Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 900 lbs sold fully steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd who were being selective with their bidding and buying.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $233.73/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −121.29 against this barn's trailing median of $355.02.

Average price

$233.73

92 head · 781 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.85

vs NE average

+2.08 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	783	236.80	1,855	67
Medium and Large 1-2	775	225.50	1,748	25

One grade step is worth $11.30/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

19 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $384.00, low $331.00, median $355.02 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 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale92 hd

233.73

—

NE average3 barns · 584 hd

240.58

−6.85

National average131 barns · 5,579 hd

231.65

+2.08

This barn, trailing median19 sales

355.02

−121.29

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

25 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	919	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,031	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	894	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,967	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	965	193.75/cwt	193.75–193.75	1,870	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	831	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,720	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	221.99/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,825	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,748	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,363	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	845	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,846	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	236.12/cwt	235.50–237.50	2,080	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,182	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	1,900	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,934	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	230.78/cwt	227.00–232.50	1,994	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,029	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,248	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	873	229.76/cwt	229.60–229.85	2,006	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	817	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	2,000	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	901	228.25/cwt	228.25–228.25	2,057	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,002	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,104	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	788	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,875	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,279	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,981	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	235.14/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,827	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	230.21/cwt	228.50–231.00	2,139	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	220.04/cwt	219.50–220.50	2,207	44

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Aug 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,758Last week 2,335Year ago 1,776

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	850–900	894	220.00	220.00
20	900–950	919	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	831	207.00	207.00
28	950–1000	965	193.75	193.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	775	225.50	225.50
102	800–850	822	221.00–223.00	221.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	777	233.00–236.00	235.14
13	800–850	822	241.00	241.00
54	850–900	864	227.00–232.50	230.78
34	900–950	929	228.50–231.00	230.21
44	1000–1050	1,003	219.50–220.50	220.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	750–800	788	238.00	238.00
61	800–850	817	244.75	244.75
233	850–900	873	229.60–229.85	229.76
245	900–950	901	228.25	228.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	881	235.50–237.50	236.12
129	900–950	913	239.00	239.00
120	950–1000	978	233.00	233.00
281	1000–1050	1,033	228.75	228.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	845	218.50	218.50
21	1000–1050	1,002	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	700	258.00	258.00
23	750–800	794	239.25	239.25
23	800–850	823	235.00	235.00
22	1000–1050	1,029	218.50	218.50

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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