Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $254.40/cwt on 1,777 head.

Average price

$254.40

1,777 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.82

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	705	254.40	1,794	1,777

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,777 hd

254.40

—

NE average11 barns · 17,121 hd

270.21

−15.82

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

28 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	—	490	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,416	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,671	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,713	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	270.12/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,375	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	230.44/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,567	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,394	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	243.72/cwt	242.00–247.25	1,760	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	225.79/cwt	223.25–228.00	1,854	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	288.48/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,685	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,010	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	239.34/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,841	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,093	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,397	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,668	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	304.04/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,624	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	569	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	815	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,989	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	240.17/cwt	236.00–245.25	1,475	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	222.45/cwt	214.00–226.50	1,613	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	250.80/cwt	246.50–253.00	1,693	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	315.38/cwt	306.00–326.00	1,501	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	249.43/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,467	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	369	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	904	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	436	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,046	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,210	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	252.15/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,331	68

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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 3,167Last week 3,116Year ago 4,679

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	490	289.00	289.00
55	—	788	212.00	212.00
65	—	810	211.50	211.50
71	—	509	264.00–276.00	270.12
72	—	680	225.00–232.00	230.44
306	—	614	236.00–245.25	240.17
442	—	725	214.00–226.50	222.45
91	—	588	249.00–250.00	249.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	432	253.00	253.00
33	—	561	249.00	249.00
11	—	467	259.00	259.00
68	—	528	247.00–259.00	252.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	369	245.00	245.00
15	—	532	230.00	230.00
16	—	436	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	444	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	722	242.00–247.25	243.72
292	—	821	223.25–228.00	225.79
252	—	584	280.00–299.00	288.48
104	—	857	234.50	234.50
247	—	769	230.00–246.00	239.34
62	—	612	270.00–275.00	272.47
95	—	534	296.00–311.00	304.04
434	—	675	246.50–253.00	250.80
44	—	476	306.00–326.00	315.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	815	244.00	244.00

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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