Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.61/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −161.95 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$317.61

251 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$20.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.72

vs NE average

+6.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	322.71	1,816	188
Medium and Large 1-2	547	302.39	1,655	63

One grade step is worth $20.32/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.53, low $429.68, median $479.56 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale251 hd

317.61

—

NE average6 barns · 1,080 hd

322.33

−4.72

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+6.85

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−161.95

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

52 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	400–450	411	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	240.97/cwt	240.00–241.50	1,752	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,660	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,699	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,905	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	652	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,047	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,535	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	713	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,840	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	842	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,050	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	707	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,661	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	230.92/cwt	230.50–232.00	1,771	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	1,956	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	900	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,895	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	341.77/cwt	337.50–347.00	1,268	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	869	230.40/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,002	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,686	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	290.05/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,813	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	303.74/cwt	298.00–307.50	1,458	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	217.71/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,816	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	612	267.21/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,635	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	521	287.04/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,495	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	339	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,464	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	1,878	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,694	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	280.25/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	305.09/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,644	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	436	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	684	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	263.41/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,538	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	278.01/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,465	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	243.85/cwt	243.50–246.00	1,880	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,839	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,501	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,060	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,544	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	363	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,289	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,035	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,029	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,655	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	2,277	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,045	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,099	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	285.25/cwt	285.25–285.25	1,948	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	475	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,556	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	477	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,722	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	315.97/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,817	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	372.62/cwt	364.00–374.00	1,595	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	341.55/cwt	339.00–345.00	1,585	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	234.00/cwt	229.00–235.00	2,172	129

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 Apr 5, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	477	361.00	361.00
66	650–700	652	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	534	318.00	318.00
26	550–600	588	300.00	300.00
68	600–650	625	286.00–293.00	290.05
13	700–750	713	258.00	258.00
43	800–850	842	243.50	243.50
87	850–900	869	230.00–231.00	230.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	339	432.00	432.00
92	550–600	558	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	539	305.00–306.00	305.09
13	550–600	580	292.00	292.00
11	600–650	616	276.00–284.00	280.25
9	650–700	690	263.00	263.00
14	700–750	737	249.50	249.50
36	750–800	771	243.50–246.00	243.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	312.00	312.00
9	1000–1050	1,035	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	520	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	428	364.00–374.00	372.62
16	450–500	464	339.00–345.00	341.55
48	550–600	575	315.00–318.00	315.97
81	650–700	683	285.25	285.25
59	750–800	756	270.50	270.50
105	800–850	832	252.25	252.25
129	900–950	928	229.00–235.00	234.00
60	950–1000	964	236.25	236.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	475	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	371	337.50–347.00	341.77
6	400–450	417	327.00	327.00
24	450–500	476	322.50	322.50
88	500–550	538	308.50	308.50
70	600–650	609	279.00	279.00
74	700–750	727	240.00–241.50	240.97
74	750–800	767	230.50–232.00	230.92
65	800–850	808	235.75	235.75
17	850–900	890	219.75	219.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	450–500	480	298.00–307.50	303.74
25	500–550	521	286.00–288.00	287.04
28	600–650	612	263.00–269.00	267.21
23	650–700	694	243.00	243.00
10	700–750	707	235.00	235.00
30	800–850	834	214.00–221.00	217.71
8	900–950	900	210.50	210.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	684	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	527	272.00–281.00	278.01
49	550–600	584	263.00–265.00	263.41
19	600–650	649	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	305	347.50	347.50
12	500–550	523	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	355.00	355.00

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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