Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers 550-800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher except 600-700 lbs heifers sold 7.00 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 $180.02/cwt on 951 head.

Average price

$180.02

951 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$212

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

$47.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

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	484	191.94	929	17thin
Medium and Large 1	708	180.14	1,275	925
Large 1	790	144.50	1,142	9thin

One grade step is worth $47.44/cwt here — about −$212 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 sale951 hd

180.02

—

NE average9 barns · 10,344 hd

176.44

+3.58

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

30 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 1Fleshy	—	805	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,123	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	152.40/cwt	148.00–153.50	1,190	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	173.31/cwt	172.50–175.00	894	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	160.80/cwt	159.00–161.00	997	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,304	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	818	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	627	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,276	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	538	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,173	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	209.55/cwt	208.50–211.00	1,173	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	840	162.99/cwt	162.50–163.50	1,369	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	496	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,007	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	892	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	194.63/cwt	193.00–198.50	1,234	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	847	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	170.75/cwt	169.50–174.50	1,264	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,048	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	216.72/cwt	216.50–217.00	962	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	482	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	850	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,233	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,151	8
Steers	Large 1	—	790	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,153	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,398	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	924	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	172.27/cwt	166.00–174.25	1,003	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	150.67/cwt	148.00–151.50	1,097	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	153.65/cwt	151.00–155.10	1,054	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	619	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,083	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	731	19

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 Mar 18, 2022

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

Receipts 1,919Last week 3,227Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	805	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	781	148.00–153.50	152.40
26	—	516	172.50–175.00	173.31
50	—	620	159.00–161.00	160.80
57	—	917	142.25	142.25
137	—	582	166.00–174.25	172.27
63	—	728	148.00–151.50	150.67
340	—	686	151.00–155.10	153.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	490	167.00	167.00
31	—	568	162.75	162.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	482	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	431	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	627	203.50	203.50
22	—	538	218.00	218.00
52	—	560	208.50–211.00	209.55
139	—	840	162.50–163.50	162.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	496	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	467	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	634	193.00–198.50	194.63
326	—	740	169.50–174.50	170.75
6	—	485	216.00	216.00
25	—	444	216.50–217.00	216.72
15	—	593	194.50	194.50
60	—	937	149.25	149.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	178.00	178.00
6	—	440	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	145.00	145.00
8	—	750	153.50	153.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	790	144.50	144.50

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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