Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 800-850 lbs sold 3.00 lower, heifers under 800 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 lower and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to firm. Demand was light to moderate from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.45/cwt on 849 head.

Average price

$138.45

849 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$3.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	807	138.89	1,121	749
Medium and Large 1-2	671	135.22	907	100

One grade step is worth $3.67/cwt here — about $214 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 sale849 hd

138.45

—

NE average5 barns · 5,086 hd

139.35

−0.90

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

24 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 1-2Fleshy	—	751	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	999	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	692	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,041	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	707	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	997	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	148.08/cwt	147.25–149.00	945	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	142.46/cwt	142.35–143.25	1,172	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	141.88/cwt	140.00–143.00	961	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,028	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	146.50/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,031	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,074	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	135.30/cwt	135.25–135.50	1,100	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	826	139.52/cwt	135.00–141.75	1,152	456
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	906	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	727	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,036	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	940	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	776	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,308	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	134.89/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,178	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	867	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	137.56/cwt	137.00–138.50	970	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	133.38/cwt	133.00–135.00	974	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	131.90/cwt	131.50–133.00	1,257	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	135.22/cwt	135.00–137.00	907	100

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 Sep 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,211Last week 2,020Year ago 2,472

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	751	133.00	133.00
13	—	707	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	692	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	638	147.25–149.00	148.08
13	—	677	140.00–143.00	141.88
10	—	704	145.00–148.00	146.50
6	—	750	143.00	143.00
5	—	573	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	823	142.35–143.25	142.46
16	—	660	155.75	155.75
5	—	1,074	129.75	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	813	135.25–135.50	135.30
20	—	623	145.50	145.50
17	—	655	143.50	143.50
15	—	1,014	129.00	129.00
43	—	873	134.50–136.00	134.89
12	—	592	146.50	146.50
36	—	705	137.00–138.50	137.56
34	—	953	131.50–133.00	131.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
456	—	826	135.00–141.75	139.52
59	—	727	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	730	133.00–135.00	133.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	671	135.00–137.00	135.22

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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