Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and steers 700-900 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 500-800 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. 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 $174.53/cwt on 2,141 head.

Average price

$174.53

2,141 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,291

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$4.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	745	174.66	1,301	2,071
Medium and Large 1-2	590	170.63	1,006	70

One grade step is worth $4.03/cwt here — about $295 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 sale2,141 hd

174.53

—

NE average7 barns · 9,507 hd

177.33

−2.80

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

57 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 1Fancy	—	508	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,138	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	599	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,228	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	724	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,151	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	165.40/cwt	162.75–167.00	1,206	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	650	195.75/cwt	195.75–195.75	1,272	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	573	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,203	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	508	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	982	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,038	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,106	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	166.92/cwt	163.25–169.75	1,277	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	160.95/cwt	157.75–165.50	1,328	468
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	161.35/cwt	158.75–163.25	1,494	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,091	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,041	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	953	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	162.15/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,039	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,106	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,214	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	200.38/cwt	198.00–203.00	1,120	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	188.74/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,176	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	214.88/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,079	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	186.64/cwt	183.00–190.00	954	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	872	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	431	185.62/cwt	185.00–186.00	800	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	714	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,091	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	174.54/cwt	174.25–175.25	1,150	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	617	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,092	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	757	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	163.42/cwt	160.25–172.50	1,123	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	185.45/cwt	185.00–187.00	870	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	157.97/cwt	155.50–159.00	1,237	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	537	177.12/cwt	177.00–177.50	951	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	763	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,341	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	150.60/cwt	149.25–155.75	1,262	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	452	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	160.16/cwt	157.75–162.25	1,171	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	595	191.65/cwt	191.00–192.00	1,140	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,144	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	942	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,425	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	179.72/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,024	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	177.41/cwt	171.00–179.75	1,096	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	830	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,262	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	777	156.18/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,214	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	162.87/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,423	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	885	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	694	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,083	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	540	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	175.04/cwt	173.00–175.50	1,192	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,059	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,280	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	179.35/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,272	273

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 11, 2022

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

Receipts 3,491Last week 2,124Year ago 2,486

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	508	224.00	224.00
59	—	650	195.75	195.75
28	—	573	210.00	210.00
64	—	763	175.75	175.75
22	—	601	213.00	213.00
273	—	709	179.00–180.00	179.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	599	205.00	205.00
65	—	616	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	724	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	729	162.75–167.00	165.40
149	—	765	163.25–169.75	166.92
468	—	825	157.75–165.50	160.95
235	—	926	158.75–163.25	161.35
66	—	559	198.00–203.00	200.38
64	—	623	185.00–193.00	188.74
45	—	502	214.00–215.00	214.88
91	—	874	158.00–165.00	162.87
32	—	681	173.00–175.50	175.04
18	—	479	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	574	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	600	173.00	173.00
6	—	700	158.00	158.00
45	—	577	189.00	189.00
27	—	531	196.00	196.00
15	—	472	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	641	161.00–164.00	162.15
5	—	691	160.00	160.00
18	—	423	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	595	191.00–192.00	191.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	676	169.25	169.25
25	—	942	151.25	151.25
9	—	830	152.00	152.00
52	—	777	155.00–158.00	156.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	511	183.00–190.00	186.64
126	—	687	160.25–172.50	163.42
38	—	469	185.00–187.00	185.45
24	—	783	155.50–159.00	157.97
68	—	838	149.25–155.75	150.60
223	—	731	157.75–162.25	160.16
94	—	570	175.00–182.00	179.72
117	—	618	171.00–179.75	177.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	872	143.50	143.50
7	—	714	152.75	152.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	431	185.00–186.00	185.62
38	—	537	177.00–177.50	177.12
7	—	452	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	659	174.25–175.25	174.54
10	—	617	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	612	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	423	179.00	179.00
9	—	473	175.00	175.00
8	—	533	173.00	173.00
24	—	562	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	385	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	694	156.00	156.00
11	—	540	176.00	176.00

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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