Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on a thin test steers 550-750 lbs sold uneven from 8.00 higher to 8.00 lower and heifers over 450 lbs sold uneven from 4.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd that were being selective with their bidding and buying.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $244.85/cwt on 573 head.

Average price

$244.85

573 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$22.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	248.80	1,618	472
Medium and Large 1-2	718	226.38	1,626	101

One grade step is worth $22.42/cwt here — about −$7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale573 hd

244.85

—

NE average10 barns · 16,179 hd

271.44

−26.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	244.43/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,161	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	226.71/cwt	225.50–227.00	1,331	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,053	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,832	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	783	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,433	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	503	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,210	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,800	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,660	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	776	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,777	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,697	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	264.60/cwt	252.00–266.50	1,643	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	466	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,309	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	236.37/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,340	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	543	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,537	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	227.92/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,523	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	636	239.30/cwt	232.00–244.50	1,522	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,275	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	281.41/cwt	281.00–281.50	1,528	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	456	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,142	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	245.94/cwt	240.00–255.00	910	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	208.38/cwt	206.00–209.50	1,477	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,449	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	904	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,835	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,379	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	217.41/cwt	216.00–218.00	1,389	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	485	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,203	37

How this sale compares

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 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,055Last week 3,010Year ago 1,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	590	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	475	244.00–245.00	244.43
25	—	587	225.50–227.00	226.71
26	—	1,053	174.00	174.00
17	—	639	216.00–218.00	217.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	783	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	503	240.50	240.50
37	—	485	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	567	233.00–241.00	236.37
7	—	755	203.00	203.00
16	—	483	264.00	264.00
32	—	709	206.00–209.50	208.38
18	—	618	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	370	240.00–255.00	245.94
5	—	413	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	278.00	278.00
63	—	853	211.00	211.00
15	—	554	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	725	229.00	229.00
27	—	776	229.00	229.00
39	—	668	225.00–235.00	227.92
96	—	636	232.00–244.50	239.30
18	—	904	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	710	239.00	239.00
86	—	621	252.00–266.50	264.60
15	—	553	278.00	278.00
49	—	543	281.00–281.50	281.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	466	281.00	281.00
28	—	575	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	553	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	456	250.50	250.50

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.

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