Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves over 450 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher except 500-550 lbs steers calves sold steady to 7.00 lower. Heifers calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower except 500-550 lbs heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 higher. Most of the calves that had not received fall vaccinations sold at a sizable discount. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.80/cwt on 741 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −168.76 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$310.80

741 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$36.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

vs NE average

+11.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	316.39	1,752	627
Medium and Large 1-2	567	280.05	1,588	114

One grade step is worth $36.34/cwt here — about $163 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 sale741 hd

310.80

—

NE average11 barns · 6,772 hd

308.92

+1.88

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+11.76

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−168.76

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	683	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,632	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	911	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,086	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	280.80/cwt	274.00–289.00	1,446	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,350	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	402	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,347	14
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	450–500	468	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,128	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	277.31/cwt	268.50–281.00	1,836	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	344.24/cwt	338.00–348.00	1,666	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	345.21/cwt	339.00–347.00	1,498	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	540	276.00/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,490	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	377.34/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,374	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,147	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	691	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	631	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,729	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	503	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,745	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	772	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,830	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	312.30/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,793	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	292.82/cwt	284.00–298.50	1,810	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	705	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	261.22/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,387	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	255.51/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,469	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	305.21/cwt	295.00–318.00	1,276	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	314.80/cwt	307.00–325.50	1,659	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,629	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	329.90/cwt	326.00–342.00	1,270	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,140	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	315.79/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,232	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	317.73/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,385	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	278.63/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,599	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	320.43/cwt	311.00–327.00	1,516	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	268.48/cwt	264.00–279.50	1,530	427
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,375	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,730	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	297.00/cwt	287.00–311.00	1,429	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	604	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,462	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	259.69/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,584	72

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 3,356Last week 2,272Year ago 2,094

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	683	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	911	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	385	326.00–342.00	329.90
39	400–450	418	295.00–318.00	305.21
328	450–500	481	287.00–311.00	297.00
203	500–550	515	274.00–289.00	280.80
427	550–600	570	264.00–279.50	268.48
53	850–900	886	241.50	241.50
31	1050–1100	1,068	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	402	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	468	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	390	315.00–318.00	315.79
8	450–500	493	279.00	279.00
30	500–550	531	260.00–265.00	261.22
51	550–600	575	253.00–257.00	255.51
10	700–750	718	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	604	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	610	251.00–263.00	259.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
257	600–650	618	284.00–298.50	292.82
102	650–700	662	268.50–281.00	277.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	350–400	364	370.00–385.00	377.34
38	400–450	434	339.00–347.00	345.21
166	450–500	484	338.00–348.00	344.24
179	500–550	527	307.00–325.50	314.80
387	550–600	574	296.00–320.00	312.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	540	274.00–278.00	276.00
11	750–800	772	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	312	367.50	367.50
28	400–450	436	305.00–321.00	317.73
108	450–500	473	311.00–327.00	320.43
7	500–550	509	296.00	296.00
92	550–600	574	273.00–280.00	278.63
9	700–750	723	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	634	257.00	257.00
10	650–700	691	245.00	245.00
6	700–750	705	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	292.00	292.00
18	600–650	631	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	503	347.00	347.00

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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