Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, steers 600-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 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 $158.25/cwt on 1,419 head.

Average price

$158.25

1,419 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$20.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.52

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	158.60	1,008	1,395
Medium and Large 1-2	695	138.13	960	24

One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $48 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 sale1,419 hd

158.25

—

NE average7 barns · 15,854 hd

162.77

−4.52

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

43 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 1Unweaned	—	515	168.92/cwt	168.00–169.75	870	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	425	176.80/cwt	174.00–179.00	751	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	783	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	149.28/cwt	146.25–152.75	1,164	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	179.36/cwt	176.00–185.00	850	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	157.98/cwt	157.25–159.00	738	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	156.88/cwt	153.25–159.00	979	102
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	721	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	952	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	152.25/cwt	145.00–154.25	798	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	552	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	905	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	162.61/cwt	161.50–163.50	782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	151.20/cwt	150.00–152.50	733	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	981	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	534	145.59/cwt	145.00–146.50	777	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	804	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,033	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	155.64/cwt	155.25–156.00	906	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	158.37/cwt	157.50–160.00	660	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	171.06/cwt	169.00–173.00	896	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	139.14/cwt	132.50–142.25	810	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	156.13/cwt	154.00–157.25	1,149	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	153.13/cwt	148.25–156.25	952	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	167.87/cwt	161.75–170.00	970	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	143.78/cwt	140.00–148.50	897	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,041	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,044	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,295	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,279	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	134.32/cwt	133.00–136.25	979	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	138.44/cwt	137.75–139.50	950	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	154.46/cwt	150.00–158.75	1,043	319
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	821	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,105	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	177.60/cwt	177.00–178.00	876	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,190	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,001	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	153.76/cwt	150.00–157.00	824	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	642	142.50/cwt	141.50–143.50	915	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	727	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	749	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	700	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	987	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	733	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	990	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	508	162.71/cwt	162.00–164.00	827	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,049	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	148.97/cwt	148.00–151.50	925	43

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 2,613Last week 2,312Year ago 1,991

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	515	168.00–169.75	168.92
8	—	423	185.00	185.00
27	—	474	176.00–185.00	179.36
9	—	552	164.00	164.00
101	—	622	148.25–156.25	153.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	425	174.00–179.00	176.80
42	—	582	155.25–156.00	155.64
26	—	760	137.00	137.00
12	—	690	145.00	145.00
14	—	508	162.00–164.00	162.71
43	—	621	148.00–151.50	148.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	780	146.25–152.75	149.28
102	—	624	153.25–159.00	156.88
98	—	524	169.00–173.00	171.06
103	—	736	154.00–157.25	156.13
228	—	578	161.75–170.00	167.87
319	—	675	150.00–158.75	154.46
5	—	811	136.25	136.25
25	—	493	177.00–178.00	177.60
14	—	903	131.75	131.75
11	—	380	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	642	141.50–143.50	142.50
14	—	733	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	700	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	467	157.25–159.00	157.98
301	—	624	140.00–148.50	143.78
11	—	1,044	124.00	124.00
15	—	951	134.50	134.50
29	—	729	133.00–136.25	134.32
113	—	686	137.75–139.50	138.44
144	—	536	150.00–157.00	153.76
11	—	446	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	524	145.00–154.25	152.25
11	—	481	161.50–163.50	162.61
23	—	417	157.50–160.00	158.37
89	—	582	132.50–142.25	139.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	485	150.00–152.50	151.20
34	—	750	130.75	130.75
35	—	534	145.00–146.50	145.59
40	—	804	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	836	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	721	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	171.00	171.00

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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