Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 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 $162.40/cwt on 878 head.

Average price

$162.40

878 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$19.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	164.61	893	776
Medium and Large 1-2	564	145.60	821	102

One grade step is worth $19.01/cwt here — about $72 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 sale878 hd

162.40

—

NE average11 barns · 15,661 hd

165.38

−2.99

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

34 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	—	726	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	995	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	758	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	728	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	559	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	769	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	790	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	539	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	825	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	144.51/cwt	143.00–145.00	773	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	546	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	857	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	147.07/cwt	145.75–148.00	827	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.06/cwt	155.00–157.00	741	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	757	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	999	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	176.52/cwt	175.00–178.00	810	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	160.69/cwt	160.50–161.00	683	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	443	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	481	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	164.36/cwt	163.00–165.00	863	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	484	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	777	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	407	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	773	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	316	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	367	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	646	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	157.62/cwt	154.50–158.75	977	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	154.63/cwt	153.00–158.00	888	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	897	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	611	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	984	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	505	176.50/cwt	175.00–176.75	891	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	323	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	649	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	948	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	144.68/cwt	135.00–148.00	829	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	767	6

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 Nov 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,510Last week 3,105Year ago 3,040

Compared to last week steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	726	137.00	137.00
25	—	539	153.00	153.00
10	—	757	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	546	157.00	157.00
8	—	443	174.00	174.00
10	—	481	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	459	175.00–178.00	176.52
54	—	525	163.00–165.00	164.36
115	—	620	154.50–158.75	157.62
180	—	574	153.00–158.00	154.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	407	190.00	190.00
40	—	611	161.00	161.00
122	—	505	175.00–176.75	176.50
24	—	323	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	602	149.00	149.00
13	—	495	147.50	147.50
71	—	573	135.00–148.00	144.68
6	—	527	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	715	132.75	132.75
26	—	677	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	455	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	148.50	148.50
27	—	559	137.50	137.50
5	—	790	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	535	143.00–145.00	144.51
90	—	562	145.75–148.00	147.07
100	—	475	155.00–157.00	156.06
18	—	425	160.50–161.00	160.69
11	—	609	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	545	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	484	160.50	160.50
5	—	316	177.00	177.00
20	—	367	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	666	128.50	128.50

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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