Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold 4.00-7.00 lower. Heifers 550-800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher except heifers 700-750 lbs sold 3.00 lower. 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 $168.19/cwt on 1,746 head.

Average price

$168.19

1,746 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$200

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

$7.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	587	175.45	1,030	86
Medium and Large 1	733	167.82	1,230	1,660

One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about −$200 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 sale1,746 hd

168.19

—

NE average10 barns · 21,245 hd

175.95

−7.76

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

40 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	—	408	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	771	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	927	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,000	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	165.15/cwt	164.50–165.50	933	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	642	153.05/cwt	148.50–154.25	983	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	150.07/cwt	148.25–152.75	1,084	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	753	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,178	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	584	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,048	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	171.34/cwt	163.50–173.50	1,230	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	190.20/cwt	186.50–192.50	1,092	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	590	198.44/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,171	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	703	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,244	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	173.58/cwt	165.50–178.50	1,172	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,033	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	194.21/cwt	192.00–203.00	1,049	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	156.98/cwt	155.75–158.50	1,290	414
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	892	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	708	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	182.17/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,139	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,473	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	689	160.62/cwt	158.50–161.75	1,107	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	159.24/cwt	158.25–163.00	1,223	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	519	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	877	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	847	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	911	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	150.28/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,365	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	178.23/cwt	176.00–180.00	756	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	950	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	177.52/cwt	170.00–180.50	813	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	172.99/cwt	170.00–175.50	1,000	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	785	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,229	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	807	153.62/cwt	153.00–154.50	1,240	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	163.00/cwt	157.75–165.50	1,001	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	176.66/cwt	175.50–177.00	943	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	147.71/cwt	144.75–148.35	1,267	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	151.20/cwt	150.00–153.25	1,149	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	153.18/cwt	148.50–155.75	1,025	481
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,127	140.95/cwt	140.00–141.50	1,589	67

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 3,446Last week 3,214Year ago 2,158

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	408	189.00	189.00
15	—	472	196.50	196.50
17	—	568	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	565	164.50–165.50	165.15
38	—	642	148.50–154.25	153.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	722	148.25–152.75	150.07
22	—	458	170.00–180.50	177.52
148	—	578	170.00–175.50	172.99
156	—	614	157.75–165.50	163.00
25	—	534	175.50–177.00	176.66
40	—	858	144.75–148.35	147.71
109	—	760	150.00–153.25	151.20
481	—	669	148.50–155.75	153.18
67	—	1,127	140.00–141.50	140.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	520	171.50	171.50
21	—	424	176.00–180.00	178.23
25	—	605	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	519	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	753	156.50	156.50
40	—	584	179.50	179.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	718	163.50–173.50	171.34
63	—	574	186.50–192.50	190.20
194	—	675	165.50–178.50	173.58
56	—	540	192.00–203.00	194.21
414	—	822	155.75–158.50	156.98
103	—	625	179.00–185.00	182.17
28	—	963	153.00	153.00
293	—	768	158.25–163.00	159.24
45	—	908	147.00–151.00	150.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	590	198.00–200.00	198.44
91	—	703	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	212.00	212.00
24	—	522	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	186.00	186.00
17	—	613	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	708	158.00	158.00
44	—	689	158.50–161.75	160.62
11	—	785	156.50	156.50
38	—	807	153.00–154.50	153.62

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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