Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.80/cwt on 627 head.

Average price

$125.80

627 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$933

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$6.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	743	125.91	935	616
Medium and Large 1-2	676	119.74	809	11thin

One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about $126 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 sale627 hd

125.80

—

NE average4 barns · 3,786 hd

134.61

−8.80

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

16 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	—	726	129.78/cwt	129.75–130.00	942	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	102.25/cwt	102.25–102.25	1,051	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	129.35/cwt	129.35–129.35	903	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	143.36/cwt	143.00–144.00	747	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	122.28/cwt	117.35–123.00	994	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	807	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	768	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	134.84/cwt	134.75–135.00	821	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	119.74/cwt	118.75–121.00	809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	971	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	928	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	807	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	126.40/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,019	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	956	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	923	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	152.38/cwt	149.50–156.00	957	16

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 26, 2020

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

Receipts 788Last week 726Year ago 0

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd 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
106	—	726	129.75–130.00	129.78
15	—	1,028	102.25	102.25
123	—	698	129.35	129.35
23	—	521	143.00–144.00	143.36
154	—	813	117.35–123.00	122.28
27	—	564	143.00	143.00
39	—	609	134.75–135.00	134.84
39	—	916	106.00	106.00
82	—	767	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	582	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	676	118.75–121.00	119.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	456	177.00	177.00
20	—	806	126.00–127.00	126.40
27	—	695	137.50	137.50
16	—	628	149.50–156.00	152.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	157.50	157.50

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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