Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago heifers over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −191.03 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$248.00

12 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.15

vs NE average

+9.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	248.00	1,426	12thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $388.00, median $439.03 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

248.00

—

NE average5 barns · 272 hd

261.15

−13.15

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

+9.39

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

−191.03

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

21 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 1-2	700–750	730	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,796	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,070	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	868	235.10/cwt	235.10–235.10	2,041	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	828	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,971	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	224.38/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,824	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,086	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,270	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	219.81/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,934	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	874	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,910	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,426	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	216.18/cwt	210.50–218.00	2,196	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,624	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	218.90/cwt	218.75–219.00	2,101	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	986	214.25/cwt	214.25–214.25	2,113	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	776	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,816	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,029	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,024	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,739	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 Sep 13, 2024

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

Receipts 695Last week 1,758Year ago 1,206

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago heifers over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	674	258.00	258.00
11	700–750	730	246.00	246.00
15	850–900	892	227.50	227.50
40	900–950	920	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	553	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	828	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	800–850	816	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
160	850–900	868	235.10	235.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
5	750–800	775	233.00	233.00
47	800–850	813	224.00–225.00	224.38
16	850–900	880	215.00–222.00	219.81
30	950–1000	960	218.75–219.00	218.90
50	1000–1050	1,016	210.50–218.00	216.18
8	1050–1100	1,086	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	750–800	776	234.00	234.00
49	850–900	874	218.50	218.50
25	950–1000	986	214.25	214.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	575	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	262.00	262.00
14	650–700	663	245.00	245.00

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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