Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-09-27

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-27

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Sep 27

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Sep 13Sep 27Oct 11 →

Receipts

1,876 head

▲ 1,181 vs last sale 695▼ 382 vs year ago 2,258 · −16.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, heifers over 850 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. First sizable run of bawling spring calves of the fall season on offer majority having received one round of preconditioning shots, those had not sold at a sizable discount. The balance of the offering consisted of yearling feeders and the usual run of weigh -ups. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.08/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −168.53 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$298.08

116 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$26.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.06

vs NE average

+23.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	308.32	1,713	72
Medium and Large 1-2	547	281.33	1,539	44

One grade step is worth $26.99/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale116 hd

298.08

—

NE average4 barns · 685 hd

313.14

−15.06

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+23.79

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−168.53

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

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

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,564	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,436	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,614	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	289.33/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,528	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	306.75/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,730	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,555	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	283.30/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,703	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	1,975	181
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	739	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,958	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,835	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	266.25/cwt	266.25–266.25	2,106	45
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	259.25/cwt	259.25–259.25	2,206	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,967	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	247.38/cwt	247.00–247.75	2,323	328
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,014	239.13/cwt	237.00–240.25	2,425	186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,266	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	298.19/cwt	295.50–303.00	1,410	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,342	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	293.45/cwt	289.00–295.00	1,561	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,471	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,788	120
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	225.83/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,793	188
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,935	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	855	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,915	38
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,020	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	217.28/cwt	215.00–220.00	2,021	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,214	23
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,079	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,093	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,322	35

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 Sep 27, 2024

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

Receipts 1,876Last week 695Year ago 2,258

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	600–650	621	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,079	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	323.00	323.00
34	450–500	473	295.50–303.00	298.19
77	500–550	532	289.00–295.00	293.45
41	550–600	553	266.00	266.00
6	800–850	845	229.00	229.00
5	850–900	884	228.50	228.50
13	900–950	930	215.00–220.00	217.28
23	950–1000	982	225.50	225.50
35	1050–1100	1,080	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	850–900	855	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	257.00	257.00
51	700–750	732	230.00	230.00
188	750–800	794	223.00–226.00	225.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	490	293.00	293.00
32	500–550	528	285.00–291.00	289.33
12	550–600	598	260.00	260.00
20	750–800	781	235.00	235.00
5	850–900	855	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
56	600–650	601	282.50–290.00	283.30
86	700–750	739	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	467	335.00	335.00
11	500–550	509	317.00	317.00
61	550–600	564	301.00–310.00	306.75
45	750–800	791	266.25	266.25
71	850–900	851	259.25	259.25
328	900–950	939	247.00–247.75	247.38
186	1000–1050	1,014	237.00–240.25	239.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
181	650–700	659	299.75	299.75

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.