Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.68/cwt on 625 head.

Average price

$148.68

625 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$171

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

$10.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

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	607	157.45	956	105
Medium and Large 1	767	146.91	1,127	520

One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about −$171 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 sale625 hd

148.68

—

NE average7 barns · 6,709 hd

148.21

+0.47

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

34 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	—	872	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,214	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	933	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,180	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	929	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	856	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,070	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,125	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	825	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,114	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	145.10/cwt	141.75–147.50	918	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	702	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,081	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	149.16/cwt	148.75–150.00	1,077	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	135.31/cwt	130.00–136.25	965	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	799	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,067	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	783	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,147	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	983	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,153	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	817	144.10/cwt	144.10–144.10	1,177	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	705	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,054	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	143.25/cwt	142.50–144.00	987	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,019	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,159	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	616	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	987	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,165	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	160.19/cwt	159.00–161.50	919	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	691	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	898	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	883	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,007	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	771	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	987	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	538	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	576	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	991	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	414	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	716	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	723	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,012	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	150.82/cwt	148.00–153.50	780	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	820	11

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 Mar 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,220Last week 4,113Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	872	139.25	139.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	933	126.50	126.50
16	—	525	177.00	177.00
6	—	856	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	841	133.75	133.75
70	—	776	143.50	143.50
63	—	722	148.75–150.00	149.16
39	—	605	168.50	168.50
52	—	865	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	702	154.00	154.00
67	—	817	144.10	144.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	987	118.00	118.00
13	—	691	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	574	159.00–161.50	160.19
12	—	414	173.00	173.00
11	—	474	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	174.50	174.50
27	—	576	172.00	172.00
12	—	723	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	600	137.50	137.50
8	—	983	117.25	117.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	633	141.75–147.50	145.10
63	—	713	130.00–136.25	135.31
144	—	689	142.50–144.00	143.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	799	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	783	146.50	146.50
35	—	705	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	616	130.00	130.00
15	—	883	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	771	128.00	128.00
5	—	414	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	163.00	163.00
7	—	567	140.00	140.00
17	—	517	148.00–153.50	150.82

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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