Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of old crop yearlings and weaned calves on offer with around 250 head of bawling calves selling in the mix. Compared to last week steer calves 500-700 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher and heifer calves under 700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was 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 $333.82/cwt on 441 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −145.74 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$333.82

441 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$23.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.80

vs NE average

+9.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	335.34	1,879	412
Medium and Large 1-2	556	312.17	1,737	29

One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale441 hd

333.82

—

NE average7 barns · 3,900 hd

345.61

−11.80

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+9.47

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−145.74

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 1Fleshy	450–500	474	321.86/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,526	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	253.55/cwt	252.75–254.00	1,930	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	270.27/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,822	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,578	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	313.53/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,655	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	300.53/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,710	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	537	334.15/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,794	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,540	431
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,629	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	873	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,252	930
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	470	341.96/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,607	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	411	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,410	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,759	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	355.20/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,726	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,715	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	916	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,244	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	298.14/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,923	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,925	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	350.74/cwt	341.50–360.00	1,817	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	333.50/cwt	325.00–344.50	1,924	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	978	239.36/cwt	236.50–242.50	2,341	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	284.62/cwt	276.00–288.50	1,748	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,327	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	294.39/cwt	294.25–295.00	1,969	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	902	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,057	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	437	363.31/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,588	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	434	343.02/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,489	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	508	293.60/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,491	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	370.56/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,378	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	712	273.59/cwt	271.00–277.50	1,948	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	318.90/cwt	318.00–319.50	1,878	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	768	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,104	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	237.89/cwt	237.50–238.00	2,070	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	909	249.29/cwt	249.00–249.50	2,266	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	859	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,173	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	888	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,224	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	989	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,359	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 Dec 13, 2024

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

Receipts 3,596Last week 2,523Year ago 1,708

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	474	320.00–324.00	321.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	372	369.00–375.00	370.56
25	450–500	456	346.00	346.00
65	500–550	528	306.00–325.00	313.53
67	550–600	569	292.00–308.00	300.53
119	600–650	614	276.00–288.50	284.62
134	650–700	674	270.00–272.00	270.27
120	750–800	761	252.75–254.00	253.55
23	850–900	870	237.50–238.00	237.89
8	1000–1050	1,003	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	329.00	329.00
5	600–650	640	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
135	850–900	859	253.00	253.00
59	900–950	909	249.00–249.50	249.29
77	950–1000	978	236.50–242.50	239.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	434	342.00–347.00	343.02
55	500–550	508	291.00–296.00	293.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
129	850–900	888	250.50	250.50
29	950–1000	989	238.50	238.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	437	360.00–365.00	363.31
21	450–500	470	340.00–344.00	341.96
30	500–550	537	330.00–335.00	334.15
930	850–900	873	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	432	377.00	377.00
76	450–500	486	350.00–358.00	355.20
114	500–550	518	341.50–360.00	350.74
184	550–600	577	325.00–344.50	333.50
48	600–650	615	313.00	313.00
83	650–700	669	294.25–295.00	294.39
431	950–1000	973	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	411	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	541	317.00	317.00
14	550–600	573	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	589	318.00–319.50	318.90
35	600–650	645	296.00–301.00	298.14
56	700–750	712	271.00–277.50	273.59
112	750–800	768	274.00	274.00
8	900–950	916	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	902	228.00	228.00

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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