Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Nice run of bawling calves on offer with most having received fall precondition shots. Demand was moderate to 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 $167.26/cwt on 1,041 head.

Average price

$167.26

1,041 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$17.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	168.91	990	941
Medium and Large 1-2	608	151.67	922	100

One grade step is worth $17.25/cwt here — about $68 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 sale1,041 hd

167.26

—

NE average11 barns · 18,703 hd

176.17

−8.92

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

26 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	—	569	146.24/cwt	145.00–146.75	832	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	164.37/cwt	161.00–170.00	687	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	139.13/cwt	136.75–143.00	935	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	150.45/cwt	150.00–152.00	916	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	901	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	639	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	534	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	189.53/cwt	185.00–191.00	887	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	149.80/cwt	149.50–150.00	939	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	181.39/cwt	177.50–186.00	945	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	167.56/cwt	166.00–170.50	1,061	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	876	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	157.32/cwt	155.00–161.00	834	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	152.16/cwt	149.75–155.00	876	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	863	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	145.90/cwt	145.00–146.50	1,050	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	168.93/cwt	164.00–178.00	970	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	159.70/cwt	159.00–160.00	937	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	465	168.76/cwt	167.50–170.00	785	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	156.16/cwt	152.25–158.25	970	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	999	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	159.26/cwt	156.00–163.00	755	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	154.89/cwt	151.00–156.50	819	173

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Oct 29, 2021

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

Receipts 2,086Last week 1,816Year ago 3,105

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	569	145.00–146.75	146.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	418	161.00–170.00	164.37
38	—	672	136.75–143.00	139.13
62	—	609	150.00–152.00	150.45
311	—	576	149.75–155.00	152.16
73	—	474	156.00–163.00	159.26
173	—	529	151.00–156.50	154.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	680	132.50	132.50
11	—	426	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	515	167.50	167.50
32	—	465	167.50–170.00	168.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	212.00	212.00
66	—	468	185.00–191.00	189.53
193	—	521	177.50–186.00	181.39
248	—	633	166.00–170.50	167.56
105	—	574	164.00–178.00	168.93
10	—	439	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	534	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	627	149.50–150.00	149.80
19	—	584	150.00	150.00
20	—	530	155.00–161.00	157.32
26	—	682	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	720	145.00–146.50	145.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	587	159.00–160.00	159.70
201	—	621	152.25–158.25	156.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	503	191.00	191.00

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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