Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower on a thin test. 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 $172.06/cwt on 842 head.

Average price

$172.06

842 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$13.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	173.21	1,149	769
Medium and Large 1-2	639	160.04	1,023	73

One grade step is worth $13.16/cwt here — about $126 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 sale842 hd

172.06

—

NE average9 barns · 13,854 hd

181.82

−9.76

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	635	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,562	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	159.84/cwt	159.00–160.00	873	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	707	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,144	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	858	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	164.02/cwt	163.75–164.25	1,325	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	175.67/cwt	172.50–178.00	1,001	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	190.30/cwt	182.00–192.50	963	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	867	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,071	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	155.88/cwt	152.50–158.00	1,044	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	673	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,050	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	941	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,571	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	853	161.10/cwt	161.10–161.10	1,374	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,019	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	484	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	722	153.57/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,109	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	912	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,002	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	791	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,234	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	955	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	709	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,000	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	191.06/cwt	185.00–197.75	908	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	757	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,219	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,052	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	573	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	144.44/cwt	143.50–148.50	1,550	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	802	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,211	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	172.56/cwt	169.50–176.00	1,160	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,324	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	176.53/cwt	175.00–177.00	816	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	163.22/cwt	162.50–165.00	741	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	687	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	160.05/cwt	153.00–162.25	933	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	633	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	893	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,043	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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 1,539Last week 1,936Year ago 2,312

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower on a thin test. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	655	151.75	151.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	365	174.00	174.00
18	—	976	160.00	160.00
43	—	546	159.00–160.00	159.84
25	—	404	175.00	175.00
27	—	738	155.00	155.00
34	—	672	156.50	156.50
47	—	1,073	143.50–148.50	144.44
53	—	462	175.00–177.00	176.53
77	—	583	153.00–162.25	160.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	853	161.10	161.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	791	156.00	156.00
11	—	687	152.50	152.50
15	—	633	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	152.00	152.00
43	—	709	141.00	141.00
5	—	684	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	343	167.00	167.00
38	—	454	162.50–165.00	163.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	493	174.00	174.00
8	—	581	157.00	157.00
5	—	518	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	808	163.75–164.25	164.02
97	—	570	172.50–178.00	175.67
30	—	506	182.00–192.50	190.30
38	—	413	210.00	210.00
38	—	628	170.50	170.50
116	—	475	185.00–197.75	191.06
75	—	672	169.50–176.00	172.56
28	—	793	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	670	152.50–158.00	155.88
41	—	722	153.00–155.00	153.57
13	—	615	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	673	156.00	156.00
12	—	757	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	941	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	641	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	484	160.00	160.00
9	—	802	151.00	151.00

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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