Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2021-01-29

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,158 head
▼ 1,875 vs last sale 4,033▼ 222 vs year ago 2,380 · −9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with steers over 750 lbs selling 2.00 lower, heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with heifers over 700 lbs selling steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.43/cwt on 1,400 head.
Average price
$149.43
1,400 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.14
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1701149.921,0511,230
Medium and Large 1-2648145.85945170
One grade step is worth $4.07/cwt here — about $107 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 sale1,400 hd
149.43
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NE average9 barns · 16,394 hd
154.57
−5.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full420162.00/cwt162.00–162.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed471175.50/cwt175.50–175.5082727
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy492174.74/cwt174.00–175.0086027
Steers—Medium and Large 1512176.93/cwt174.00–182.5090669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy545149.00/cwt149.00–149.008129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550160.00/cwt160.00–160.0088024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571174.00/cwt174.00–174.0099450
Steers—Medium and Large 1576164.44/cwt163.00–166.0094732
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy601168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,013118
Steers—Medium and Large 1603159.68/cwt158.00–164.00963116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy635137.02/cwt131.00–138.5087037
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy640150.79/cwt149.50–151.2596523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed677147.50/cwt147.50–147.5099923
Steers—Medium and Large 1678150.96/cwt150.75–151.501,024113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy694141.50/cwt141.50–141.5098222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy706138.06/cwt137.00–140.0097514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed708150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,062138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy767146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,12474
Steers—Medium and Large 1767138.49/cwt137.00–140.001,062147
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy802132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,059151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy828122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0147
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy869131.86/cwt129.00–132.501,14673
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy916128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,17563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy933120.44/cwt120.00–121.001,12425
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full414161.00/cwt161.00–161.006677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471140.00/cwt140.00–140.006599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full480152.49/cwt151.00–153.0073230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487160.00/cwt160.00–160.007798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517149.36/cwt148.00–152.5077229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed542141.50/cwt141.50–141.507679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560147.39/cwt146.50–149.5082566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573137.33/cwt135.00–139.5078795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635138.14/cwt135.00–141.00877155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653134.00/cwt134.00–134.0087537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy674128.11/cwt128.00–128.5086362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727128.90/cwt128.50–129.7593782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,04315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,02010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy883120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0645

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.