Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of bawling and weaned spring calves on a shorter consignments sheet than last week. Most all the calves had received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower and steer calves over 600 lbs sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.45/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −177.10 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$302.45

243 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$24.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.13

vs NE average

+0.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	307.45	1,645	194
Medium and Large 1-2	567	282.67	1,602	49

One grade step is worth $24.78/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale243 hd

302.45

—

NE average11 barns · 4,412 hd

311.59

−9.13

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+0.60

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−177.10

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

33 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 1Full	350–400	370	317.60/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,175	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,091	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	280.81/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,241	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,516	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	765	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	1,937	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	299.69/cwt	285.50–305.50	1,843	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	350.44/cwt	343.00–355.00	1,489	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	304.46/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,477	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	273.29/cwt	270.50–275.00	1,588	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,372	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,317	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	559	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,621	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	730	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,871	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	292.52/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,419	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	674	234.33/cwt	233.75–236.50	1,579	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,504	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	307.45/cwt	304.50–310.00	1,645	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	700	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	641	269.22/cwt	264.50–277.00	1,726	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	255.34/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,297	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	306.24/cwt	298.00–315.00	1,289	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	380.50/cwt	378.00–382.00	1,339	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	276.14/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,455	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	270.27/cwt	268.50–276.00	1,530	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,255	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	925	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,100	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	350–400	352	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,095	5

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 Nov 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,504Last week 4,517Year ago 3,475

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	370	316.00–320.00	317.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	348.00	348.00
8	350–400	391	327.00	327.00
26	400–450	421	298.00–315.00	306.24
91	450–500	485	285.00–300.00	292.52
81	500–550	527	269.00–281.00	276.14
188	550–600	566	268.50–276.00	270.27
24	850–900	873	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	442	280.00–281.00	280.81
20	450–500	481	261.00	261.00
20	500–550	508	251.00–260.00	255.34
17	550–600	583	258.00	258.00
8	600–650	641	236.50	236.50
11	650–700	696	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	630	244.50	244.50
44	650–700	674	233.75–236.50	234.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
183	600–650	615	285.50–305.50	299.69
12	700–750	730	256.25	256.25
50	750–800	765	253.25	253.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	352	378.00–382.00	380.50
25	400–450	425	343.00–355.00	350.44
17	450–500	463	340.00	340.00
194	500–550	535	304.50–310.00	307.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	430	319.00	319.00
30	450–500	485	300.00–307.00	304.46
5	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
23	550–600	581	270.50–275.00	273.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	315	418.00	418.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	559	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
62	600–650	641	264.50–277.00	269.22
5	700–750	700	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	900–950	925	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	352	311.00	311.00

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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