Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 4.00 higher with the most advance on grass type cattle. Heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Several strings of top quality replacement type heifers sold on the day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.82/cwt on 1,824 head.

Average price

$142.82

1,824 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$296

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

$11.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

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	437	154.00	673	14thin
Medium and Large 1	679	142.74	969	1,810

One grade step is worth $11.26/cwt here — about −$296 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 sale1,824 hd

142.82

—

NE average4 barns · 5,236 hd

142.52

+0.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	613	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,064	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	646	134.85/cwt	134.00–135.50	871	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	140.15/cwt	138.00–141.50	952	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	793	134.21/cwt	134.10–135.00	1,064	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,185	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	163.09/cwt	159.00–165.00	672	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	577	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,004	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	706	153.17/cwt	152.00–153.50	1,081	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	631	163.01/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,029	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	880	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	377	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	648	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	639	138.82/cwt	137.50–139.25	887	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	861	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,137	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	820	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,267	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	664	138.19/cwt	135.50–139.50	918	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	758	140.53/cwt	130.00–146.50	1,065	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	727	147.90/cwt	138.00–167.00	1,075	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	175.80/cwt	171.00–177.75	935	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	957	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	183.71/cwt	179.50–186.00	856	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	132.53/cwt	131.00–136.25	1,199	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	153.15/cwt	150.50–157.50	948	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	136.28/cwt	133.00–139.75	908	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	141.21/cwt	138.75–143.00	1,031	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	142.90/cwt	139.25–145.75	1,112	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	138.96/cwt	138.00–143.75	1,131	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	149.87/cwt	144.00–153.75	1,015	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	155.15/cwt	151.75–160.00	818	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	162.66/cwt	161.25–167.00	773	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.83/cwt	140.25–143.75	896	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	133.18/cwt	131.25–135.00	962	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	136.43/cwt	136.25–136.50	1,187	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	150.18/cwt	145.50–156.00	858	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	130.28/cwt	128.75–130.75	994	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	638	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	645	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	491	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	593	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	931	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	303	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	488	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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 3,759Last week 2,486Year ago 4,743

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	613	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	679	138.00–141.50	140.15
121	—	793	134.10–135.00	134.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	577	174.00	174.00
46	—	706	152.00–153.50	153.17
161	—	631	161.00–166.00	163.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	377	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	532	171.00–177.75	175.80
10	—	445	183.00	183.00
29	—	575	166.50	166.50
43	—	466	179.50–186.00	183.71
45	—	905	131.00–136.25	132.53
52	—	619	150.50–157.50	153.15
153	—	730	138.75–143.00	141.21
182	—	778	139.25–145.75	142.90
215	—	814	138.00–143.75	138.96
346	—	677	144.00–153.75	149.87
112	—	870	136.25–136.50	136.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	638	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	174.00	174.00
22	—	593	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	646	134.00–135.50	134.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	979	121.00	121.00
24	—	412	159.00–165.00	163.09
207	—	666	133.00–139.75	136.28
113	—	527	151.75–160.00	155.15
64	—	475	161.25–167.00	162.66
75	—	632	140.25–143.75	141.83
104	—	722	131.25–135.00	133.18
136	—	571	145.50–156.00	150.18
178	—	763	128.75–130.75	130.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	552	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	385	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	639	137.50–139.25	138.82
53	—	861	132.00	132.00
66	—	820	154.50	154.50
134	—	664	135.50–139.50	138.19
157	—	758	130.00–146.50	140.53
324	—	727	138.00–167.00	147.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	148.75	148.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	303	161.00	161.00

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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