Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-12-20

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 20

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

2,545 head

▼ 1,051 vs last sale 3,596▲ 887 vs year ago 1,658 · +53.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of long yearlings and weaned calves on offer with some bawling calves selling in the mix. Compared to last week steers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and yearling steers sold steady. Heifers under 650 lbs sold uneven. Demand was moderate to 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 $349.76/cwt on 212 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −116.85 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$349.76

212 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$30.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.39

vs NE average

+23.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	351.94	1,936	197
Medium and Large 1-2	528	321.00	1,695	15thin

One grade step is worth $30.94/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale212 hd

349.76

—

NE average8 barns · 2,966 hd

351.15

−1.39

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+23.13

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−116.85

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

40 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,313	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,421	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	371	362.41/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,345	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Full	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	434	384.17/cwt	384.00–385.00	1,667	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	437	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,634	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	464	369.88/cwt	369.00–372.00	1,716	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	361.33/cwt	351.00–369.00	1,832	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,695	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,857	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	350.07/cwt	339.00–358.00	1,992	123
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,715	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	313.22/cwt	304.00–319.00	1,954	118
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	643	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,903	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	1,963	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	731	278.21/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,034	97
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	745	281.45/cwt	278.00–282.00	2,097	211
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	773	265.47/cwt	262.50–268.00	2,052	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	844	262.88/cwt	262.00–263.50	2,219	84
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	856	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,243	340
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	892	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,239	29
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,504	261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,252	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,276	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	374.13/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,437	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	433	335.56/cwt	331.00–345.00	1,453	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	457	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,417	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,340	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	494	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,536	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	332.02/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,677	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	315.51/cwt	307.00–319.00	1,666	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	283.40/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,661	156
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,616	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	281.37/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,708	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	268.61/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,754	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	657	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,656	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	257.97/cwt	252.50–263.50	1,857	112
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,951	19
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,192	18

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 2,545Last week 3,596Year ago 1,658

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	433	331.00–345.00	335.56
22	450–500	457	310.00	310.00
28	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
9	650–700	657	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	494	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	370.00–380.00	374.13
82	500–550	528	307.00–319.00	315.51
156	550–600	586	277.00–288.00	283.40
62	600–650	607	280.00–284.00	281.37
43	650–700	653	260.00–270.00	268.61
112	700–750	720	252.50–263.50	257.97
19	750–800	785	248.50	248.50
18	900–950	900	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	345	363.00	363.00
13	350–400	381	335.00	335.00
10	450–500	477	281.00	281.00
9	550–600	592	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	505	328.00–335.00	332.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	409.00	409.00
10	350–400	370	384.00	384.00
15	500–550	528	321.00	321.00
6	600–650	608	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	507	351.00–369.00	361.33
123	550–600	569	339.00–358.00	350.07
118	600–650	624	304.00–319.00	313.22
261	950–1000	953	262.75	262.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
211	700–750	745	278.00–282.00	281.45
84	800–850	844	262.00–263.50	262.88
340	850–900	856	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	434	384.00–385.00	384.17
31	450–500	464	369.00–372.00	369.88
24	500–550	543	342.00	342.00
20	600–650	643	296.00	296.00
22	650–700	655	299.75	299.75
97	700–750	731	275.00–280.00	278.21
55	750–800	773	262.50–268.00	265.47
29	850–900	892	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	405	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	371	360.00–364.00	362.41

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.