Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2020-11-06

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 6

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Receipts

1,510 head

▼ 1,595 vs last sale 3,105▼ 1,530 vs year ago 3,040 · −50.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was 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 $162.40/cwt on 878 head.

Average price

$162.40

878 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$19.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.99

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	164.61	893	776
Medium and Large 1-2	564	145.60	821	102

One grade step is worth $19.01/cwt here — about $72 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 sale878 hd

162.40

—

NE average11 barns · 15,661 hd

165.38

−2.99

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	323	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	649	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	407	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	773	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	443	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	771	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	176.52/cwt	175.00–178.00	810	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	481	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	794	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	730	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	176.50/cwt	175.00–176.75	891	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	164.36/cwt	163.00–165.00	863	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	767	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	539	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	825	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	546	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	857	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	144.68/cwt	135.00–148.00	829	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	154.63/cwt	153.00–158.00	888	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	897	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	611	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	984	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	157.62/cwt	154.50–158.75	977	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	948	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	949	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	726	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	995	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	757	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	999	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	316	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	559	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	367	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	646	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	160.69/cwt	160.50–161.00	683	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	758	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	156.06/cwt	155.00–157.00	741	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	484	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	777	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	490	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	728	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	144.51/cwt	143.00–145.00	773	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	559	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	769	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	147.07/cwt	145.75–148.00	827	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	825	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	856	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	988	5

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 Nov 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,510Last week 3,105Year ago 3,040

Compared to last week steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	726	137.00	137.00
25	—	539	153.00	153.00
10	—	757	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	546	157.00	157.00
8	—	443	174.00	174.00
10	—	481	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	459	175.00–178.00	176.52
54	—	525	163.00–165.00	164.36
115	—	620	154.50–158.75	157.62
180	—	574	153.00–158.00	154.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	407	190.00	190.00
40	—	611	161.00	161.00
122	—	505	175.00–176.75	176.50
24	—	323	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	602	149.00	149.00
13	—	495	147.50	147.50
71	—	573	135.00–148.00	144.68
6	—	527	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	715	132.75	132.75
26	—	677	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	455	166.50	166.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	148.50	148.50
27	—	559	137.50	137.50
5	—	790	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	535	143.00–145.00	144.51
90	—	562	145.75–148.00	147.07
100	—	475	155.00–157.00	156.06
18	—	425	160.50–161.00	160.69
11	—	609	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	545	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	484	160.50	160.50
5	—	316	177.00	177.00
20	—	367	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	666	128.50	128.50

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.