Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-06-07

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jun 7
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
932 head
▲ 387 vs last sale 545▼ 663 vs year ago 1,595 · −41.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $307.77/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −158.84 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.
Average price
$307.77
13 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.90
vs NE average
−1.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511318.001,6256thin
Medium and Large 1-2506299.001,5137thin
One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $112 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 sale13 hd
307.77
—
NE average4 barns · 680 hd
344.67
−36.90
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
−1.39
This barn, trailing median15 sales
466.61
−158.84
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

15 sales
526489452416median 466.6103/0604/1706/1210/0910/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.00, low $429.68, median $466.61 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

10 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Large 2423280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1846
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5137
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned511318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6256
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1948247.10/cwt247.10–247.102,343295
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1952247.10/cwt247.10–247.102,352293
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,064230.75/cwt230.75–230.752,455217
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,3417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned512262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3417
Heifers500–550Large 2539230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2407
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1974206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0065

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.