Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-07-12

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jul 12
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
657 head
▼ 505 vs last sale 1,162▼ 669 vs year ago 1,326 · −50.5%
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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 crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −108.97 against this barn's trailing median of $362.97.
Average price
$254.00
42 head · 859 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−18.38
vs NE average
−0.93 vs national

Price by quality 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1859254.002,18242
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
254.00
—
NE average4 barns · 1,272 hd
272.38
−18.38
National average86 barns · 9,687 hd
254.93
−0.93
This barn, trailing median13 sales
362.97
−108.97
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 800–900 lb

13 sales
398374350326median 362.9703/0604/1706/1208/0710/16
Steers 800–900 lb: high $383.65, low $339.96, median $362.97 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

5 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1859254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,18242
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1978256.10/cwt256.10–256.102,505357
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,002254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,545122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915229.75/cwt229.75–229.752,10223
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965227.60/cwt227.60–227.602,19624

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.