Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2021-08-06

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,281 head
113 vs last sale 1,394 584 vs year ago 1,865 · 31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
142 head
142 vs last sale 0 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago on comparable weights steers sold steady. Yearling heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Most lots came off of dry hard grass pastures. Some lots of preg open heifers in the run coming off of replacement heifers. Bred cows are fall calving in August and September. Next Special Calf and Yearling sale in two weeks on Aug 20th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.05/cwt on 710 head.
Average price
$157.05
710 head · 865 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,359
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.46
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2756158.551,19831
Medium and Large 1865157.601,364655
Large 11,000140.001,40024
One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale710 hd
157.05
NE average5 barns · 6,245 hd
164.51
−7.46
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

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1878150.05/cwt149.00–150.251,317137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724145.08/cwt144.00–147.001,05025
Bred CowsLarge 11,6541,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0021,6676
SteersLarge 11,000140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,40024
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy886142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,25824
HeifersMedium and Large 1956145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3865
HeifersMedium and Large 1614151.00/cwt151.00–151.0092715
HeifersMedium and Large 1839148.93/cwt148.25–151.001,25048
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned534158.00/cwt158.00–158.008447
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned598154.00/cwt154.00–154.0092118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,319985.21/cwt910.00–1,080.0012,99522
SteersMedium and Large 1625166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,03815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3241,054.24/cwt1,050.00–1,070.0013,95824
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3171,136.64/cwt1,010.00–1,280.0014,97064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3771,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0017,9017
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned588162.50/cwt162.50–162.5095612
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned682159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,08810
SteersMedium and Large 1711169.30/cwt163.50–172.251,20430
HeifersMedium and Large 1925145.90/cwt145.75–146.001,35055
HeifersMedium and Large 1754153.20/cwt148.00–153.751,15585
SteersMedium and Large 1820160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,3168
SteersMedium and Large 1790155.25/cwt153.00–157.751,22619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008707
SteersMedium and Large 1693157.05/cwt156.00–158.001,08819
SteersMedium and Large 1890157.47/cwt153.25–161.251,401428
SteersMedium and Large 1935153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,435114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2813157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,27625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516165.00/cwt165.00–165.008516

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.