Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2019-12-06

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 6

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Nov 22Dec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

2,141 head

▼ 639 vs last sale 2,780▲ 2,141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week a auction was not held due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 450 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.89/cwt on 798 head.

Average price

$162.89

798 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.20

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	163.41	934	726
Medium and Large 1-2	545	157.58	859	72

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about $74 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 sale798 hd

162.89

—

NE average10 barns · 14,252 hd

167.08

−4.20

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	780	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	670	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	799	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	194.11/cwt	191.00–199.00	856	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	182.66/cwt	180.00–190.00	866	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	494	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	852	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	502	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	803	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	521	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	818	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	170.61/cwt	167.00–178.00	904	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	175.70/cwt	170.00–176.10	936	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	157.89/cwt	154.00–159.50	920	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	156.13/cwt	153.00–157.00	920	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	150.19/cwt	143.25–155.75	933	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	932	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	624	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	869	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	690	141.92/cwt	136.00–144.00	979	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	151.36/cwt	142.75–152.50	1,063	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	306	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	505	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	638	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	163.59/cwt	159.00–169.00	679	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	163.74/cwt	163.50–164.00	698	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	152.90/cwt	148.00–155.00	732	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	821	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	146.35/cwt	141.50–149.00	764	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	149.51/cwt	142.50–154.50	783	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	142.53/cwt	142.00–144.00	828	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	138.43/cwt	134.50–142.00	836	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	143.21/cwt	142.00–143.50	886	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	140.63/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,081	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	893	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,250	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,310	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	140.80/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,393	25

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 Dec 6, 2019

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

Receipts 2,141Last week 2,780Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	521	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	533	170.00–176.10	175.70
75	—	702	142.75–152.50	151.36
9	—	425	188.00	188.00
16	—	621	150.00	150.00
90	—	589	153.00–157.00	156.13
6	—	394	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	480	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	530	167.00–178.00	170.61
132	—	621	143.25–155.75	150.19
7	—	373	209.00	209.00
67	—	474	180.00–190.00	182.66
76	—	583	154.00–159.50	157.89
27	—	690	136.00–144.00	141.92
39	—	441	191.00–199.00	194.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	160.00	160.00
27	—	494	172.50	172.50
29	—	624	139.25	139.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	936	140.00	140.00
18	—	893	140.00	140.00
23	—	415	159.00–169.00	163.59
25	—	989	140.00–141.00	140.80
30	—	769	140.00–141.00	140.63
44	—	522	141.50–149.00	146.35
46	—	619	142.00–143.50	143.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	505	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	581	142.00–144.00	142.53
53	—	604	134.50–142.00	138.43
14	—	394	162.00	162.00
16	—	306	165.00	165.00
27	—	479	148.00–155.00	152.90
28	—	426	163.50–164.00	163.74
159	—	524	142.50–154.50	149.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	137.00	137.00

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.