Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings 950-1000 steers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −138.31 against this barn's trailing median of $392.31.

Average price

$254.00

28 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.54

vs NE average

−4.49 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	254.00	1,905	28

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

18 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $417.64, low $364.39, median $392.31 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 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale28 hd

254.00

—

NE average2 barns · 216 hd

284.54

−30.54

National average116 barns · 4,082 hd

258.49

−4.49

This barn, trailing median18 sales

392.31

−138.31

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	950–1000	958	256.30/cwt	251.00–261.50	2,455	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	980	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,401	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,177	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	750	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,905	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	239.81/cwt	234.75–240.75	2,177	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,968	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,175	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,201	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,035	11

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 883Last week 657Year ago 1,201

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings 950-1000 steers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
368	950–1000	958	251.00–261.50	256.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	750	254.00	254.00
68	850–900	876	248.50	248.50
220	950–1000	980	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	800–850	800	246.00	246.00
11	850–900	855	239.50	239.50
83	900–950	908	234.75–240.75	239.81
11	950–1000	956	227.50	227.50
9	1000–1050	1,043	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	848	240.00	240.00

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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