Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher with steers over 650 lbs selling 3.00-7.00 higher, heifers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with heifers over 650 lbs selling 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 $147.11/cwt on 2,373 head.

Average price

$147.11

2,373 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$7.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	147.38	1,064	2,290
Medium and Large 1-2	644	139.67	900	83

One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about $164 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 sale2,373 hd

147.11

—

NE average10 barns · 21,902 hd

153.11

−6.00

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

58 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	787	146.21/cwt	145.25–146.75	1,151	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	747	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	821	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,236	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	799	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	132.84/cwt	130.50–133.00	1,052	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	140.38/cwt	138.00–142.25	1,157	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	142.87/cwt	139.25–146.50	1,034	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	156.60/cwt	156.50–157.50	742	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	606	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	970	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,025	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	153.79/cwt	148.25–155.00	983	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	168.24/cwt	165.00–168.50	908	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	137.16/cwt	132.25–137.75	1,233	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	171.38/cwt	167.00–173.00	799	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	545	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	734	138.89/cwt	138.75–139.00	1,019	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	448	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	703	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	152.10/cwt	149.50–154.00	938	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	163.00/cwt	156.00–173.00	792	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	902	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	141.02/cwt	139.00–144.00	797	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	846	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	710	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	895	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	813	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	839	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	730	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,029	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	774	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,153	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	708	150.64/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,067	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	504	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	816	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,088	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	648	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	797	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	770	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	989	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	632	136.46/cwt	135.00–137.00	862	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	552	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	497	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	732	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	687	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	136.11/cwt	135.50–137.50	781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	686	141.48/cwt	140.00–142.00	971	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	135.07/cwt	134.00–135.25	1,001	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	616	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	836	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,129	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	141.24/cwt	139.00–142.25	1,113	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	150.69/cwt	146.50–152.50	1,008	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	164.26/cwt	163.00–167.00	910	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	766	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	637	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,106	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	139.87/cwt	135.25–142.50	871	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	130.95/cwt	126.25–134.25	900	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	132.30/cwt	131.00–134.00	957	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	144.61/cwt	140.25–147.25	830	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	164.52/cwt	164.00–165.00	681	23

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 4,033Last week 3,882Year ago 2,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	787	145.25–146.75	146.21
49	—	606	160.00	160.00
20	—	661	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	929	133.00	133.00
11	—	432	185.00	185.00
359	—	824	138.00–142.25	140.38
292	—	724	139.25–146.50	142.87
218	—	639	148.25–155.00	153.79
77	—	540	165.00–168.50	168.24
56	—	899	132.25–137.75	137.16
52	—	466	167.00–173.00	171.38
213	—	788	139.00–142.25	141.24
101	—	669	146.50–152.50	150.69
77	—	554	163.00–167.00	164.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	617	149.50–154.00	152.10
33	—	486	156.00–173.00	163.00
25	—	582	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	774	149.00	149.00
115	—	708	150.00–151.00	150.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	821	132.50	132.50
8	—	365	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	770	128.50	128.50
22	—	632	135.00–137.00	136.46
5	—	552	125.50	125.50
7	—	687	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	160.00	160.00
68	—	686	140.00–142.00	141.48
62	—	741	134.00–135.25	135.07
11	—	616	143.00	143.00
92	—	836	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	495	151.00	151.00
6	—	545	146.00	146.00
15	—	448	157.00	157.00
34	—	565	139.00–144.00	141.02
18	—	622	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	510	161.00	161.00
124	—	734	138.75–139.00	138.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	792	130.50–133.00	132.84
50	—	474	156.50–157.50	156.60
14	—	504	152.00	152.00
13	—	391	163.00	163.00
28	—	819	135.00	135.00
283	—	623	135.25–142.50	139.87
173	—	687	126.25–134.25	130.95
142	—	723	131.00–134.00	132.30
97	—	574	140.25–147.25	144.61
23	—	414	164.00–165.00	164.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	710	126.00	126.00
34	—	624	130.25	130.25
20	—	650	129.00	129.00
16	—	574	135.50–137.50	136.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	730	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	745	129.75	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	648	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	497	147.25	147.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	388	176.00	176.00

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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