Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 400 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher and heifers 400-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $161.20/cwt on 535 head.

Average price

$161.20

535 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$25.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.12

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	164.70	957	462
Medium and Large 1-2	698	139.03	971	73

One grade step is worth $25.67/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale535 hd

161.20

—

NE average8 barns · 14,961 hd

166.31

−5.12

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

42 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	—	566	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	775	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	316	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	370	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	614	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	476	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	740	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	328	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	722	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	661	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	978	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	782	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	148.60/cwt	147.00–150.00	915	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	143.53/cwt	142.75–146.00	939	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	163.45/cwt	161.25–164.25	907	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	813	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	870	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,333	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	791	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	880	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	171.31/cwt	168.50–175.25	877	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,281	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	129.25/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,131	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	138.22/cwt	138.00–138.50	878	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	165.23/cwt	163.50–166.75	692	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	534	162.09/cwt	161.50–163.00	866	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,135	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	951	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	196.36/cwt	192.00–200.00	821	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	140.49/cwt	137.50–144.00	722	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	569	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	147.25/cwt	145.00–149.00	484	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	131.70/cwt	130.00–133.25	780	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	808	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	143.59/cwt	142.50–144.50	616	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	142.60/cwt	142.50–143.00	706	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,181	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	154.60/cwt	151.00–159.00	717	26

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 Dec 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,198Last week 3,611Year ago 2,141

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 400 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher and heifers 400-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	566	137.00	137.00
12	—	316	170.00	170.00
17	—	370	166.00	166.00
19	—	476	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	582	138.25	138.25
10	—	413	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	544	149.50	149.50
9	—	956	134.00	134.00
11	—	552	147.00	147.00
16	—	875	128.00–132.00	129.25
27	—	635	138.00–138.50	138.22
36	—	419	163.50–166.75	165.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	514	137.50–144.00	140.49
10	—	379	150.00	150.00
16	—	329	145.00–149.00	147.25
19	—	592	130.00–133.25	131.70
25	—	603	134.00	134.00
32	—	429	142.50–144.50	143.59
35	—	495	142.50–143.00	142.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	328	220.00	220.00
22	—	661	148.00	148.00
23	—	600	150.00	150.00
41	—	534	161.50–163.00	162.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	467	167.50	167.50
24	—	616	147.00–150.00	148.60
50	—	654	142.75–146.00	143.53
8	—	415	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	555	161.25–164.25	163.45
57	—	512	168.50–175.25	171.31
9	—	772	147.00	147.00
14	—	600	158.50	158.50
15	—	457	188.50	188.50
44	—	418	192.00–200.00	196.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	870	153.25	153.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	136.00	136.00
5	—	644	142.50	142.50
5	—	912	127.00	127.00
20	—	956	123.50	123.50
26	—	464	151.00–159.00	154.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	715	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	472	167.50	167.50
27	—	566	155.50	155.50

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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