Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

800–900 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −108.97 against this barn's trailing median of $362.97.

Average price

$254.00

42 head · 859 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.38

vs NE average

−0.93 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	859	254.00	2,182	42

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

This barn's trailing prices 800–900 lb

19 sales

Steers 800–900 lb: high $383.65, low $347.72, median $362.97 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

254.00

—

NE average4 barns · 1,272 hd

272.38

−18.38

National average86 barns · 9,687 hd

254.93

−0.93

This barn, trailing median19 sales

362.97

−108.97

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

5 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	1000–1050	1,002	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,545	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,182	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	227.60/cwt	227.60–227.60	2,196	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	256.10/cwt	256.10–256.10	2,505	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	2,102	23

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 Jul 12, 2024

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

Receipts 657Last week 1,162Year ago 1,326

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. 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
42	850–900	859	254.00	254.00
357	950–1000	978	256.10	256.10
122	1000–1050	1,002	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	900–950	915	229.75	229.75
24	950–1000	965	227.60	227.60

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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