Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-01-03

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 3
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,214 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 1,991▲ 2,214 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and steers 600-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.24/cwt on 1,220 head.
Average price
$155.24
1,220 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.70
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1707155.301,0971,190
Medium and Large 1-2502153.0376930
One grade step is worth $2.26/cwt here — about $328 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 sale1,220 hd
155.24
—
NE average3 barns · 3,684 hd
161.94
−6.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned353172.00/cwt172.00–172.0060713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned441185.00/cwt185.00–185.0081623
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed466183.00/cwt183.00–183.008539
Steers—Medium and Large 1490171.57/cwt170.00–172.0084122
Steers—Medium and Large 1516168.27/cwt164.00–174.0086825
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full522159.00/cwt159.00–159.0083015
Steers—Medium and Large 1559158.50/cwt158.50–158.5088652
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561173.85/cwt173.85–173.8597551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080512
Steers—Medium and Large 1616164.10/cwt162.25–165.251,011157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy627145.00/cwt145.00–145.0090923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full637152.50/cwt152.50–152.5097119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy670138.00/cwt138.00–138.0092510
Steers—Medium and Large 1676156.47/cwt151.75–161.501,058259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717135.00/cwt135.00–135.009685
Steers—Medium and Large 1727156.96/cwt152.00–158.851,141132
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy745143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,0695
Steers—Medium and Large 1773145.44/cwt140.00–148.001,124121
Steers—Medium and Large 1809142.44/cwt139.50–145.501,15231
Steers—Medium and Large 1860145.23/cwt141.50–145.751,24986
Steers—Medium and Large 1907146.10/cwt146.10–146.101,32588
Steers—Medium and Large 1972140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,36862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned367171.00/cwt171.00–171.0062813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428164.00/cwt164.00–164.0070227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428135.00/cwt135.00–135.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full430149.11/cwt148.50–150.0064112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491155.26/cwt153.00–156.0076240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full517147.00/cwt147.00–147.007609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522135.00/cwt135.00–135.0070512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545153.00/cwt153.00–153.0083434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575148.54/cwt147.00–151.5085487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full575140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588140.00/cwt140.00–140.0082321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610144.00/cwt144.00–144.0087811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement624153.00/cwt153.00–153.0095561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660143.25/cwt143.25–143.2594563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement676150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,01428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy680125.00/cwt125.00–125.0085011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713139.89/cwt139.25–142.75997123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy758132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,00232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,06843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820141.29/cwt138.60–143.101,159191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy820132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,08712

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.