Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-02-14

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,474 head
▲ 551 vs last sale 2,923▲ 3,474 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.38/cwt on 2,274 head.
Average price
$154.38
2,274 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.38
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710154.391,0972,192
Medium and Large 1-2549154.2884882
One grade step is worth $0.11/cwt here — about $249 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 sale2,274 hd
154.38
—
NE average10 barns · 15,444 hd
156.76
−2.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed305182.00/cwt182.00–182.005559
Steers—Medium and Large 1412199.58/cwt197.50–203.0082248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443170.00/cwt170.00–170.007538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2457161.00/cwt161.00–161.007367
Steers—Medium and Large 1478182.06/cwt180.50–192.0087074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527153.50/cwt153.50–153.508099
Steers—Medium and Large 1530173.50/cwt166.00–177.00920145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543155.00/cwt155.00–155.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 1577169.85/cwt163.00–171.50980108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned611147.50/cwt147.50–147.5090128
Steers—Medium and Large 1624162.70/cwt156.00–166.001,015228
Steers—Medium and Large 1674151.65/cwt147.00–156.001,022155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy691160.75/cwt160.75–160.751,111148
Steers—Medium and Large 1708155.60/cwt149.75–158.501,102312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned721136.50/cwt136.50–136.5098413
Steers—Medium and Large 1768144.68/cwt142.50–150.501,111380
Steers—Medium and Large 1822142.04/cwt141.75–142.751,168322
Steers—Medium and Large 1852143.10/cwt143.10–143.101,219185
Steers—Medium and Large 1905134.92/cwt133.75–135.251,22187
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed345172.00/cwt172.00–172.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned393164.00/cwt164.00–164.006458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408171.05/cwt166.00–173.5069815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed465173.65/cwt172.25–175.6080766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520159.09/cwt155.75–163.5082771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned564141.50/cwt141.50–141.5079827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581151.01/cwt146.50–154.0087788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed584159.50/cwt159.50–159.5093193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619144.86/cwt140.25–148.50897197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666139.25/cwt139.25–139.2592710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683137.09/cwt135.00–138.25936163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714136.49/cwt136.00–138.00975151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783125.99/cwt125.50–127.0098718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy792130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814126.27/cwt124.50–128.501,02816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,15721

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.