Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-08-02

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 2
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
957 head
74 vs last sale 883 426 vs year ago 1,383 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago ,steers over 950 lbs sold 10.00 lower and heifers over 900 lbs sold 10.00 lower with the other weight classes of steers and heifers not well tested. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 203.00 against this barn's trailing median of $523.00.
Average price
$320.00
5 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs NE average
+14.99 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495320.001,5845thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

13 sales
580545511477median 523.0012/1901/2302/1304/0305/29
Steers 400–500 lb: high $565.86, low $490.62, median $523.00 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
320.00
NE average1 barns · 5 hd
320.00
+0.00
National average133 barns · 3,590 hd
305.01
+14.99
This barn, trailing median13 sales
523.00
−203.00
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

11 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650630257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,61915
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850835248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,07147
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950904229.38/cwt229.00–233.002,07477
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900893237.26/cwt236.50–246.002,119190
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350334337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1275
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850803259.50/cwt259.50–259.502,08446
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900872259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,258120
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950918250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,295123
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000967244.71/cwt241.50–246.002,366257
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5845
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400371340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2618

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.