Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550-750 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower and steers 750-900 lbs sold unevenly steady, heifers 550-700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifers 700-800 lbs sold steady. 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 $167.95/cwt on 2,617 head.

Average price

$167.95

2,617 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$1.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.18

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	756	168.08	1,272	2,348
Medium and Large 1-2	616	166.79	1,027	269

One grade step is worth $1.29/cwt here — about $245 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 sale2,617 hd

167.95

—

NE average10 barns · 23,622 hd

179.13

−11.18

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

58 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	—	576	169.53/cwt	165.00–173.00	976	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,076	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,473	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	726	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,169	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,007	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,468	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	168.27/cwt	168.00–170.50	1,132	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	165.67/cwt	162.00–169.50	1,355	749
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	750	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,307	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	166.03/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,004	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	163.22/cwt	160.50–165.00	1,082	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	169.14/cwt	166.00–169.50	1,318	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	160.38/cwt	159.75–164.00	1,424	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,054	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,024	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,046	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	968	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	451	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	925	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	482	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	911	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	422	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	802	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	585	172.99/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,012	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	713	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,141	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	149.76/cwt	148.00–151.75	999	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	153.73/cwt	152.00–154.50	975	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	532	161.58/cwt	160.50–163.00	860	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	157.02/cwt	155.00–159.50	882	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	145.85/cwt	145.50–146.00	1,028	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	835	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	155.34/cwt	155.00–156.00	903	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	155.99/cwt	153.00–158.75	1,050	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	823	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	153.88/cwt	148.50–155.25	1,136	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	882	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	165.73/cwt	163.00–167.00	968	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	869	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	158.87/cwt	156.00–163.00	990	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	626	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	970	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	574	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,015	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	666	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,039	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	591	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,005	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	152.81/cwt	147.75–154.85	1,180	361
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	151.39/cwt	149.50–153.50	1,246	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	893	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	733	155.04/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,136	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	480	167.49/cwt	166.00–170.00	804	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	189.39/cwt	189.00–189.50	782	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	674	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,014	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	826	155.55/cwt	153.50–159.00	1,285	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	168.67/cwt	164.50–172.00	1,214	506
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	177.59/cwt	175.00–178.50	1,117	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	827	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,199	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	853	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	753	152.89/cwt	151.25–155.00	1,151	16

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 4,663Last week 3,606Year ago 3,882

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	576	165.00–173.00	169.53
16	—	605	162.00–170.00	166.03
6	—	492	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	538	200.00	200.00
27	—	925	159.25	159.25
63	—	673	168.00–170.50	168.27
749	—	818	162.00–169.50	165.67
190	—	779	166.00–169.50	169.14
117	—	888	159.75–164.00	160.38
21	—	561	186.50	186.50
506	—	720	164.50–172.00	168.67
95	—	629	175.00–178.50	177.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	726	161.00	161.00
8	—	1,007	145.75	145.75
100	—	663	160.50–165.00	163.22
112	—	826	153.50–159.00	155.55
9	—	550	180.00	180.00
16	—	753	151.25–155.00	152.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	181.00	181.00
15	—	482	189.00	189.00
13	—	422	190.00	190.00
42	—	585	169.00–178.50	172.99
23	—	713	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	750	174.25	174.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	622	169.50	169.50
25	—	590	173.50	173.50
20	—	529	183.00	183.00
16	—	451	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	666	156.00	156.00
8	—	591	170.00	170.00
62	—	733	153.00–157.00	155.04
19	—	480	166.00–170.00	167.49
7	—	827	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	667	148.00–151.75	149.76
54	—	634	152.00–154.50	153.73
50	—	532	160.50–163.00	161.58
35	—	562	155.00–159.50	157.02
20	—	705	145.50–146.00	145.85
7	—	835	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	581	155.00–156.00	155.34
14	—	511	161.00	161.00
8	—	461	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
290	—	673	153.00–158.75	155.99
278	—	738	148.50–155.25	153.88
24	—	478	184.50	184.50
61	—	584	163.00–167.00	165.73
16	—	517	168.00	168.00
121	—	623	156.00–163.00	158.87
361	—	772	147.75–154.85	152.81
145	—	823	149.50–153.50	151.39
26	—	413	189.00–189.50	189.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	390	191.00	191.00
25	—	558	160.00	160.00
10	—	493	173.00	173.00
26	—	540	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	155.00	155.00
38	—	674	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	574	176.75	176.75

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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