Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower and heifers 450-700 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Offerings without fall shots given and or carrying a little flesh or fill sold at a discount. Demand was moderate to good with buyers being selective on their purchases.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.29/cwt on 751 head.

Average price

$139.29

751 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$305

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

$1.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.82

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	526	140.83	741	62
Medium and Large 1	752	139.15	1,046	689

One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale751 hd

139.29

—

NE average10 barns · 12,717 hd

143.11

−3.82

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

30 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 1Fleshy	—	614	145.85/cwt	145.00–146.50	896	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,066	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	164.66/cwt	164.00–165.50	639	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,037	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	868	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	157.92/cwt	155.25–163.00	681	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	176.16/cwt	175.00–177.00	743	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	149.68/cwt	149.50–150.00	1,096	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,165	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	155.45/cwt	153.50–157.00	889	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	173.31/cwt	172.00–175.00	832	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	159.04/cwt	158.50–159.25	1,011	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	769	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	158.33/cwt	157.00–160.00	853	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	144.58/cwt	144.00–146.00	986	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	881	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	883	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,170	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	913	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,230	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	151.95/cwt	147.00–154.75	720	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	129.92/cwt	129.75–130.25	1,223	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	134.16/cwt	131.50–138.50	770	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	671	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	923	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	566	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	826	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	645	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	958	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	139.93/cwt	137.00–142.00	740	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	143.00/cwt	141.50–144.00	669	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	163.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	770	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	884	32

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 Oct 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,570Last week 2,197Year ago 3,139

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	614	145.00–146.50	145.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	422	175.00–177.00	176.16
31	—	732	149.50–150.00	149.68
42	—	832	140.00	140.00
44	—	572	153.50–157.00	155.45
51	—	480	172.00–175.00	173.31
91	—	636	158.50–159.25	159.04
116	—	539	157.00–160.00	158.33
132	—	682	144.00–146.00	144.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	512	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	566	146.00	146.00
14	—	645	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	165.00	165.00
7	—	750	135.00	135.00
20	—	471	160.00–165.00	163.55
32	—	627	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	781	136.50	136.50
16	—	388	164.00–165.50	164.66
16	—	696	149.00	149.00
23	—	601	144.50	144.50
33	—	431	155.25–163.00	157.92
49	—	511	150.50	150.50
56	—	474	147.00–154.75	151.95
68	—	941	129.75–130.25	129.92
95	—	574	131.50–138.50	134.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	883	132.50	132.50
312	—	913	134.75	134.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	671	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	529	137.00–142.00	139.93
26	—	468	141.50–144.00	143.00

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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