Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-08-02

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 2

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16 →

Receipts

957 head

▲ 74 vs last sale 883▼ 426 vs year ago 1,383 · −30.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago ,steers over 950 lbs sold 10.00 lower and heifers over 900 lbs sold 10.00 lower with the other weight classes of steers and heifers not well tested. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −192.54 against this barn's trailing median of $512.54.

Average price

$320.00

5 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+14.99 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	320.00	1,584	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

320.00

—

NE average1 barns · 5 hd

320.00

+0.00

National average133 barns · 3,590 hd

305.01

+14.99

This barn, trailing median11 sales

512.54

−192.54

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 400–500 lb

11 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $561.33, low $482.35, median $512.54 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

11 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,261	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,084	46
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,258	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,295	123
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	244.71/cwt	241.50–246.00	2,366	257
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,127	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	630	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,619	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,071	47
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	237.26/cwt	236.50–246.00	2,119	190
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	229.38/cwt	229.00–233.00	2,074	77

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 Aug 2, 2024

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

Receipts 957Last week 883Year ago 1,383

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	630	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	800–850	835	248.00	248.00
190	850–900	893	236.50–246.00	237.26
77	900–950	904	229.00–233.00	229.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	800–850	803	259.50	259.50
120	850–900	872	259.00	259.00
123	900–950	918	250.00	250.00
257	950–1000	967	241.50–246.00	244.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	495	320.00	320.00

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.