Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-03-08

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-08

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 8

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Mar 1Mar 8Mar 15 →

Receipts

1,534 head

▼ 1,162 vs last sale 2,696▼ 574 vs year ago 2,108 · −27.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet. The consignments sheet was shorter than expected due to a winter storm that moved through the trade area last night.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.47/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −132.54 against this barn's trailing median of $419.01.

Average price

$286.47

106 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$26.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.69

vs NE average

+14.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	287.99	1,572	100
Medium and Large 1-2	531	261.00	1,386	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.99/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale106 hd

286.47

—

NE average6 barns · 1,586 hd

293.16

−6.69

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+14.56

This barn, trailing median16 sales

419.01

−132.54

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $371.26, median $419.01 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,148	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	400.44/cwt	390.00–404.00	1,486	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	409	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,626	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	473	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,641	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	487	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	1,799	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	494	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,610	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	526	314.54/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,654	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	558	308.29/cwt	296.00–310.50	1,720	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	327.09/cwt	326.00–329.00	1,874	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	610	322.22/cwt	321.50–323.50	1,966	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,846	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,978	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,015	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	261.38/cwt	256.50–268.00	2,018	142
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	252.63/cwt	248.00–254.00	2,097	177
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,185	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	252	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	948	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	343.27/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,253	40
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	378	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,418	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	417	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,305	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	475	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,525	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,539	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,386	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	284.97/cwt	284.00–286.50	1,596	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,661	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	249.29/cwt	246.50–253.00	1,725	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	245.81/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,767	99
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	736	249.49/cwt	245.00–253.50	1,836	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,846	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	779	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,803	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	232.22/cwt	231.50–232.85	1,872	156
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	874	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,975	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	419	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,383	15

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 Mar 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,534Last week 2,696Year ago 2,108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	378	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	527	292.00	292.00
20	750–800	779	231.50	231.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	250–300	252	376.00	376.00
40	350–400	365	341.00–345.00	343.27
10	450–500	473	310.00	310.00
57	550–600	560	284.00–286.50	284.97
11	600–650	635	261.50	261.50
50	650–700	692	246.50–253.00	249.29
99	700–750	719	240.00–247.50	245.81
10	750–800	769	240.00	240.00
156	800–850	806	231.50–232.85	232.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	417	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	475	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	700–750	736	245.00–253.50	249.49
28	850–900	874	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	347.00	347.00
35	550–600	558	296.00–310.50	308.29
25	600–650	640	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	250–300	280	410.00	410.00
27	350–400	371	390.00–404.00	400.44
5	450–500	450	355.00	355.00
27	550–600	573	326.00–329.00	327.09
13	650–700	666	297.00	297.00
43	700–750	717	281.00	281.00
142	750–800	772	256.50–268.00	261.38
177	800–850	830	248.00–254.00	252.63
34	900–950	920	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	409	397.50	397.50
32	450–500	487	369.50	369.50
37	600–650	610	321.50–323.50	322.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
11	450–500	494	326.00	326.00
10	500–550	526	311.00–318.00	314.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	419	330.00	330.00

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.