Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers calves sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 higher. Yearlings sold steady. Friday’s offering comprised of yearlings, weaned and bawling spring calves. Demand was good for yearlings, weaned calves, top quality replacement heifers and calves with precondition vaccinations. Moderate demand for calves with spring shot only. Next sale will be in two weeks on December 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.10/cwt on 1,785 head.

Average price

$164.10

1,785 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,175

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$3.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.47

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	164.54	1,201	1,546
Medium and Large 1-2	626	161.28	1,010	239

One grade step is worth $3.25/cwt here — about $190 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 sale1,785 hd

164.10

—

NE average10 barns · 13,393 hd

171.57

−7.47

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

46 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	—	518	159.08/cwt	152.00–163.00	824	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	158.28/cwt	141.00–160.00	992	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	164.06/cwt	151.00–166.00	963	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	160.51/cwt	149.00–165.50	1,077	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	728	156.60/cwt	150.75–161.00	1,140	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	818	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,237	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	172.07/cwt	171.50–172.50	1,041	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	166.45/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,393	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	156.29/cwt	152.50–163.50	994	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	177.38/cwt	172.00–181.50	947	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	171.28/cwt	166.00–176.00	779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,193	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	164.24/cwt	163.50–164.75	1,404	602
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	163.99/cwt	163.50–166.00	1,171	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	193.60/cwt	192.00–195.00	912	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	955	34
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,153	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	895	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	838	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	441	178.87/cwt	172.00–183.00	789	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	174.72/cwt	168.00–181.00	973	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,176	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	586	167.28/cwt	161.25–186.00	980	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	151.07/cwt	144.50–152.00	962	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	915	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	157.35/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,386	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	831	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,335	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	155.64/cwt	154.25–162.50	954	37
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,027	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,551	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	726	147.61/cwt	146.25–150.00	1,072	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	157.82/cwt	157.00–158.00	693	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	163.50/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,203	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	792	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	155.61/cwt	155.00–157.00	724	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	170.04/cwt	167.00–174.00	820	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	163.11/cwt	162.00–163.50	1,246	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	150.70/cwt	145.00–156.50	870	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	147.17/cwt	145.50–148.00	967	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,256	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,546	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,441	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	13,690	13

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,277Last week 3,166Year ago 3,611

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	518	152.00–163.00	159.08
6	—	386	164.00	164.00
152	—	881	150.00–158.00	157.35
22	—	824	162.00	162.00
37	—	613	154.25–162.50	155.64
16	—	439	157.00–158.00	157.82
16	—	736	160.00–168.00	163.50
33	—	482	167.00–174.00	170.04
80	—	764	162.00–163.50	163.11
196	—	577	145.00–156.50	150.70
18	—	657	145.50–148.00	147.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	645	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	586	161.25–186.00	167.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	637	144.50–152.00	151.07
55	—	726	146.25–150.00	147.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	642	142.50	142.50
30	—	528	150.00	150.00
23	—	465	155.00–157.00	155.61
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,027	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	627	141.00–160.00	158.28
64	—	587	151.00–166.00	164.06
12	—	696	156.00	156.00
15	—	455	166.00–176.00	171.28
59	—	737	159.50	159.50
5	—	328	184.00	184.00
9	—	533	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	671	149.00–165.50	160.51
5	—	422	196.00	196.00
28	—	605	171.50–172.50	172.07
46	—	837	160.00–168.00	166.45
119	—	534	172.00–181.50	177.38
37	—	781	152.75	152.75
602	—	855	163.50–164.75	164.24
48	—	714	163.50–166.00	163.99
21	—	471	192.00–195.00	193.60
130	—	557	168.00–181.00	174.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	728	150.75–161.00	156.60
31	—	818	151.25	151.25
142	—	636	152.50–163.50	156.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	556	161.00	161.00
13	—	524	160.00	160.00
13	—	441	172.00–183.00	178.87
5	—	606	143.00	143.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,256	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,441	950.00	950.00

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