Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.81/cwt on 1,968 head.

Average price

$169.81

1,968 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$6.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	170.35	1,258	1,807
Medium and Large 1-2	651	163.74	1,066	161

One grade step is worth $6.60/cwt here — about $191 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 sale1,968 hd

169.81

—

NE average11 barns · 25,828 hd

178.53

−8.73

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

44 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 1	—	364	186.33/cwt	183.00–191.00	678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	155.77/cwt	155.00–157.00	972	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	531	166.66/cwt	166.35–167.00	885	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	174.70/cwt	173.00–175.50	922	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,262	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	150.89/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,295	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	194.59/cwt	191.50–197.00	1,016	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	168.93/cwt	165.00–172.50	1,247	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	176.16/cwt	174.00–179.50	1,182	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	166.63/cwt	166.00–168.25	1,380	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	182.91/cwt	178.00–191.00	1,055	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,127	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,047	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	886	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	168.60/cwt	166.50–172.00	1,313	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	198.73/cwt	196.00–204.00	1,123	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	478	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	908	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	600	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,011	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,182	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,110	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,142	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	161.52/cwt	158.50–162.25	1,415	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	162.47/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,025	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	580	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	665	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,084	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	787	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	164.12/cwt	160.00–164.50	932	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	162.35/cwt	162.00–163.00	1,106	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	979	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	612	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,034	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	161.39/cwt	160.00–163.75	1,025	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	519	163.57/cwt	161.50–165.00	849	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	779	160.00/cwt	158.75–163.00	1,246	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	163.73/cwt	161.25–168.00	956	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	490	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	818	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	640	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	979	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	158.83/cwt	157.25–162.75	1,071	351
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	912	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	702	159.59/cwt	159.25–160.00	1,120	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	154.03/cwt	152.50–156.75	1,121	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	153.23/cwt	151.00–153.50	1,198	300

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 Jan 7, 2022

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

Receipts 3,606Last week 4,295Year ago 4,869

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	364	183.00–191.00	186.33
15	—	528	173.00–175.50	174.70
30	—	840	150.25	150.25
76	—	858	147.00–151.50	150.89
200	—	635	160.00–163.75	161.39
79	—	584	161.25–168.00	163.73
351	—	674	157.25–162.75	158.83
217	—	728	152.50–156.75	154.03
300	—	782	151.00–153.50	153.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	624	155.00–157.00	155.77
43	—	531	166.35–167.00	166.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	463	170.00	170.00
70	—	568	160.00–164.50	164.12
18	—	524	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	519	161.50–165.00	163.57
23	—	490	167.00	167.00
23	—	640	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	522	191.50–197.00	194.59
272	—	738	165.00–172.50	168.93
274	—	671	174.00–179.50	176.16
290	—	828	166.00–168.25	166.63
329	—	779	166.50–172.00	168.60
53	—	565	196.00–204.00	198.73
169	—	876	158.50–162.25	161.52
6	—	450	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	577	178.00–191.00	182.91
45	—	614	183.50	183.50
7	—	650	161.00	161.00
8	—	495	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	478	190.00	190.00
17	—	600	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	758	156.00	156.00
7	—	417	178.00	178.00
11	—	718	159.00	159.00
29	—	631	161.00–164.00	162.47
56	—	681	162.00–163.00	162.35
8	—	578	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	677	164.00	164.00
9	—	553	177.00	177.00
27	—	612	169.00	169.00
98	—	779	158.75–163.00	160.00
40	—	702	159.25–160.00	159.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	580	183.00	183.00
22	—	665	163.00	163.00

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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