Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower with heifers over 700 lbs selling steady to 2.00 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 $141.95/cwt on 1,051 head.

Average price

$141.95

1,051 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$255

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

$19.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.98

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	512	159.54	816	117
Medium and Large 1	767	139.75	1,072	934

One grade step is worth $19.78/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale1,051 hd

141.95

—

NE average9 barns · 15,546 hd

152.94

−10.98

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

40 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 1Fleshy	—	680	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	865	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	810	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	744	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	967	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	826	130.36/cwt	130.25–130.50	1,077	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	929	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,143	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,216	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	162.72/cwt	160.50–167.50	949	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,101	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	748	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	978	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	611	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	906	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	547	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	844	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	128.28/cwt	127.50–129.00	1,060	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	138.67/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,062	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,166	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	129.15/cwt	128.50–129.50	988	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	137.83/cwt	137.00–138.25	997	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.77/cwt	138.00–143.25	809	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	132.13/cwt	131.00–134.00	892	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	131.42/cwt	129.75–133.00	962	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	145.64/cwt	143.25–149.00	998	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	133.90/cwt	133.25–137.00	1,111	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,010	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	694	141.19/cwt	141.00–141.25	980	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	444	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	137.72/cwt	134.00–140.00	837	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,212	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	745	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	485	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	815	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	544	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	843	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	621	140.79/cwt	140.50–141.00	874	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	366	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	655	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	589	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	795	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	745	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	673	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	879	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	372	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	303	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	711	6

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 Feb 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,218Last week 2,158Year ago 2,923

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	680	127.25	127.25
15	—	610	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	855	128.75	128.75
70	—	826	127.50–129.00	128.28
83	—	765	128.50–129.50	129.15
105	—	575	138.00–143.25	140.77
170	—	675	131.00–134.00	132.13
267	—	732	129.75–133.00	131.42
52	—	608	134.00–140.00	137.72
18	—	475	156.75	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	748	130.75	130.75
30	—	611	148.25	148.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	547	154.25	154.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	444	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	589	135.00	135.00
16	—	487	153.00	153.00
5	—	372	159.00	159.00
8	—	515	146.00	146.00
5	—	303	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	458	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	744	130.00	130.00
16	—	826	130.25–130.50	130.36
19	—	929	123.00	123.00
49	—	694	141.00–141.25	141.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	943	129.00	129.00
51	—	583	160.50–167.50	162.72
243	—	766	135.00–142.50	138.67
28	—	882	132.25	132.25
72	—	723	137.00–138.25	137.83
134	—	685	143.25–149.00	145.64
140	—	830	133.25–137.00	133.90
64	—	634	159.25	159.25
53	—	956	126.75	126.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	485	168.00	168.00
18	—	544	155.00	155.00
30	—	621	140.50–141.00	140.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	366	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	161.00	161.00
19	—	536	164.00	164.00
6	—	450	158.00	158.00

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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