Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers 850-950 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand 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 $153.24/cwt on 1,672 head.

Average price

$153.24

1,672 head · 846 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$8.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	849	153.50	1,303	1,623
Medium and Large 1-2	734	144.58	1,061	49

One grade step is worth $8.92/cwt here — about $242 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 sale1,672 hd

153.24

—

NE average5 barns · 4,694 hd

153.17

+0.06

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

29 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 1-2	—	663	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,091	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	165.01/cwt	159.50–166.00	1,259	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	157.63/cwt	157.00–158.25	1,445	486
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	880	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,267	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	900	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,267	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	739	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,053	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	923	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,398	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	865	157.12/cwt	147.50–157.25	1,359	507
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	746	159.35/cwt	159.35–159.35	1,189	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	839	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,233	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	839	153.75/cwt	153.00–155.50	1,290	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	631	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	989	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	145.48/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,349	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	525	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	950	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,136	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	152.59/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,338	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	824	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,277	433
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	760	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,186	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	149.80/cwt	149.00–150.75	1,176	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	140.88/cwt	135.50–146.00	1,361	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	901	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,194	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,091	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	165.35/cwt	165.35–165.35	1,093	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	154.46/cwt	150.50–156.00	1,248	121

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 Aug 20, 2021

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

Receipts 2,670Last week 1,281Year ago 2,020

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers 850-950 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	663	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	763	159.50–166.00	165.01
486	—	917	157.00–158.25	157.63
126	—	882	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	746	159.35	159.35
88	—	839	153.00–155.50	153.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	839	147.00	147.00
41	—	631	156.75	156.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	880	144.00	144.00
86	—	900	140.75	140.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	739	142.50	142.50
6	—	901	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,020	136.00	136.00
8	—	1,068	140.75	140.75
11	—	552	167.25	167.25
43	—	927	143.00–146.50	145.48
26	—	733	155.00	155.00
175	—	877	146.00–156.00	152.59
29	—	785	149.00–150.75	149.80
55	—	966	135.50–146.00	140.88
37	—	661	165.35	165.35
121	—	808	150.50–156.00	154.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
507	—	865	147.50–157.25	157.12
433	—	824	155.00	155.00
16	—	760	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	158.00	158.00
5	—	688	149.00	149.00
9	—	736	148.25	148.25

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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