Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-850 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 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 $260.30/cwt on 1,878 head.

Average price

$260.30

1,878 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$176

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

$46.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.55

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	565	274.03	1,547	68
Medium and Large 1	705	260.62	1,836	1,764
Large 1	757	227.57	1,723	46

One grade step is worth $46.46/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale1,878 hd

260.30

—

NE average7 barns · 11,127 hd

270.85

−10.55

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	758	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,899	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	705	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,844	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	320.24/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,342	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	227.13/cwt	225.00–233.25	1,981	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,463	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	259.41/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,627	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	267.10/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,496	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,468	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,587	5
Steers	Large 1	—	738	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,696	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,982	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,961	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	568	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,772	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	316.54/cwt	314.00–319.00	1,643	66
Steers	Large 1	—	622	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,363	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,580	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	253.81/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,190	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,772	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	251.66/cwt	251.50–252.00	1,467	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	355	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,175	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	330.53/cwt	327.50–336.00	1,547	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	41
Steers	Large 1	—	801	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,770	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	278.32/cwt	267.00–283.00	1,289	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,284	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	242.13/cwt	239.25–245.00	1,843	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	248.82/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,804	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	274.88/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	272.41/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,735	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	222.18/cwt	215.50–223.00	1,749	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	227.26/cwt	222.50–228.50	1,632	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	262.53/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,780	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	298.65/cwt	291.00–306.00	1,690	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,385	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,556	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	273.43/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,124	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,726	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	606	255.45/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,548	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	517	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	244.17/cwt	234.50–246.00	1,550	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	243.03/cwt	237.50–248.50	1,604	338

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 3,316Last week 3,167Year ago 4,679

Compared to last week steers 550-850 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	758	250.50	250.50
74	—	705	261.50	261.50
86	—	568	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	419	319.00–322.00	320.24
114	—	872	225.00–233.25	227.13
6	—	1,001	198.00	198.00
186	—	824	238.00	238.00
66	—	519	314.00–319.00	316.54
20	—	468	327.50–336.00	330.53
41	—	620	285.00	285.00
291	—	761	239.25–245.00	242.13
168	—	725	243.00–254.00	248.82
471	—	678	257.00–269.00	262.53
65	—	566	291.00–306.00	298.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	434	337.00	337.00
7	—	372	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	627	258.00–261.00	259.41
5	—	681	233.00	233.00
20	—	444	307.00	307.00
5	—	594	266.00	266.00
6	—	513	283.00	283.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	738	229.75	229.75
6	—	622	249.50	249.50
25	—	801	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	565	272.00–277.00	274.88
25	—	637	271.00–275.00	272.41
8	—	517	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	560	264.00–268.00	267.10
100	—	528	278.00	278.00
18	—	895	198.00	198.00
41	—	463	267.00–283.00	278.32
165	—	787	215.50–223.00	222.18
173	—	718	222.50–228.50	227.26
24	—	411	269.00–276.00	273.43
37	—	814	212.00	212.00
181	—	635	234.50–246.00	244.17
338	—	660	237.50–248.50	243.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	469	250.00–258.00	253.81
5	—	556	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	583	251.50–252.00	251.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	355	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	554	250.00	250.00
11	—	675	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	606	255.00–256.00	255.45

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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