Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.91/cwt on 337 head.

Average price

$125.91

337 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

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

$5.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.76

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	587	131.21	770	33
Medium and Large 1	737	125.33	924	304

One grade step is worth $5.89/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale337 hd

125.91

—

NE average6 barns · 3,635 hd

139.66

−13.76

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

18 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	—	772	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	888	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	684	148.25/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,014	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,040	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	812	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	135.60/cwt	135.60–135.60	873	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	128.11/cwt	123.00–129.10	928	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	689	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	827	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	140.56/cwt	140.00–141.00	706	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	694	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.45/cwt	128.50–131.25	854	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	130.19/cwt	130.00–132.75	1,129	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,176	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,003	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	136.82/cwt	136.00–137.25	1,066	84

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 Apr 30, 2021

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

Receipts 857Last week 3,782Year ago 3,445

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	772	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	933	111.50	111.50
9	—	556	146.00	146.00
29	—	644	135.60	135.60
68	—	724	123.00–129.10	128.11
77	—	655	128.50–131.25	130.45
80	—	854	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	689	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	502	140.00–141.00	140.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	684	147.00–151.50	148.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	157.00	157.00
5	—	478	165.00	165.00
7	—	820	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	694	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	867	130.00–132.75	130.19
6	—	600	159.00	159.00
62	—	952	123.50	123.50
84	—	779	136.00–137.25	136.82

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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