Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Nice run of bawling calves on offer. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.44/cwt on 1,050 head.

Average price

$171.44

1,050 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$21.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	175.80	1,038	834
Medium and Large 1-2	608	154.60	940	216

One grade step is worth $21.20/cwt here — about $98 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 sale1,050 hd

171.44

—

NE average10 barns · 17,116 hd

171.81

−0.38

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

27 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	165.52/cwt	160.00–168.00	882	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	461	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	726	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	833	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	153.68/cwt	152.00–154.50	827	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	642	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	854	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	138.30/cwt	138.00–139.00	916	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,421	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	197.86/cwt	190.00–200.00	829	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	192.71/cwt	184.50–200.00	904	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	151.41/cwt	151.25–152.00	787	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	150.88/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,346	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	167.57/cwt	164.50–169.00	736	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	163.56/cwt	156.50–169.00	1,089	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	577	160.32/cwt	159.50–162.00	925	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	174.90/cwt	169.00–177.50	1,069	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,287	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	864	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	163.58/cwt	162.75–165.50	788	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	152.62/cwt	152.50–153.00	870	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	180.36/cwt	176.00–184.50	952	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	181.26/cwt	169.00–186.00	1,017	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	161.52/cwt	158.00–166.75	858	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	152.84/cwt	150.00–157.50	868	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	769	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,169	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	150.30/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,001	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,014	17

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 Oct 22, 2021

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

Receipts 1,816Last week 2,189Year ago 1,875

Compared to last week steers sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Nice run of bawling calves on offer. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	533	160.00–168.00	165.52
50	—	570	152.50–153.00	152.62
67	—	666	149.00–151.00	150.30
17	—	724	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	419	190.00–200.00	197.86
94	—	469	184.50–200.00	192.71
159	—	666	156.50–169.00	163.56
277	—	611	169.00–177.50	174.90
111	—	528	176.00–184.50	180.36
118	—	561	169.00–186.00	181.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	577	159.50–162.00	160.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	769	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	157.50	157.50
16	—	567	147.00	147.00
18	—	538	152.00–154.50	153.68
20	—	642	133.00	133.00
40	—	662	138.00–139.00	138.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	980	145.00	145.00
16	—	892	150.00–152.00	150.88
32	—	439	164.50–169.00	167.57
6	—	830	155.00	155.00
62	—	482	162.75–165.50	163.58
65	—	531	158.00–166.75	161.52
234	—	568	150.00–157.50	152.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	520	151.25–152.00	151.41
28	—	601	143.75	143.75
8	—	458	154.50	154.50

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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