Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifers calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and steer calves over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 2.00 higher. Nice run of yearling steers and spayed heifers along with bawling spring calves most having fall vaccinations. Demand was moderate to good from the crowd of buyers with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.57/cwt on 491 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −171.99 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$307.57

491 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$40.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.15

vs NE average

+8.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	310.36	1,716	457
Medium 1	565	270.00	1,526	34

One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.53, low $429.68, median $479.56 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale491 hd

307.57

—

NE average11 barns · 7,036 hd

313.72

−6.15

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+8.24

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−171.99

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium 1Fleshy	550–600	566	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	349.72/cwt	349.00–350.00	1,259	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	303.76/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,546	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	215.66/cwt	214.00–218.50	2,234	16
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	500–550	539	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,353	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	611	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,534	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,385	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	321.49/cwt	314.00–328.00	1,675	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	417	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,368	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	561	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,389	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	787	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,038	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	287.81/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,793	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	272.25/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,797	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,912	46
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	298.06/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,717	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,339	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	563	313.44/cwt	310.50–316.00	1,765	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	1,660	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	269.39/cwt	265.00–276.25	1,519	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,493	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	274.56/cwt	274.00–276.00	1,741	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	1,343	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,419	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	298.54/cwt	288.50–305.00	1,391	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	277.28/cwt	271.50–282.00	1,431	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	850	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,129	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	453	319.63/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,448	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	334.46/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,525	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,491	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	312.46/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,287	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	262.48/cwt	258.50–266.25	1,614	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	750–800	763	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,824	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	883	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,093	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	342.40/cwt	341.00–343.00	1,726	60

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 Oct 18, 2024

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

Receipts 2,272Last week 1,773Year ago 1,988

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	566	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	360	349.00–350.00	349.72
44	500–550	509	300.00–307.00	303.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	400–450	412	307.00–317.00	312.46
75	450–500	466	288.50–305.00	298.54
217	500–550	516	271.50–282.00	277.28
123	550–600	564	265.00–276.25	269.39
16	1000–1050	1,036	214.00–218.50	215.66
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	539	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	600–650	611	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
112	600–650	615	258.50–266.25	262.48
62	650–700	658	252.25	252.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	595	251.00	251.00
14	750–800	754	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	507	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	750–800	763	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	850–900	883	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	395.00	395.00
14	350–400	391	343.50	343.50
28	400–450	409	347.00	347.00
50	450–500	456	330.00–337.00	334.46
102	500–550	521	314.00–328.00	321.49
243	550–600	576	290.00–302.50	298.06
80	900–950	937	254.50	254.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	334.00	334.00
7	400–450	434	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	417	328.00	328.00
16	450–500	453	319.00–320.00	319.63
8	550–600	561	285.00	285.00
119	600–650	634	274.00–276.00	274.56
15	850–900	850	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	787	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
102	600–650	623	281.00–293.00	287.81
103	650–700	660	269.00–277.00	272.25
21	700–750	722	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	500–550	504	341.00–343.00	342.40
46	600–650	626	305.50	305.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	563	310.50–316.00	313.44

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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