Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-12-13

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 13

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

3,596 head

▲ 1,073 vs last sale 2,523▲ 1,888 vs year ago 1,708 · +110.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of old crop yearlings and weaned calves on offer with around 250 head of bawling calves selling in the mix. Compared to last week steer calves 500-700 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher and heifer calves under 700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was 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 $333.82/cwt on 441 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −132.79 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$333.82

441 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$23.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.80

vs NE average

+9.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	335.34	1,879	412
Medium and Large 1-2	556	312.17	1,737	29

One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale441 hd

333.82

—

NE average7 barns · 3,900 hd

345.61

−11.80

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+9.47

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−132.79

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

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Full	411	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,410	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,629	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	437	363.31/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,588	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	470	341.96/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,607	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	355.20/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,726	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	350.74/cwt	341.50–360.00	1,817	114
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	537	334.15/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,794	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,715	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,759	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	333.50/cwt	325.00–344.50	1,924	184
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	318.90/cwt	318.00–319.50	1,878	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,925	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	645	298.14/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,923	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	294.39/cwt	294.25–295.00	1,969	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	712	273.59/cwt	271.00–277.50	1,948	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	768	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,104	112
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	873	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,252	930
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	902	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,057	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	916	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,244	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,540	431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	370.56/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,378	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	434	343.02/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,489	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,461	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,578	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	474	321.86/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,526	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	508	293.60/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,491	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	313.53/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,655	65
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	300.53/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,710	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	284.62/cwt	276.00–288.50	1,748	119
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,638	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	270.27/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,822	134
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	253.55/cwt	252.75–254.00	1,930	120
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	859	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,173	135
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	237.89/cwt	237.50–238.00	2,070	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	888	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,224	129
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	909	249.29/cwt	249.00–249.50	2,266	59
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	978	239.36/cwt	236.50–242.50	2,341	77
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Spayed	989	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,359	29
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,003	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,327	8

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 Dec 13, 2024

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

Receipts 3,596Last week 2,523Year ago 1,708

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	474	320.00–324.00	321.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	372	369.00–375.00	370.56
25	450–500	456	346.00	346.00
65	500–550	528	306.00–325.00	313.53
67	550–600	569	292.00–308.00	300.53
119	600–650	614	276.00–288.50	284.62
134	650–700	674	270.00–272.00	270.27
120	750–800	761	252.75–254.00	253.55
23	850–900	870	237.50–238.00	237.89
8	1000–1050	1,003	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	329.00	329.00
5	600–650	640	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
135	850–900	859	253.00	253.00
59	900–950	909	249.00–249.50	249.29
77	950–1000	978	236.50–242.50	239.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	434	342.00–347.00	343.02
55	500–550	508	291.00–296.00	293.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
129	850–900	888	250.50	250.50
29	950–1000	989	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	437	360.00–365.00	363.31
21	450–500	470	340.00–344.00	341.96
30	500–550	537	330.00–335.00	334.15
930	850–900	873	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	432	377.00	377.00
76	450–500	486	350.00–358.00	355.20
114	500–550	518	341.50–360.00	350.74
184	550–600	577	325.00–344.50	333.50
48	600–650	615	313.00	313.00
83	650–700	669	294.25–295.00	294.39
431	950–1000	973	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	411	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	541	317.00	317.00
14	550–600	573	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	589	318.00–319.50	318.90
35	600–650	645	296.00–301.00	298.14
56	700–750	712	271.00–277.50	273.59
112	750–800	768	274.00	274.00
8	900–950	916	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	902	228.00	228.00

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.