Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend a trend is not applicable. 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 $133.69/cwt on 408 head.

Average price

$133.69

408 head · 823 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	823	133.69	1,100	408

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 sale408 hd

133.69

—

NE average4 barns · 2,056 hd

139.29

−5.59

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 1Unweaned	—	221	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,182	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	141	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	210	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,103	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	157	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	441	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	794	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	701	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,037	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,081	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,005	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	139.95/cwt	139.50–143.00	817	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	739	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	992	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	858	134.10/cwt	134.10–134.10	1,151	190

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 Jun 12, 2020

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

Receipts 726Last week 758Year ago 0

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend a trend is not applicable. 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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	221	535.00	535.00
7	—	141	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	584	139.50–143.00	139.95
12	—	475	155.50	155.50
9	—	673	123.00	123.00
121	—	900	110.25	110.25
6	—	735	115.00	115.00
6	—	364	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	540	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	210	525.00	525.00
5	—	157	385.00	385.00
5	—	328	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	590	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	441	180.00	180.00
46	—	701	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	893	121.00	121.00
21	—	570	155.00	155.00
12	—	785	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	858	134.10	134.10

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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