Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2019-05-10

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-10

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, May 10

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Apr 26May 10May 31 →

Receipts

1,290 head

▼ 1,580 vs last sale 2,870▲ 1,290 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no feeder sale. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 490 head of slaughter cows and bulls sold in the run.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.56/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$143.56

436 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$2.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.98

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	143.74	965	406
Medium and Large 1-2	524	141.10	740	30

One grade step is worth $2.64/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale436 hd

143.56

—

NE average3 barns · 2,302 hd

147.55

−3.98

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	308	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	557	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	669	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	169.02/cwt	166.50–171.00	769	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	462	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	735	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	525	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	845	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	848	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	939	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	940	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	154.30/cwt	151.00–157.00	971	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	157.15/cwt	156.00–157.50	1,062	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	688	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	936	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	782	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,142	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,156	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	822	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,122	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	308	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	533	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	380	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	650	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	593	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	158.17/cwt	157.00–159.00	679	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	683	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	156.46/cwt	155.50–157.75	831	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	587	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	857	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	596	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	876	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	148.24/cwt	147.50–149.25	906	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	636	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	827	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	705	137.25/cwt	132.50–137.75	968	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	729	132.64/cwt	131.50–133.25	967	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	756	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,100	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	990	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	878	134.85/cwt	134.50–135.00	1,184	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	119.57/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,107	14

This sale against other markets

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 May 10, 2019

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

Receipts 1,290Last week 2,870Year ago 0

No comparison to last week due to no feeder sale. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 490 head of slaughter cows and bulls sold in the run.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	596	147.00	147.00
73	—	705	132.50–137.75	137.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	587	146.00	146.00
17	—	729	131.50–133.25	132.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	756	131.00	131.00
10	—	452	151.00	151.00
12	—	429	157.00–159.00	158.17
14	—	926	116.00–121.00	119.57
47	—	611	147.50–149.25	148.24
56	—	531	155.50–157.75	156.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	756	145.50	145.50
86	—	878	134.50–135.00	134.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	308	173.00	173.00
11	—	380	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	636	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	520	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	380	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	822	136.50	136.50
11	—	860	125.00	125.00
14	—	792	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	782	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	561	167.50	167.50
22	—	676	156.00–157.50	157.15
37	—	536	175.25	175.25
69	—	629	151.00–157.00	154.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	308	181.00	181.00
17	—	378	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	688	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	161.00	161.00
27	—	455	166.50–171.00	169.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	159.00	159.00

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.