Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2021-02-19

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 19
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,759 head
▲ 1,273 vs last sale 2,486▼ 984 vs year ago 4,743 · −20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 4.00 higher with the most advance on grass type cattle. Heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Several strings of top quality replacement type heifers sold on the day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.82/cwt on 1,824 head.
Average price
$142.82
1,824 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$296
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2437154.0067314thin
Medium and Large 1679142.749691,810
One grade step is worth $11.26/cwt here — about −$296 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 sale1,824 hd
142.82
—
NE average4 barns · 5,236 hd
142.52
+0.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375172.00/cwt172.00–172.006456
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned377172.00/cwt172.00–172.006487
Steers—Medium and Large 1445183.00/cwt183.00–183.0081410
Steers—Medium and Large 1466183.71/cwt179.50–186.0085643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed491174.00/cwt174.00–174.008548
Steers—Medium and Large 1532175.80/cwt171.00–177.75935120
Steers—Medium and Large 1575166.50/cwt166.50–166.5095729
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed577174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,00418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed593157.00/cwt157.00–157.0093122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy613173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,06461
Steers—Medium and Large 1619153.15/cwt150.50–157.5094852
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed631163.01/cwt161.00–166.001,029161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy638135.00/cwt135.00–135.008619
Steers—Medium and Large 1677149.87/cwt144.00–153.751,015346
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy679140.15/cwt138.00–141.5095240
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed706153.17/cwt152.00–153.501,08146
Steers—Medium and Large 1730141.21/cwt138.75–143.001,031153
Steers—Medium and Large 1778142.90/cwt139.25–145.751,112182
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy793134.21/cwt134.10–135.001,064121
Steers—Medium and Large 1814138.96/cwt138.00–143.751,131215
Steers—Medium and Large 1870136.43/cwt136.25–136.501,187112
Steers—Medium and Large 1905132.53/cwt131.00–136.251,19945
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned303161.00/cwt161.00–161.004886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385159.00/cwt159.00–159.006127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412163.09/cwt159.00–165.0067224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475162.66/cwt161.25–167.0077364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527155.15/cwt151.75–160.00818113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537148.75/cwt148.75–148.757998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552159.50/cwt159.50–159.5088028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571150.18/cwt145.50–156.00858136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632141.83/cwt140.25–143.7589675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement639138.82/cwt137.50–139.2588744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy646134.85/cwt134.00–135.5087186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement664138.19/cwt135.50–139.50918134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666136.28/cwt133.00–139.75908207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722133.18/cwt131.25–135.00962104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement727147.90/cwt138.00–167.001,075324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement758140.53/cwt130.00–146.501,065157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763130.28/cwt128.75–130.75994178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement820154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,26766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement861132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,13753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,18510

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.