Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers 700-750 lbs sold 3.00 higher and 800-850 lbs sold 8.00 lower, heifers 500-600 lbs sold 4.00 higher. 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 $164.00/cwt on 1,945 head.

Average price

$164.00

1,945 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$0.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.85

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	164.02	1,159	1,870
Medium and Large 1-2	535	163.53	875	75

One grade step is worth $0.50/cwt here — about $284 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 sale1,945 hd

164.00

—

NE average8 barns · 15,234 hd

180.85

−16.85

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

59 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 1Unweaned	—	581	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	476	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	430	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	722	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	534	157.60/cwt	155.00–159.00	842	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	631	149.28/cwt	149.00–149.50	942	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	167.12/cwt	163.50–169.50	881	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	931	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	168.05/cwt	162.50–177.00	865	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	691	152.29/cwt	151.50–154.00	1,052	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	165.16/cwt	155.50–168.00	1,017	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,406	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	170.93/cwt	170.50–175.50	1,056	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	364	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	156.44/cwt	154.00–158.50	1,106	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	166.72/cwt	163.00–171.25	1,127	413
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	955	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	156.33/cwt	154.50–157.25	1,290	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,467	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	973	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	180.43/cwt	179.50–183.50	1,019	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	850	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	166.09/cwt	163.00–168.50	1,188	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	512	177.13/cwt	176.00–177.50	907	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	910	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	161.06/cwt	158.50–164.50	1,251	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	585	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	986	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	173.52/cwt	172.00–176.50	1,006	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	168.75/cwt	167.00–172.00	824	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	170.98/cwt	170.00–173.00	797	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	151.60/cwt	151.60–151.60	1,170	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	733	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,092	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,469	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	155.87/cwt	149.50–159.25	1,066	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	568	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	971	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	149.30/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,294	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	756	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,176	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	152.64/cwt	145.00–156.00	730	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	154.70/cwt	152.00–159.00	808	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	156.25/cwt	153.75–163.00	963	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	149.25/cwt	148.50–152.50	943	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	161.67/cwt	156.25–164.00	922	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,373	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	980	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	158.99/cwt	157.00–160.50	863	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	735	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	157.22/cwt	154.00–158.50	1,148	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	595	159.60/cwt	159.60–159.60	950	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	157.50/cwt	150.00–162.00	743	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	735	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	666	159.32/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,061	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	161.14/cwt	152.00–163.50	922	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	680	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,006	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	173.25/cwt	173.25–173.25	755	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	943	149.85/cwt	149.85–149.85	1,413	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	780	153.06/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,194	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	167.99/cwt	166.50–168.50	1,042	51

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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 4,295Last week 1,539Year ago 2,613

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers 700-750 lbs sold 3.00 higher and 800-850 lbs sold 8.00 lower, heifers 500-600 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	160.00	160.00
11	—	430	168.00	168.00
33	—	534	155.00–159.00	157.60
48	—	631	149.00–149.50	149.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	527	163.50–169.50	167.12
160	—	466	170.00–173.00	170.98
99	—	772	151.60	151.60
28	—	973	151.00	151.00
379	—	684	149.50–159.25	155.87
71	—	867	149.00–151.00	149.30
182	—	616	153.75–163.00	156.25
308	—	570	156.25–164.00	161.67
18	—	903	152.00	152.00
25	—	436	173.25	173.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	733	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	422	160.00	160.00
37	—	478	145.00–156.00	152.64
40	—	522	152.00–159.00	154.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	568	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	756	155.50	155.50
21	—	595	159.60	159.60
82	—	666	157.00–162.00	159.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	632	148.50–152.50	149.25
18	—	671	146.00	146.00
14	—	543	157.00–160.50	158.99
5	—	735	140.50	140.50
28	—	472	150.00–162.00	157.50
85	—	572	152.00–163.50	161.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	735	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	582	160.00	160.00
43	—	515	162.50–177.00	168.05
16	—	691	151.50–154.00	152.29
105	—	616	155.50–168.00	165.16
42	—	707	154.00–158.50	156.44
14	—	491	194.50	194.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	904	155.50	155.50
153	—	618	170.50–175.50	170.93
413	—	676	163.00–171.25	166.72
225	—	825	154.50–157.25	156.33
52	—	951	154.25	154.25
14	—	528	184.25	184.25
65	—	565	179.50–183.50	180.43
120	—	715	163.00–168.50	166.09
95	—	777	158.50–164.50	161.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	442	164.00	164.00
42	—	488	167.00–172.00	168.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	850	142.00	142.00
8	—	680	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	512	176.00–177.50	177.13
16	—	493	184.50	184.50
81	—	580	172.00–176.50	173.52
59	—	730	154.00–158.50	157.22
91	—	943	149.85	149.85
62	—	780	151.00–155.00	153.06
51	—	620	166.50–168.50	167.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	585	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	153.00	153.00

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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