Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-10-23

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 23

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

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Receipts

1,875 head

▲ 305 vs last sale 1,570▼ 1,373 vs year ago 3,248 · −42.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and steers 550-650 sold 2.00-7.00 lower, heifers sold steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with internet activity noticed.

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 $158.75/cwt on 983 head.

Average price

$158.75

983 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	161.03	857	876
Medium and Large 1-2	609	140.03	853	107

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $3 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 sale983 hd

158.75

—

NE average10 barns · 15,376 hd

154.38

+4.37

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	597	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	663	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	170.58/cwt	169.00–174.00	725	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	738	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	176.83/cwt	172.00–180.00	838	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	504	173.49/cwt	173.00–174.00	874	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	772	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	159.28/cwt	153.25–168.00	828	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	821	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	153.72/cwt	151.00–155.25	873	236
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	147.42/cwt	142.50–154.25	893	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	136.67/cwt	136.00–137.00	864	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	963	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	131.13/cwt	130.00–135.50	897	33
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	163.81/cwt	158.00–167.00	611	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	413	170.16/cwt	168.00–171.00	703	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	159.42/cwt	154.00–161.00	687	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	740	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	149.83/cwt	145.50–150.50	716	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	680	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	137.66/cwt	133.00–139.00	738	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	134.44/cwt	130.00–140.50	762	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	801	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	882	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,093	14

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 Oct 23, 2020

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

Receipts 1,875Last week 1,570Year ago 3,248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	686	128.50	128.50
14	—	854	128.00	128.00
19	—	613	130.75	130.75
45	—	373	158.00–167.00	163.81
78	—	431	154.00–161.00	159.42
142	—	478	145.50–150.50	149.83
198	—	567	130.00–140.50	134.44
159	—	536	133.00–139.00	137.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	413	168.00–171.00	170.16
31	—	462	160.25	160.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	474	172.00–180.00	176.83
75	—	520	153.25–168.00	159.28
236	—	568	151.00–155.25	153.72
86	—	425	169.00–174.00	170.58
47	—	653	147.50	147.50
17	—	381	174.00	174.00
164	—	606	142.50–154.25	147.42
15	—	331	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	632	136.00–137.00	136.67
7	—	450	164.00	164.00
10	—	562	146.00	146.00
18	—	511	151.00	151.00
33	—	684	130.00–135.50	131.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	504	173.00–174.00	173.49

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.