Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-02-28

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 28

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Feb 21Feb 28Mar 13 →

Receipts

2,394 head

▼ 2,349 vs last sale 4,743▲ 2,394 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 1.00-6.00 lower and heifers sold 1.00-4.00 lower on the comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to 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 $157.02/cwt on 1,157 head.

Average price

$157.02

1,157 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.38

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	157.02	1,037	1,157

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,157 hd

157.02

—

NE average8 barns · 7,036 hd

155.64

+1.38

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

Every lot

35 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	431	192.49/cwt	187.00–193.00	830	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	779	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	185.64/cwt	185.50–186.00	915	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	175.66/cwt	172.25–176.50	956	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	964	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	164.31/cwt	160.00–165.10	1,020	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	645	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	955	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	148.20/cwt	145.75–150.50	1,014	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	691	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	967	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	141.62/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,049	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	137.35/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,037	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,062	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	137.37/cwt	134.50–138.10	1,159	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	854	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,068	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,104	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	422	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	781	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	425	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	693	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	453	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	634	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	158.11/cwt	157.00–159.00	778	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	527	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	891	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	536	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	772	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	814	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	843	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	586	136.92/cwt	136.00–140.00	802	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	853	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	622	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	908	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	134.18/cwt	130.00–136.00	902	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	717	136.22/cwt	136.00–136.25	977	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	133.22/cwt	133.00–134.00	962	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	957	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	125.62/cwt	125.00–126.60	1,016	175
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	537	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	827	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	425	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	191	7

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 Feb 28, 2020

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

Receipts 2,394Last week 4,743Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers sold 1.00-6.00 lower and heifers sold 1.00-4.00 lower on the comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	643	130.00	130.00
29	—	586	136.00–140.00	136.92
44	—	780	122.75	122.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	536	144.00	144.00
5	—	453	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	618	138.00	138.00
49	—	567	148.75	148.75
175	—	809	125.00–126.60	125.62
54	—	492	157.00–159.00	158.11
95	—	672	130.00–136.00	134.18
153	—	722	133.00–134.00	133.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	539	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	717	136.00–136.25	136.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	622	146.00	146.00
118	—	422	185.00	185.00
136	—	527	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	425	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	854	125.00	125.00
49	—	817	130.00	130.00
5	—	440	177.00	177.00
9	—	691	140.00	140.00
13	—	645	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	741	140.00–145.50	141.62
198	—	544	172.25–176.50	175.66
37	—	493	185.50–186.00	185.64
103	—	684	145.75–150.50	148.20
108	—	621	160.00–165.10	164.31
154	—	844	134.50–138.10	137.37
18	—	920	120.00	120.00
116	—	755	136.00–140.00	137.35
118	—	431	187.00–193.00	192.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	555	173.75	173.75
44	—	515	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	45.00	45.00

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.