Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-01-24

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 24
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,860 head
▲ 985 vs last sale 1,875▲ 2,860 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold 1.00-6.00 lower. Heifers 550-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $154.33/cwt on 1,743 head.
Average price
$154.33
1,743 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$237
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.04
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516171.33884100
Medium and Large 1731153.291,1211,643
One grade step is worth $18.04/cwt here — about −$237 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 sale1,743 hd
154.33
—
NE average11 barns · 19,234 hd
164.37
−10.04
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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned412179.00/cwt179.00–179.007377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415179.00/cwt179.00–179.007436
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434185.00/cwt185.00–185.0080314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470176.55/cwt175.00–179.0083031
Steers—Medium and Large 1482193.00/cwt193.00–193.0093033
Steers—Medium and Large 1532184.87/cwt183.00–185.2598428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532176.50/cwt176.50–176.5093929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542157.00/cwt157.00–157.0085110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546176.00/cwt176.00–176.009617
Steers—Medium and Large 1564185.12/cwt181.50–185.751,044113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567169.00/cwt169.00–169.0095827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed590164.00/cwt164.00–164.0096812
Steers—Medium and Large 1604166.63/cwt163.50–167.251,00637
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy624155.18/cwt149.75–160.5096848
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0275
Steers—Medium and Large 1660161.08/cwt159.75–163.001,063258
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy692150.30/cwt145.00–152.001,040107
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy716142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,02024
Steers—Medium and Large 1737147.33/cwt145.00–148.501,086125
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy754140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,05616
Steers—Medium and Large 1767146.47/cwt143.75–148.251,123171
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy811140.06/cwt139.75–140.351,136108
Steers—Medium and Large 1822145.41/cwt142.75–147.501,195367
Steers—Medium and Large 1881137.92/cwt135.00–141.001,215127
Steers—Medium and Large 1935135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2629
Steers—Medium and Large 1962136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,31124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412164.00/cwt164.00–164.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429161.00/cwt161.00–161.0069113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437169.00/cwt169.00–169.0073914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467166.00/cwt166.00–166.0077512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476171.75/cwt171.75–171.7581823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508169.50/cwt169.50–169.508619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed520159.75/cwt159.75–159.7583112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534157.07/cwt156.00–159.0083955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569154.42/cwt150.00–157.0087944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611151.85/cwt148.00–153.00928163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed640146.50/cwt146.50–146.509386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667139.55/cwt139.00–141.5093145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720139.47/cwt137.50–145.001,004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy721134.21/cwt133.00–134.5096826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771136.05/cwt132.25–140.751,049198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811135.82/cwt134.00–140.001,102108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed825134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,11211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,16721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed857133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1405

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.