Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-01-17

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 17

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Receipts

1,875 head

▼ 1,937 vs last sale 3,812▲ 1,875 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 500-600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers 450-650 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

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 $162.41/cwt on 967 head.

Average price

$162.41

967 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$7.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.35

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	162.45	1,111	962
Medium and Large 1-2	620	155.00	961	5thin

One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about $150 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 sale967 hd

162.41

—

NE average9 barns · 18,757 hd

167.76

−5.35

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	637	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	461	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	885	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	850	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	936	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	547	193.25/cwt	193.25–193.25	1,057	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,033	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	165.01/cwt	160.00–169.00	950	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,058	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	674	148.53/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,001	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	161.09/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,092	221
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	157.87/cwt	150.25–159.25	1,137	231
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	155.60/cwt	152.00–156.75	1,169	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	796	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,122	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,231	109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	622	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	681	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	160.66/cwt	159.00–163.00	763	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	168.60/cwt	168.60–168.60	851	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	161.88/cwt	159.25–163.00	819	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	153.88/cwt	151.25–155.00	899	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	146.37/cwt	142.00–150.00	903	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	141.95/cwt	137.75–145.00	941	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	692	150.70/cwt	150.00–151.50	1,043	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	138.56/cwt	135.50–143.25	1,006	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	137.85/cwt	137.85–137.85	1,067	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,137	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,160	16

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 Jan 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,875Last week 3,812Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	692	150.00–151.50	150.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	305	204.00	204.00
8	—	815	139.50	139.50
16	—	850	136.50	136.50
22	—	410	166.00	166.00
30	—	475	159.00–163.00	160.66
34	—	506	159.25–163.00	161.88
38	—	774	137.85	137.85
72	—	726	135.50–143.25	138.56
86	—	663	137.75–145.00	141.95
102	—	617	142.00–150.00	146.37
185	—	584	151.25–155.00	153.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	505	168.60	168.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	625	150.00	150.00
28	—	674	145.00–154.00	148.53
13	—	796	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	532	176.00	176.00
16	—	339	188.00	188.00
32	—	647	163.50	163.50
109	—	826	149.00	149.00
132	—	751	152.00–156.75	155.60
221	—	678	158.00–163.00	161.09
231	—	720	150.25–159.25	157.87
7	—	497	171.00	171.00
14	—	576	160.00–169.00	165.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	563	183.50	183.50
31	—	461	192.00	192.00
82	—	547	193.25	193.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	620	155.00	155.00

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.