Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifers calves sold steady to 15.00 higher on a thin test. Demand was very good from the buyers participating in the active market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.11/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −141.92 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$297.11

152 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.23

vs NE average

+30.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	297.11	1,654	152

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 sale152 hd

297.11

—

NE average10 barns · 2,180 hd

286.88

+10.23

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

+30.06

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

−141.92

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

20 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 1Fleshy	750–800	753	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,739	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,471	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	307.91/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,496	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	354.69/cwt	346.00–360.00	1,390	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,706	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,820	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,888	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	309.82/cwt	297.00–320.00	1,627	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	292.57/cwt	283.50–296.50	1,662	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	689	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,833	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	710	253.58/cwt	252.00–254.75	1,800	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,718	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	374.17/cwt	373.00–375.00	1,598	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	306.98/cwt	297.50–309.00	1,870	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	319.60/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,691	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	604	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,480	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,676	7

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 584Last week 2,742Year ago 2,679

Compared to last week steer and heifers calves sold steady to 15.00 higher on a thin test. Demand was very good from the buyers participating in the active market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	753	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	392	346.00–360.00	354.69
13	400–450	443	332.00	332.00
16	450–500	486	301.00–317.00	307.91
40	500–550	525	297.00–320.00	309.82
112	550–600	568	283.50–296.50	292.57
7	600–650	625	267.00	267.00
27	650–700	656	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	604	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	710	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	427	373.00–375.00	374.17
25	450–500	498	345.00	345.00
26	500–550	529	310.00–324.00	319.60
31	550–600	566	321.50	321.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	609	297.50–309.00	306.98
12	650–700	652	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	689	266.00	266.00
21	700–750	710	252.00–254.75	253.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	496	301.00	301.00

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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