Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings last week to establish a trend a trend is not applicable. Nice run of bawling calves and yearling on offer. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.42/cwt on 1,526 head.

Average price

$166.42

1,526 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$282

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

$2.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	169.04	986	118
Medium and Large 1	763	166.20	1,268	1,408

One grade step is worth $2.84/cwt here — about −$282 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 sale1,526 hd

166.42

—

NE average11 barns · 16,768 hd

172.48

−6.06

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

38 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	—	518	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	839	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	469	161.44/cwt	157.50–162.75	757	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,443	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	909	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	756	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	154.92/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,021	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	154.94/cwt	153.50–156.25	1,100	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	165.39/cwt	162.50–165.75	1,399	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	154.36/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,485	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	775	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,225	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	833	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,318	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	187.60/cwt	187.50–188.00	882	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	178.40/cwt	176.00–179.00	940	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	168.54/cwt	164.00–171.50	1,052	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	764	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	600	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,059	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	511	187.88/cwt	187.00–188.00	960	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	173.56/cwt	171.00–179.00	741	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	462	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	906	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	144.92/cwt	144.00–145.50	897	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,319	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	164.13/cwt	159.00–165.75	1,412	557
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	185.16/cwt	183.00–188.00	687	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	468	176.37/cwt	176.00–176.50	825	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	168.69/cwt	166.50–170.25	967	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	173.65/cwt	168.50–174.10	823	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	153.64/cwt	153.50–154.00	1,028	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	621	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,109	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	164.08/cwt	162.75–165.00	916	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	765	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,117	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	836	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	156.67/cwt	154.50–158.50	902	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	935	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	576	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	698	24

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 2,189Last week 579Year ago 1,570

Not enough comparable offerings last week to establish a trend a trend is not applicable. Nice run of bawling calves and yearling on offer. Demand was 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
9	—	518	153.50	153.50
15	—	562	149.25	149.25
25	—	469	157.50–162.75	161.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	995	145.00	145.00
24	—	600	151.50	151.50
30	—	882	149.50	149.50
77	—	474	168.50–174.10	173.65
32	—	669	153.50–154.00	153.64
30	—	519	161.00	161.00
24	—	576	154.50–158.50	156.67
24	—	322	179.00	179.00
24	—	392	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	494	153.00	153.00
7	—	380	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	619	144.00–145.50	144.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	558	162.75–165.00	164.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	765	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	659	154.00–156.00	154.92
56	—	710	153.50–156.25	154.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	846	162.50–165.75	165.39
162	—	962	148.00–155.00	154.36
25	—	470	187.50–188.00	187.60
68	—	527	176.00–179.00	178.40
131	—	624	164.00–171.50	168.54
15	—	400	191.00	191.00
557	—	860	159.00–165.75	164.13
69	—	573	166.50–170.25	168.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	775	158.00	158.00
25	—	833	158.25	158.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	600	176.50	176.50
51	—	511	187.00–188.00	187.88
22	—	462	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	427	171.00–179.00	173.56
20	—	371	183.00–188.00	185.16
20	—	343	181.00	181.00
22	—	693	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	468	176.00–176.50	176.37
16	—	579	161.50	161.50

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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