144.00–152.00	145.62
45	—	531	136.00–139.00	137.49
86	—	630	126.50–129.00	128.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	609	138.50–138.85	138.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	680	122.50	122.50
27	—	793	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	531	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	735	103.50	103.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,038	93.00	93.00
29	—	787	122.75	122.75
5	—	719	124.50	124.50
17	—	492	157.50	157.50
11	—	1,091	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	938	112.00	112.00
70	—	575	146.00–152.50	150.58
257	—	819	120.00–127.50	123.43
345	—	626	141.00–151.00	146.39
37	—	429	167.00–177.00	170.83
58	—	509	155.25–162.00	160.58
233	—	780	127.00–130.25	129.78
314	—	719	134.00–138.00	136.57
23	—	478	169.00–172.25	170.57
50	—	1,017	106.35	106.35
77	—	688	135.00–139.25	137.48
289	—	890	113.00–113.50	113.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	624	160.25	160.25
71	—	661	150.00	150.00
9	—	555	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	665	128.00	128.00
7	—	564	141.00	141.00
7	—	382	155.00	155.00

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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