Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and steers 800-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. A few consignments were carrying some tag (mud) with demand moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd and internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $279.78/cwt on 2,249 head.

Average price

$279.78

2,249 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$17.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	280.03	1,911	2,218
Medium and Large 1-2	643	262.11	1,684	31

One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $227 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 sale2,249 hd

279.78

—

NE average6 barns · 11,923 hd

282.57

−2.80

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

50 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 1Fleshy	—	458	318.77/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	274.14/cwt	266.00–281.00	1,839	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	243.94/cwt	241.50–244.75	2,034	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,775	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	593	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,904	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	271.82/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,658	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	317.49/cwt	311.00–327.00	1,692	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	524	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	1,779	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	359.58/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,517	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,621	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	233.74/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,968	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	300.06/cwt	298.00–303.50	1,890	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	232.88/cwt	232.00–236.50	2,031	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	670	286.80/cwt	286.50–288.00	1,922	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	313.98/cwt	311.00–317.00	1,934	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	339.53/cwt	331.00–346.00	1,640	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,703	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	250.87/cwt	243.00–254.25	1,922	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	594	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,426	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	263.96/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,528	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	627	243.81/cwt	241.00–244.50	1,529	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	482	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,562	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,699	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	693	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,802	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	778	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,840	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	261.90/cwt	260.75–263.00	1,815	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	256.99/cwt	255.50–263.00	1,894	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,982	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	701	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,938	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	246.36/cwt	240.00–248.50	1,715	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	619	270.12/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,672	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	371	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	702	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,751	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	281.42/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,483	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	281.67/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,651	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	433	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,217	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	255.44/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,482	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	472	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,482	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,636	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	296.41/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,319	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,389	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	273.19/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,183	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	259.78/cwt	250.50–265.00	1,608	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	226.02/cwt	225.50–228.50	1,743	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	231.94/cwt	229.50–234.75	1,672	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	367	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,101	5

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 Feb 9, 2024

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

Receipts 4,282Last week 2,472Year ago 4,404

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	458	317.50–320.00	318.77
25	—	625	284.00	284.00
8	—	535	303.00	303.00
16	—	842	232.00–236.00	233.74
14	—	576	295.00	295.00
80	—	693	260.75–263.00	261.90
16	—	702	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	671	266.00–281.00	274.14
83	—	834	241.50–244.75	243.94
132	—	533	311.00–327.00	317.49
21	—	422	357.00–362.00	359.58
200	—	630	298.00–303.50	300.06
151	—	872	232.00–236.50	232.88
66	—	483	331.00–346.00	339.53
4	—	387	369.00	369.00
277	—	766	243.00–254.25	250.87
303	—	737	255.50–263.00	256.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	593	321.00	321.00
26	—	608	326.00	326.00
169	—	701	276.50	276.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	610	270.00–273.00	271.82
16	—	673	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	524	339.50	339.50
232	—	670	286.50–288.00	286.80
143	—	616	311.00–317.00	313.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	594	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	579	260.00–265.00	263.96
31	—	627	241.00–244.50	243.81
7	—	482	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	755	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	693	260.00	260.00
33	—	778	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
244	—	696	240.00–248.50	246.36
218	—	527	277.00–286.00	281.42
176	—	586	281.00–283.00	281.67
34	—	445	289.00–298.00	296.41
41	—	457	304.00	304.00
182	—	619	250.50–265.00	259.78
28	—	771	225.50–228.50	226.02
201	—	721	229.50–234.75	231.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	619	269.00–272.00	270.12
47	—	472	314.00	314.00
91	—	563	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	433	281.00	281.00
5	—	367	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	580	253.00–258.00	255.44
23	—	433	270.00–275.00	273.19
10	—	322	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	630	248.00	248.00

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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