Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $282.50/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −151.61 against this barn's trailing median of $434.11.

Average price

$282.50

9 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−28.96

vs NE average

+1.10 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	638	282.50	1,802	9thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $456.04, low $406.00, median $434.11 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

282.50

—

NE average4 barns · 410 hd

311.46

−28.96

National average142 barns · 8,326 hd

281.40

+1.10

This barn, trailing median18 sales

434.11

−151.61

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

10 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 1	1050–1100	1,096	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,554	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,355	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,107	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,079	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,843	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	492	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	638	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	950–1000	976	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,255	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,069	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	247.60/cwt	241.00–247.75	2,429	708

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 Jun 21, 2024

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

Receipts 1,162Last week 932Year ago 1,914

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 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$ per cwt · actual wt
17	800–850	815	258.50	258.50
100	900–950	944	249.50	249.50
708	950–1000	981	241.00–247.75	247.60
200	1050–1100	1,096	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	638	282.50	282.50
8	950–1000	976	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	886	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	912	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	300.00	300.00
6	700–750	737	250.00	250.00

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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