Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 800 to 1000 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower and heifers 800 to 850 lbs also 900 to 950 lbs sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $281.97/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −152.14 against this barn's trailing median of $434.11.

Average price

$281.97

33 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+17.95 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	281.97	1,774	33

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 sale33 hd

281.97

—

NE average1 barns · 33 hd

281.97

+0.00

National average150 barns · 6,369 hd

264.02

+17.95

This barn, trailing median18 sales

434.11

−152.14

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

20 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	900–950	915	236.71/cwt	234.50–237.00	2,166	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	600–650	627	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,877	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	235.10/cwt	228.25–239.00	2,278	543
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,435	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	251.82/cwt	250.25–259.50	2,047	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	269.94/cwt	269.75–270.50	1,903	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	244.42/cwt	242.00–245.50	2,097	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,730	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	230.07/cwt	230.00–230.50	2,124	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	738	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,815	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	257.35/cwt	255.50–258.00	2,015	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	230.56/cwt	227.75–231.00	2,349	651
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,872	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,043	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,673	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,771	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,198	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,254	6

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 Aug 16, 2024

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

Receipts 2,335Last week 957Year ago 1,040

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 800 to 1000 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower and heifers 800 to 850 lbs also 900 to 950 lbs 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
23	600–650	618	280.00	280.00
10	650–700	655	286.50	286.50
52	700–750	705	269.75–270.50	269.94
94	750–800	783	255.50–258.00	257.35
100	800–850	813	250.25–259.50	251.82
33	850–900	858	242.00–245.50	244.42
288	900–950	915	234.50–237.00	236.71
543	950–1000	969	228.25–239.00	235.10
651	1000–1050	1,019	227.75–231.00	230.56
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	1100–1150	1,107	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	627	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	555	252.00	252.00
12	800–850	832	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	660	253.50	253.50
17	700–750	741	239.00	239.00
69	800–850	827	247.00	247.00
156	900–950	923	230.00–230.50	230.07
11	950–1000	990	222.00	222.00
6	1000–1050	1,029	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	738	246.00	246.00

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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