Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good with good offering offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.26/cwt on 723 head.

Average price

$157.26

723 head · 914 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	914	157.26	1,438	723

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale723 hd

157.26

—

NE average5 barns · 9,284 hd

161.15

−3.89

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

12 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 1	—	666	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,061	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	939	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,315	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,220	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,286	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	148.72/cwt	146.50–150.00	1,151	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,028	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	158.34/cwt	157.75–158.75	1,465	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,475	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,423	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,074	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	714	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 Jul 23, 2021

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

Receipts 1,394Last week 1,439Year ago 2,101

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good with good offering offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	666	159.25	159.25
70	—	808	151.00	151.00
60	—	887	145.00	145.00
58	—	774	146.50–150.00	148.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	939	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	338	600.00	600.00
305	—	925	157.75–158.75	158.34
298	—	955	154.50	154.50
59	—	898	158.50	158.50
39	—	651	165.00	165.00
6	—	752	149.50	149.50
6	—	335	213.00	213.00

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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