Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to 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 $156.48/cwt on 558 head.

Average price

$156.48

558 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

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

$2.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.66

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	864	156.94	1,355	451
Medium and Large 1-2	677	154.55	1,047	107

One grade step is worth $2.39/cwt here — about $309 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 sale558 hd

156.48

—

NE average6 barns · 8,153 hd

172.14

−15.66

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

23 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 1-2	—	523	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	945	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,252	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,024	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	175.59/cwt	175.00–177.00	646	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	138.45/cwt	138.00–138.75	1,303	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	144.05/cwt	143.50–145.25	1,245	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	505	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	763	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	371	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	631	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	156.00/cwt	154.50–160.00	922	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	847	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,251	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,196	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	161.75/cwt	161.00–162.50	1,343	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	565	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	876	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	154.60/cwt	154.60–154.60	1,476	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	143.22/cwt	140.00–145.35	1,107	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,337	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	547	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	449	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	909	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,334	107

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 Oct 1, 2021

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

Receipts 934Last week 1,465Year ago 2,197

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	141.00	141.00
7	—	666	145.50	145.50
10	—	606	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	945	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	710	144.25	144.25
17	—	368	175.00–177.00	175.59
20	—	941	138.00–138.75	138.45
38	—	864	143.50–145.25	144.05
51	—	773	140.00–145.35	143.22
25	—	953	140.25	140.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	547	140.00	140.00
7	—	449	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	935	146.75	146.75
29	—	591	154.50–160.00	156.00
5	—	386	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	505	151.00	151.00
14	—	371	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	847	147.75	147.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	758	157.75	157.75
179	—	830	161.00–162.50	161.75
11	—	281	201.00	201.00
121	—	955	154.60	154.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	909	146.75	146.75

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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