Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of yearlings and weaned spring calves along with bawling spring calves on offer. Compared to last week steer and heifers calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet buying noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.58/cwt on 412 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −168.98 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$310.58

412 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$37.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.12

vs NE average

+5.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	311.77	1,726	399
Medium and Large 1-2	559	273.92	1,532	13thin

One grade step is worth $37.85/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale412 hd

310.58

—

NE average9 barns · 3,822 hd

320.70

−10.12

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+5.14

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−168.98

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

42 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 1-2	400–450	402	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,386	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	285.85/cwt	271.00–291.00	1,498	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,228	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	297.91/cwt	279.00–307.50	1,454	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	316.56/cwt	297.00–327.00	1,387	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	803	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,880	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	264.67/cwt	263.50–265.00	1,789	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	286.50/cwt	277.25–302.00	1,791	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	691	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	632	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,976	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,482	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	260.20/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,587	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	351.54/cwt	343.00–358.00	1,652	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	267.85/cwt	267.85–267.85	2,437	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,132	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	266.10/cwt	266.10–266.10	1,974	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	309.75/cwt	309.75–309.75	1,859	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	359.93/cwt	346.00–366.00	1,501	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	309.60/cwt	293.50–322.50	1,746	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,483	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,310	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,852	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	2,003	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	318.10/cwt	307.00–324.50	1,664	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	241.06/cwt	237.50–244.50	1,745	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,762	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	266.76/cwt	251.00–276.00	1,657	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	750–800	782	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	768	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,797	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	327.00/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,249	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	278.75/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,572	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,550	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,635	29

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 2,742Last week 1,504Year ago 2,679

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	285.00	285.00
12	550–600	575	241.00	241.00
27	650–700	671	231.00	231.00
29	700–750	711	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	375.00	375.00
52	350–400	382	323.00–330.00	327.00
111	400–450	438	297.00–327.00	316.56
62	450–500	488	279.00–307.50	297.91
123	500–550	524	271.00–291.00	285.85
53	550–600	564	260.00–288.00	278.75
23	700–750	724	237.50–244.50	241.06
8	950–1000	997	223.50	223.50
7	1000–1050	1,041	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
105	600–650	621	251.00–276.00	266.76
8	650–700	679	246.50	246.50
9	700–750	745	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	782	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
238	600–650	625	277.25–302.00	286.50
33	650–700	676	263.50–265.00	264.67
10	700–750	712	264.00	264.00
5	800–850	803	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	632	268.00	268.00
5	650–700	691	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	400–450	417	346.00–366.00	359.93
137	450–500	470	343.00–358.00	351.54
102	500–550	523	307.00–324.50	318.10
297	550–600	564	293.50–322.50	309.60
60	600–650	600	309.75	309.75
80	650–700	692	285.50	285.50
25	700–750	742	266.10	266.10
35	750–800	751	266.75	266.75
15	800–850	800	266.50	266.50
185	900–950	910	267.85	267.85
444	950–1000	972	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	390	336.00	336.00
7	450–500	490	302.50	302.50
7	500–550	541	285.00	285.00
6	550–600	581	261.00	261.00
19	600–650	610	255.00–265.00	260.20
38	750–800	756	245.00	245.00
7	850–900	854	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	768	234.00	234.00

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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