Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-04

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 steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers 600-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $172.16/cwt on 1,350 head.

Average price

$172.16

1,350 head · 764 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

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

$0.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

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	641	172.59	1,106	40
Medium and Large 1	768	172.14	1,322	1,310

One grade step is worth $0.44/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale1,350 hd

172.16

—

NE average10 barns · 14,648 hd

179.49

−7.33

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

31 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 1Fancy	—	829	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,281	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	803	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,188	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,309	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	169.59/cwt	168.00–170.50	1,065	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,013	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	173.58/cwt	171.00–175.00	908	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	720	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,267	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	168.40/cwt	166.00–169.35	1,410	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	613	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	157.65/cwt	157.00–159.75	1,425	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	170.37/cwt	168.00–176.25	1,225	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	186.08/cwt	181.00–189.00	1,146	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	168.90/cwt	168.00–169.50	1,324	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,506	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	697	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,181	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	167.67/cwt	166.00–168.50	1,224	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	550	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,056	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	518	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	167.44/cwt	165.00–167.85	1,455	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	153.44/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,119	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	940	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	815	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,408	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	728	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,341	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,104	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,182	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	610	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,064	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	846	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,341	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	153.04/cwt	150.50–155.75	1,180	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	159.63/cwt	158.25–160.00	1,078	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	645	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,029	22

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 Feb 4, 2022

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

Receipts 2,124Last week 3,446Year ago 2,218

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	829	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	803	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	903	145.00	145.00
22	—	628	168.00–170.50	169.59
29	—	596	170.00	170.00
41	—	523	171.00–175.00	173.58
166	—	729	150.00–155.50	153.44
88	—	771	150.50–155.75	153.04
95	—	675	158.25–160.00	159.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	610	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	176.00	176.00
22	—	645	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	720	176.00	176.00
8	—	613	192.25	192.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	837	166.00–169.35	168.40
99	—	904	157.00–159.75	157.65
201	—	719	168.00–176.25	170.37
140	—	616	181.00–189.00	186.08
180	—	784	168.00–169.50	168.90
15	—	986	152.75	152.75
196	—	869	165.00–167.85	167.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	697	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	730	166.00–168.50	167.67
7	—	587	188.00	188.00
35	—	693	170.50	170.50
56	—	846	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	550	192.00	192.00
7	—	518	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	525	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	815	172.75	172.75
158	—	728	184.25	184.25

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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