Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.01/cwt on 919 head.

Average price

$157.01

919 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$10.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	157.44	930	880
Medium and Large 1-2	540	147.18	795	39

One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $136 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 sale919 hd

157.01

—

NE average9 barns · 10,889 hd

165.18

−8.17

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

29 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 1Full	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	445	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	696	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	494	149.42/cwt	148.00–150.00	738	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	587	141.21/cwt	139.00–143.75	829	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	357	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	176.15/cwt	172.00–179.50	854	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	155.49/cwt	154.00–156.75	737	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	148.45/cwt	144.75–152.50	781	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	164.93/cwt	161.00–166.00	835	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	159.48/cwt	156.00–164.00	922	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	141.31/cwt	139.25–142.00	1,006	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	153.70/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,039	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	628	146.98/cwt	145.50–147.75	923	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	144.11/cwt	144.00–144.50	1,055	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	570	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	861	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	142.56/cwt	141.75–142.75	888	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	666	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	540	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	400	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	696	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	677	142.25/cwt	139.00–145.00	963	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	477	167.94/cwt	167.50–169.00	801	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	736	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	572	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	154.81/cwt	151.00–158.25	954	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	146.27/cwt	145.75–147.00	841	138

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 13, 2020

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

Receipts 1,835Last week 1,510Year ago 3,003

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	610	134.00	134.00
25	—	445	156.50	156.50
31	—	494	148.00–150.00	149.42
105	—	587	139.00–143.75	141.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	474	154.00–156.75	155.49
150	—	526	144.75–152.50	148.45
177	—	712	139.25–142.00	141.31
27	—	623	141.75–142.75	142.56
24	—	411	162.00	162.00
7	—	390	167.50	167.50
138	—	575	145.75–147.00	146.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	188.00	188.00
65	—	628	145.50–147.75	146.98
10	—	570	151.00	151.00
20	—	400	174.00	174.00
45	—	677	139.00–145.00	142.25
48	—	477	167.50–169.00	167.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	485	172.00–179.50	176.15
122	—	506	161.00–166.00	164.93
206	—	578	156.00–164.00	159.48
117	—	676	150.00–154.50	153.70
53	—	732	144.00–144.50	144.11
155	—	616	151.00–158.25	154.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	143.00	143.00
5	—	437	161.00	161.00
5	—	665	136.00	136.00
11	—	472	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	572	138.00	138.00

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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