Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550-600 lbs sold 2.00 higher and 700-750 lbs sold 10.00 higher, heifers 400-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. 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 $168.27/cwt on 1,538 head.

Average price

$168.27

1,538 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$14.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	169.30	1,016	1,432
Medium and Large 1-2	563	154.40	870	106

One grade step is worth $14.90/cwt here — about $146 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 sale1,538 hd

168.27

—

NE average11 barns · 17,914 hd

176.00

−7.73

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	854	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	438	159.17/cwt	156.00–160.00	697	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	395	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,322	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,251	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	502	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	959	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	170.82/cwt	168.00–173.50	969	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	712	155.68/cwt	152.50–158.25	1,108	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,293	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	196.04/cwt	192.00–199.00	812	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	165.43/cwt	162.00–169.25	1,041	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	169.83/cwt	165.50–172.00	1,123	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	402	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	153.84/cwt	153.00–155.00	891	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	144.45/cwt	143.50–145.50	976	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	177.16/cwt	175.25–186.25	923	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	171.12/cwt	170.50–174.00	813	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	714	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	156.79/cwt	155.25–160.00	1,058	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	159.33/cwt	156.50–160.50	988	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	931	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	169.86/cwt	165.00–171.00	917	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	166.43/cwt	163.00–168.00	806	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	746	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,223	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,089	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	156.33/cwt	150.50–159.25	900	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	155.10/cwt	153.00–158.50	834	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	829	155.90/cwt	152.50–157.00	1,292	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	753	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	964	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,407	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	574	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	630	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	500	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	823	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,137	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	735	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,161	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	739	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	156.85/cwt	155.00–158.25	1,043	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	153.77/cwt	147.25–156.00	949	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	925	8

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 Nov 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,779Last week 2,086Year ago 1,510

Compared to last week, steers 550-600 lbs sold 2.00 higher and 700-750 lbs sold 10.00 higher, heifers 400-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	553	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	438	156.00–160.00	159.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	395	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	179.00	179.00
7	—	881	150.00	150.00
11	—	803	155.75	155.75
32	—	484	163.00–168.00	166.43
12	—	700	155.50	155.50
263	—	576	150.50–159.25	156.33
81	—	538	153.00–158.50	155.10
12	—	426	173.50	173.50
163	—	665	155.00–158.25	156.85
98	—	617	147.25–156.00	153.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	475	170.50–174.00	171.12
24	—	500	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	829	152.50–157.00	155.90
7	—	964	146.00	146.00
39	—	735	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	516	146.00	146.00
5	—	392	158.00	158.00
13	—	346	166.00	166.00
20	—	423	149.00	149.00
11	—	763	149.00	149.00
8	—	663	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	502	191.00	191.00
8	—	402	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	567	168.00–173.50	170.82
12	—	803	161.00	161.00
58	—	414	192.00–199.00	196.04
399	—	629	162.00–169.25	165.43
213	—	661	165.50–172.00	169.83
7	—	450	188.00	188.00
155	—	521	175.25–186.25	177.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	712	152.50–158.25	155.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	180.00	180.00
67	—	579	153.00–155.00	153.84
17	—	676	143.50–145.50	144.45
17	—	449	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	675	155.25–160.00	156.79
150	—	620	156.50–160.50	159.33
14	—	578	161.00	161.00
55	—	540	165.00–171.00	169.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	746	164.00	164.00

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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