Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.77/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −157.79 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$321.77

112 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$20.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.21

vs NE average

−3.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	332.69	1,797	51
Medium and Large 1-2	559	312.63	1,748	61

One grade step is worth $20.06/cwt here — about $49 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 sale112 hd

321.77

—

NE average11 barns · 5,029 hd

348.97

−27.21

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−3.60

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−157.79

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
Steers	Large 1	700–750	729	258.42/cwt	257.50–260.50	1,884	23
Steers	Large 1	600–650	624	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,835	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	326.68/cwt	325.00–329.00	1,614	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	281.72/cwt	281.25–282.00	2,124	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	290.17/cwt	283.00–303.50	1,970	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	293.13/cwt	291.75–294.75	2,105	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	276.87/cwt	276.50–277.50	2,304	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	359.37/cwt	357.00–361.00	1,650	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,744	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	294.09/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,870	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	554	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,756	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	303.93/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,775	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	341.10/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,757	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	319.66/cwt	318.00–321.00	1,851	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	308.32/cwt	301.50–317.50	1,915	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,356	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	437	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,473	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	295.60/cwt	295.00–299.00	1,581	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	1,780	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	828	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	348.39/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,529	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,706	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,002	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	855	248.97/cwt	248.00–252.50	2,129	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,075	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	666	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,865	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,177	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	268.35/cwt	267.50–270.00	2,093	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	259.09/cwt	257.50–259.50	1,873	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	291.09/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,671	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,504	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	328.14/cwt	327.00–329.00	1,290	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	690	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,877	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	315.29/cwt	311.00–319.00	1,636	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	266.99/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,767	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	291.42/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,539	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	351.76/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,418	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,615	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	280.14/cwt	275.50–285.00	1,745	68

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 Dec 6, 2024

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

Receipts 2,523Last week 584Year ago 1,055

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	624	294.00	294.00
23	700–750	729	257.50–260.50	258.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
15	400–450	439	345.00–350.00	348.39
12	450–500	494	325.00–329.00	326.68
18	500–550	540	316.00	316.00
19	550–600	584	303.00–305.00	303.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	446	391.00	391.00
64	450–500	459	357.00–361.00	359.37
31	500–550	515	337.00–347.00	341.10
20	550–600	579	318.00–321.00	319.66
196	600–650	621	301.50–317.50	308.32
188	650–700	679	283.00–303.50	290.17
158	700–750	718	291.75–294.75	293.13
195	750–800	754	281.25–282.00	281.72
154	800–850	832	276.50–277.50	276.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	636	291.00–300.00	294.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	554	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	666	280.00	280.00
34	700–750	741	280.00	280.00
47	750–800	780	267.50–270.00	268.35
45	800–850	831	262.00	262.00
33	850–900	855	248.00–252.50	248.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	381	356.00	356.00
13	400–450	403	348.00–355.00	351.76
45	450–500	491	329.00	329.00
35	500–550	519	311.00–319.00	315.29
145	550–600	574	286.00–298.00	291.09
68	600–650	623	275.50–285.00	280.14
173	650–700	662	261.00–270.00	266.99
128	700–750	723	257.50–259.50	259.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	437	337.00	337.00
10	450–500	490	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	535	295.00–299.00	295.60
23	700–750	720	247.25	247.25
10	800–850	828	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,002	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	393	327.00–329.00	328.14
11	450–500	490	307.00	307.00
31	500–550	528	290.00–292.50	291.42
6	800–850	845	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	650–700	690	272.00	272.00

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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