Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, heifers 550 to 650 lbs sold 5.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 lower. 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 $172.71/cwt on 1,916 head.

Average price

$172.71

1,916 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$208

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

$0.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	595	173.02	1,029	104
Medium and Large 1	716	172.69	1,237	1,812

One grade step is worth $0.33/cwt here — about −$208 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 sale1,916 hd

172.71

—

NE average9 barns · 20,357 hd

178.93

−6.23

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

42 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	—	457	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	729	162.30/cwt	161.50–162.50	1,183	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	195.48/cwt	195.00–196.00	997	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	173.34/cwt	168.50–179.50	1,165	461
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	168.57/cwt	166.50–172.50	1,318	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	168.16/cwt	167.50–168.35	1,381	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	168.40/cwt	165.25–170.25	1,224	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	494	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	963	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	609	191.45/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,166	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	195.05/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,106	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	159.10/cwt	159.10–159.10	1,432	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	207.25/cwt	203.00–209.00	995	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,153	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	916	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	733	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,091	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	909	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,127	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	182.79/cwt	182.50–183.00	762	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	164.74/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,110	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	164.35/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,006	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	151.90/cwt	149.00–154.25	1,034	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	182.34/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,030	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	788	159.90/cwt	159.00–162.50	1,260	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	720	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,116	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	631	170.84/cwt	170.50–171.00	1,078	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	170.65/cwt	169.00–171.25	1,007	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	168.04/cwt	165.50–171.00	815	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	164.42/cwt	159.00–166.35	880	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	703	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	154.52/cwt	153.00–156.00	944	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	152.60/cwt	151.50–154.50	1,106	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	567	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	930	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	645	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,013	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	520	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	900	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	819	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	761	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	150.12/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,172	74

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 3,214Last week 4,663Year ago 4,033

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	196.00	196.00
5	—	829	154.00	154.00
5	—	570	171.00	171.00
8	—	600	162.50	162.50
14	—	417	182.50–183.00	182.79
27	—	674	162.00–167.00	164.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	729	161.50–162.50	162.30
34	—	565	181.00–186.00	182.34
241	—	788	159.00–162.50	159.90
21	—	631	170.50–171.00	170.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	510	195.00–196.00	195.48
461	—	672	168.50–179.50	173.34
241	—	782	166.50–172.50	168.57
192	—	821	167.50–168.35	168.16
182	—	727	165.25–170.25	168.40
113	—	567	191.00–200.00	195.05
100	—	900	159.10	159.10
49	—	480	203.00–209.00	207.25
29	—	638	180.75	180.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	494	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	609	190.00–195.00	191.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	720	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	158.00	158.00
9	—	750	145.00	145.00
7	—	733	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	663	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	612	161.00–166.00	164.35
271	—	681	149.00–154.25	151.90
104	—	590	169.00–171.25	170.65
109	—	725	151.50–154.50	152.60
14	—	455	180.00	180.00
15	—	410	185.50	185.50
74	—	781	147.00–151.00	150.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	485	165.50–171.00	168.04
109	—	535	159.00–166.35	164.42
13	—	376	187.00	187.00
20	—	611	153.00–156.00	154.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	567	164.00	164.00
27	—	645	157.00	157.00
39	—	520	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	909	124.00	124.00
5	—	516	181.00	181.00

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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