Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 $143.94/cwt on 2,900 head.

Average price

$143.94

2,900 head · 759 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$250

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

$9.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.32

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	153.14	844	35
Medium and Large 1	761	143.83	1,095	2,865

One grade step is worth $9.32/cwt here — about −$250 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 sale2,900 hd

143.94

—

NE average10 barns · 26,804 hd

153.26

−9.32

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

39 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 1	—	565	147.55/cwt	141.00–151.50	834	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	922	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	131.53/cwt	130.00–134.50	1,021	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	136.55/cwt	134.00–138.25	914	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	595	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	970	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	697	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,011	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	654	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	627	132.31/cwt	130.00–133.00	830	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	777	136.37/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,060	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	150.15/cwt	146.25–152.50	952	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	561	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	864	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	155.33/cwt	154.00–157.50	741	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	168.41/cwt	167.00–170.50	867	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,122	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	159.83/cwt	159.75–160.00	695	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	463	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	796	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	438	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	758	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,300	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	161.23/cwt	154.00–163.75	985	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	140.02/cwt	137.50–141.50	948	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	435	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	644	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	889	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	133.53/cwt	130.25–137.10	984	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	133.34/cwt	133.10–133.50	1,235	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	158.77/cwt	157.50–160.00	888	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,075	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	148.03/cwt	146.00–152.25	798	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	139.65/cwt	136.00–144.75	873	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	144.99/cwt	142.00–147.50	1,106	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	148.16/cwt	146.00–150.50	991	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	824	133.53/cwt	132.50–134.25	1,100	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	137.76/cwt	135.50–143.00	1,199	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	148.63/cwt	144.00–151.25	1,073	568
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	140.60/cwt	137.00–142.10	1,150	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	532	162.65/cwt	161.00–164.50	865	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	711	139.45/cwt	137.50–141.00	991	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	720	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	968	54

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 Jan 8, 2021

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

Receipts 4,869Last week 2,613Year ago 3,812

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was 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$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	565	141.00–151.50	147.55
308	—	776	130.00–134.50	131.53
349	—	669	134.00–138.25	136.55
20	—	477	154.00–157.50	155.33
141	—	858	130.75	130.75
22	—	435	159.75–160.00	159.83
185	—	737	130.25–137.10	133.53
35	—	845	127.25	127.25
95	—	539	146.00–152.25	148.03
268	—	625	136.00–144.75	139.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	595	163.00	163.00
52	—	697	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	152.00	152.00
6	—	654	125.00	125.00
63	—	627	130.00–133.00	132.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	720	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	922	129.00	129.00
141	—	777	133.00–138.00	136.37
148	—	634	146.25–152.50	150.15
9	—	561	154.00	154.00
79	—	677	137.50–141.50	140.02
182	—	824	132.50–134.25	133.53
28	—	532	161.00–164.50	162.65
38	—	711	137.50–141.00	139.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	515	167.00–170.50	168.41
32	—	1,012	128.50	128.50
143	—	611	154.00–163.75	161.23
211	—	926	133.10–133.50	133.34
32	—	559	157.50–160.00	158.77
288	—	763	142.00–147.50	144.99
251	—	669	146.00–150.50	148.16
392	—	870	135.50–143.00	137.76
568	—	722	144.00–151.25	148.63
281	—	818	137.00–142.10	140.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	438	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	489	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	644	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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