Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2019-10-25

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 25
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,248 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 3,139▲ 3,248 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 lower and over 500 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 lower except 450 to 500 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with calves that had not received their fall vaccinations selling at a discount. Near 275 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.07/cwt on 1,745 head.
Average price
$157.07
1,745 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.85
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664157.821,0471,644
Medium and Large 1-2615144.94892101
One grade step is worth $12.88/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,745 hd
157.07
—
NE average11 barns · 18,439 hd
159.92
−2.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332155.00/cwt155.00–155.005159
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full382162.89/cwt161.00–164.0062219
Steers—Medium and Large 1384178.53/cwt175.00–183.0068630
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full410169.00/cwt169.00–169.0069340
Steers—Medium and Large 1431174.28/cwt171.00–177.0075124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy439166.00/cwt166.00–166.0072915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy465165.00/cwt165.00–165.0076711
Steers—Medium and Large 1470173.32/cwt170.50–175.0081588
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full482167.50/cwt167.50–167.5080753
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484151.00/cwt151.00–151.0073114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy509170.61/cwt170.00–171.0086893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 1533159.82/cwt153.50–164.2585282
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy567165.50/cwt165.50–165.5093870
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568140.50/cwt140.50–140.507988
Steers—Medium and Large 1575157.29/cwt155.25–159.00904273
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609154.90/cwt150.00–156.00943142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned653142.75/cwt142.75–142.7593224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670156.93/cwt156.50–157.851,051229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy702145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,01825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,10915
Steers—Medium and Large 1810155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,25628
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full831145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,20538
Steers—Medium and Large 1860148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,27341
Steers—Medium and Large 1950147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,401368
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323155.27/cwt155.00–156.0050222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full331130.00/cwt130.00–130.004307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374147.03/cwt145.00–147.7555040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389154.49/cwt152.00–157.0060122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full432144.50/cwt144.50–144.5062426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439150.16/cwt146.00–152.50659136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479148.64/cwt146.00–154.75712109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495135.00/cwt135.00–135.0066826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523142.83/cwt141.50–143.50747145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy543151.60/cwt150.75–152.35823112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543132.50/cwt132.50–132.5071915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed547148.25/cwt148.25–148.2581112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564126.50/cwt126.50–126.5071314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed572117.50/cwt117.50–117.5067211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575136.07/cwt132.50–140.5078244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned634141.10/cwt141.10–141.1089562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,01156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781141.24/cwt140.50–142.501,10355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,239100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,30014

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.