Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, heifers over 700 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Demand was 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 $131.67/cwt on 1,454 head.

Average price

$131.67

1,454 head · 940 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$552

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

$39.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.79

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	403	171.00	689	13thin
Medium and Large 1	945	131.32	1,241	1,441

One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about −$552 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 sale1,454 hd

131.67

—

NE average4 barns · 8,936 hd

142.46

−10.79

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	128.45/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,250	695
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	128.40/cwt	125.50–130.75	1,211	464
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,095	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	886	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	266	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	585	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	224	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	930	136.89/cwt	136.85–137.00	1,273	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	403	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	689	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	278	199.07/cwt	198.00–200.00	553	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,022	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	379	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	629	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	128.02/cwt	126.00–128.85	1,005	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	618	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	930	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	730	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,035	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	874	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,103	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	648	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	933	33

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 Jul 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,052Last week 788Year ago 1,604

Compared to two weeks ago, heifers over 700 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
695	—	973	127.50–130.00	128.45
464	—	943	125.50–130.75	128.40
12	—	786	139.25	139.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	886	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	266	220.00	220.00
9	—	224	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	930	136.85–137.00	136.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	403	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	278	198.00–200.00	199.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	701	145.75	145.75
86	—	785	126.00–128.85	128.02
23	—	697	133.50	133.50
8	—	579	140.50	140.50
6	—	845	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	379	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	391	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	730	141.75	141.75
52	—	874	126.25	126.25
33	—	648	144.00	144.00

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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