Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-10-11

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 11

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Sep 27Oct 11Oct 18 →

Receipts

1,773 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 1,876▲ 189 vs year ago 1,584 · +11.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady and steers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher except 500-550 lbs heifers sold 10.00 lower. The consignment sheet included yearling feeders and spring calves coming off their mothers all having received fall vaccinations. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $303.95/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −162.66 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$303.95

253 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$16.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.91

vs NE average

+9.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	305.16	1,675	235
Medium and Large 1-2	527	288.22	1,519	18thin

One grade step is worth $16.94/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale253 hd

303.95

—

NE average10 barns · 5,148 hd

311.86

−7.91

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+9.64

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−162.66

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

32 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	397	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,568	53
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	434	318.17/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,381	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	465	307.10/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,428	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	474	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,659	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	335.79/cwt	333.50–339.00	1,608	75
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	517	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,722	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	288.22/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,519	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	534	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,634	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	303.87/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,683	167
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	281.25/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,581	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	284.83/cwt	281.00–288.50	1,783	163
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	626	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,681	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	698	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,843	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,804	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,038	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	252.75/cwt	252.75–252.75	2,318	40
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,379	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	413	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,260	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	282.68/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,184	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	323.65/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,431	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,228	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	454	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,462	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	300.52/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,427	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,386	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	280.38/cwt	275.50–283.50	1,506	115
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	269.87/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,525	153
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	798	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,931	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	232.88/cwt	232.00–238.00	2,066	144
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,097	128
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,022	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,269	13

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 Oct 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,773Last week 1,876Year ago 1,584

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	413	305.00	305.00
16	500–550	525	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
45	400–450	442	319.00–327.00	323.65
22	450–500	475	298.00–304.00	300.52
115	500–550	537	275.50–283.50	280.38
153	550–600	565	265.00–275.00	269.87
144	850–900	887	232.00–238.00	232.88
13	1000–1050	1,022	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	419	281.00–286.00	282.68
10	450–500	453	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	798	242.00	242.00
128	900–950	900	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
163	600–650	626	281.00–288.50	284.83
32	650–700	698	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	527	286.00–291.00	288.22
11	700–750	735	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	450–500	479	333.50–339.00	335.79
167	550–600	554	296.00–310.00	303.87
16	750–800	759	268.50	268.50
40	900–950	917	252.75	252.75
60	950–1000	985	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	397	395.00	395.00
52	450–500	474	350.00	350.00
26	500–550	517	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	385	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	434	315.00–319.00	318.17
46	450–500	465	300.00–312.00	307.10
20	500–550	534	306.00	306.00
22	550–600	562	280.00–284.00	281.25
7	600–650	626	268.50	268.50

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.