Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-10-16

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,570 head
▼ 627 vs last sale 2,197▼ 1,569 vs year ago 3,139 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower and heifers 450-700 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Offerings without fall shots given and or carrying a little flesh or fill sold at a discount. Demand was moderate to good with buyers being selective on their purchases.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.29/cwt on 751 head.
Average price
$139.29
751 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$305
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.82
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526140.8374162
Medium and Large 1752139.151,046689
One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale751 hd
139.29
—
NE average10 barns · 12,717 hd
143.11
−3.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1422176.16/cwt175.00–177.0074319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428165.00/cwt165.00–165.007066
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471163.55/cwt160.00–165.0077020
Steers—Medium and Large 1480173.31/cwt172.00–175.0083251
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512172.00/cwt172.00–172.0088120
Steers—Medium and Large 1539158.33/cwt157.00–160.00853116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed566146.00/cwt146.00–146.0082613
Steers—Medium and Large 1572155.45/cwt153.50–157.0088944
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy614145.85/cwt145.00–146.5089634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627141.00/cwt141.00–141.0088432
Steers—Medium and Large 1636159.04/cwt158.50–159.251,01191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed645148.50/cwt148.50–148.5095814
Steers—Medium and Large 1682144.58/cwt144.00–146.00986132
Steers—Medium and Large 1732149.68/cwt149.50–150.001,09631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0137
Steers—Medium and Large 1832140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,16542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388164.66/cwt164.00–165.5063916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431157.92/cwt155.25–163.0068133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468143.00/cwt141.50–144.0066926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474151.95/cwt147.00–154.7572056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511150.50/cwt150.50–150.5076949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529139.93/cwt137.00–142.0074026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574134.16/cwt131.50–138.5077095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1601144.50/cwt144.50–144.5086823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed671137.50/cwt137.50–137.5092310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1696149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,03716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed883132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,17012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed913134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,230312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1941129.92/cwt129.75–130.251,22368

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.