Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was 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 $245.56/cwt on 2,330 head.

Average price

$245.56

2,330 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$678

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

$22.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.94

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	455	268.00	1,219	7thin
Medium and Large 1	773	245.49	1,897	2,323

One grade step is worth $22.51/cwt here — about −$678 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 sale2,330 hd

245.56

—

NE average8 barns · 14,795 hd

269.49

−23.94

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

30 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	—	541	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,396	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,469	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	232.22/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,556	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	282.48/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,333	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	251.31/cwt	250.00–253.50	1,478	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	258.42/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,711	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	276.43/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,714	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	254.69/cwt	250.50–256.00	1,826	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	230.89/cwt	228.25–233.75	1,919	369
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	240.09/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,849	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	259.85/cwt	259.00–260.75	1,647	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	924	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,940	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	297.33/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,739	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,536	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	235.35/cwt	229.85–237.25	2,038	688
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	307.35/cwt	307.00–308.00	1,641	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	404	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,006	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	592	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,548	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	455	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,219	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,584	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	743	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,746	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,118	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	269.19/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,435	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	227.08/cwt	223.00–228.50	1,649	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	244.96/cwt	243.50–246.50	1,624	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	214.71/cwt	213.50–217.00	1,705	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	576	270.02/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,555	53

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 Jan 5, 2024

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

Receipts 3,116Last week 1,658Year ago 4,479

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	541	258.00	258.00
16	—	620	237.00	237.00
75	—	670	227.00–235.00	232.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	281.00	281.00
24	—	472	281.00–285.00	282.48
32	—	588	250.00–253.50	251.31
59	—	533	267.00–270.00	269.19
72	—	726	223.00–228.50	227.08
139	—	663	243.50–246.50	244.96
172	—	794	213.50–217.00	214.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	249.00	249.00
7	—	592	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	576	269.00–274.00	270.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	662	252.00–261.00	258.42
199	—	620	268.00–285.00	276.43
225	—	717	250.50–256.00	254.69
369	—	831	228.25–233.75	230.89
402	—	770	234.00–247.00	240.09
15	—	585	292.00–302.00	297.33
17	—	469	327.50	327.50
688	—	866	229.85–237.25	235.35
39	—	534	307.00–308.00	307.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	634	259.00–260.75	259.85
77	—	924	210.00	210.00
14	—	493	314.00	314.00
20	—	574	276.00	276.00
33	—	743	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	455	268.00	268.00

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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