Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $154.77/cwt on 1,862 head.

Average price

$154.77

1,862 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$7.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	155.20	926	1,756
Medium and Large 1-2	529	147.68	781	106

One grade step is worth $7.52/cwt here — about $145 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 sale1,862 hd

154.77

—

NE average10 barns · 12,533 hd

159.01

−4.24

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

55 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	—	528	166.31/cwt	162.00–170.75	878	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	137.11/cwt	137.00–137.50	1,050	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	481	149.32/cwt	148.00–151.00	718	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	175.71/cwt	174.50–179.00	840	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	136.02/cwt	132.75–137.35	1,196	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	159.97/cwt	159.00–161.00	689	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	371	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	683	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	151.50/cwt	148.00–153.75	954	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	521	141.70/cwt	137.50–143.00	738	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	188.22/cwt	187.00–192.50	713	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	416	155.75/cwt	154.75–156.00	648	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	151.05/cwt	146.50–155.00	1,008	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	150.48/cwt	147.50–152.50	802	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	579	150.76/cwt	149.50–152.00	873	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	365	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	599	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	634	143.66/cwt	140.00–144.50	911	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	144.26/cwt	143.50–144.75	1,013	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	516	157.00/cwt	152.50–159.00	810	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,081	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,241	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	946	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,173	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	747	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	129.99/cwt	129.50–131.00	1,066	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	965	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	524	169.70/cwt	169.00–170.00	889	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	579	158.89/cwt	155.00–165.00	920	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	837	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	142.15/cwt	135.00–144.50	623	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	151.30/cwt	145.00–156.00	726	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	600	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	571	145.70/cwt	144.00–148.00	832	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	782	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	491	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	783	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.50	733	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	139.37/cwt	136.00–140.00	676	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	613	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	760	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	505	156.99/cwt	155.50–158.00	793	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	861	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	429	169.73/cwt	167.00–170.25	728	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	845	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,173	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	140.27/cwt	136.50–142.50	809	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	156.67/cwt	153.00–161.25	888	367
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	954	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.68/cwt	133.00–139.50	841	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,127	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	666	141.44/cwt	137.50–143.75	942	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	179.24/cwt	177.00–185.50	785	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	472	167.27/cwt	165.00–169.00	790	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	753	12

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 3,611Last week 1,835Year ago 2,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	528	162.00–170.75	166.31
75	—	478	174.50–179.00	175.71
185	—	630	148.00–153.75	151.50
30	—	379	187.00–192.50	188.22
196	—	667	146.50–155.00	151.05
81	—	702	143.50–144.75	144.26
35	—	756	143.00	143.00
367	—	567	153.00–161.25	156.67
89	—	438	177.00–185.50	179.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	879	132.75–137.35	136.02
5	—	493	161.00	161.00
11	—	946	124.00	124.00
5	—	747	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	371	184.00	184.00
51	—	579	149.50–152.00	150.76
152	—	634	140.00–144.50	143.66
87	—	516	152.50–159.00	157.00
132	—	666	137.50–143.75	141.44
42	—	472	165.00–169.00	167.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	619	135.25	135.25
32	—	480	145.00–156.00	151.30
7	—	331	176.00	176.00
8	—	352	177.00	177.00
9	—	524	145.00	145.00
12	—	650	132.50	132.50
14	—	585	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	766	137.00–137.50	137.11
10	—	431	159.00–161.00	159.97
143	—	533	147.50–152.50	150.48
61	—	962	129.00	129.00
5	—	337	182.00	182.00
10	—	352	174.25	174.25
55	—	892	131.50	131.50
158	—	577	136.50–142.50	140.27
50	—	689	138.50	138.50
155	—	620	133.00–139.50	135.68
26	—	832	135.50	135.50
12	—	483	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	481	148.00–151.00	149.32
39	—	521	137.50–143.00	141.70
27	—	416	154.75–156.00	155.75
26	—	365	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	820	129.50–131.00	129.99
5	—	965	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	524	169.00–170.00	169.70
80	—	579	155.00–165.00	158.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	438	135.00–144.50	142.15
12	—	380	158.00	158.00
8	—	631	124.00	124.00
47	—	555	130.00–134.50	132.02
81	—	485	136.00–140.00	139.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	571	144.00–148.00	145.70
17	—	491	159.50	159.50
25	—	505	155.50–158.00	156.99
41	—	429	167.00–170.25	169.73

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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