Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $172.72/cwt on 947 head.

Average price

$172.72

947 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$14.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.48

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	176.01	1,168	738
Medium and Large 1-2	608	161.12	980	209

One grade step is worth $14.89/cwt here — about $188 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 sale947 hd

172.72

—

NE average7 barns · 15,640 hd

185.20

−12.48

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

46 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	—	563	169.19/cwt	162.50–172.00	953	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	816	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,068	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	965	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	760	179.85/cwt	179.85–179.85	1,367	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,387	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	161.12/cwt	160.00–162.50	867	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	511	164.65/cwt	163.00–166.00	841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,012	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	169.62/cwt	169.25–171.00	1,230	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	180.06/cwt	179.25–181.00	1,032	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,411	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	968	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	199.63/cwt	195.00–204.00	920	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	673	151.95/cwt	150.00–158.50	1,023	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	170.36/cwt	164.00–172.50	997	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	771	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,118	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	733	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,125	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	173.97/cwt	173.00–174.10	898	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	841	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	170.95/cwt	170.00–171.50	940	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	157.24/cwt	152.50–160.50	1,054	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,094	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,641	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	151.77/cwt	150.00–153.00	806	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	174.77/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,092	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	174.68/cwt	169.50–178.00	1,156	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	723	181.22/cwt	180.75–181.25	1,310	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	181.54/cwt	179.50–182.50	755	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,054	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	800	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,272	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	875	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	166.97/cwt	166.00–171.00	873	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	161.91/cwt	159.00–165.50	952	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,644	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	162.09/cwt	158.50–162.75	1,114	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	145.90/cwt	145.00–146.75	961	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	144.92/cwt	142.50–149.50	912	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	156.26/cwt	154.00–159.25	978	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	588	5

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 3, 2021

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

Receipts 1,936Last week 3,277Year ago 1,198

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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
49	—	563	162.50–172.00	169.19
14	—	643	150.00	150.00
27	—	538	160.00–162.50	161.12
51	—	670	152.50–160.50	157.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	410	199.00	199.00
19	—	700	152.50	152.50
25	—	541	187.00	187.00
8	—	550	176.00	176.00
10	—	617	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	760	179.85	179.85
82	—	723	180.75–181.25	181.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	805	172.25	172.25
87	—	725	169.25–171.00	169.62
48	—	573	179.25–181.00	180.06
39	—	855	165.00	165.00
43	—	461	195.00–204.00	199.63
119	—	625	172.00–179.00	174.77
186	—	662	169.50–178.00	174.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	511	163.00–166.00	164.65
33	—	673	150.00–158.50	151.95
24	—	585	164.00–172.50	170.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	633	166.50	166.50
10	—	800	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	889	150.00	150.00
19	—	1,094	150.00	150.00
16	—	416	179.50–182.50	181.54
21	—	496	176.50	176.50
34	—	523	166.00–171.00	166.97
6	—	1,026	151.00	151.00
12	—	344	190.00	190.00
179	—	588	159.00–165.50	161.91
19	—	1,138	144.50	144.50
104	—	687	158.50–162.75	162.09
51	—	626	154.00–159.25	156.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	771	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	733	153.50	153.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	516	173.00–174.10	173.97
29	—	451	186.50	186.50
19	—	550	170.00–171.50	170.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	531	150.00–153.00	151.77
11	—	479	165.00	165.00
32	—	659	145.00–146.75	145.90
37	—	629	142.50–149.50	144.92
5	—	387	176.00	176.00
5	—	323	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	171.00	171.00

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.

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