Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 800 lbs sold steady with no comparisons on heifers. 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 $160.28/cwt on 1,370 head.

Average price

$160.28

1,370 head · 844 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,354

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

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

$8.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.94

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	619	168.31	1,042	79
Medium and Large 1	858	159.79	1,371	1,291

One grade step is worth $8.52/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale1,370 hd

160.28

—

NE average6 barns · 5,434 hd

170.23

−9.94

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

34 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	—	723	141.00/cwt	139.00–145.50	1,019	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	802	139.25/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,117	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	140.41/cwt	139.25–142.50	1,236	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	837	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,080	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	196.75/cwt	195.00–201.00	964	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,028	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	754	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,327	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,184	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,035	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	629	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	182.44/cwt	181.00–185.00	954	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,122	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	159.49/cwt	155.50–162.85	1,389	431
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	908	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,385	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	146.99/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,418	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	742	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,202	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	929	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,370	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	394	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	183.17/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,218	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,324	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	822	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,151	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	748	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,154	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	434	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	760	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	175.33/cwt	174.00–177.00	826	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	853	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,284	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	851	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,257	120

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 May 13, 2022

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

Receipts 2,319Last week 1,543Year ago 1,479

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 800 lbs sold steady with no comparisons on heifers. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	723	139.00–145.50	141.00
121	—	802	138.00–140.00	139.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	880	139.25–142.50	140.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	647	155.50	155.50
6	—	686	151.00	151.00
27	—	520	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	155.00	155.00
7	—	516	176.00	176.00
11	—	471	174.00–177.00	175.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	394	166.00	166.00
6	—	542	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	822	140.00	140.00
32	—	748	154.25	154.25
36	—	853	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	434	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	851	147.75	147.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	641	168.50	168.50
17	—	490	195.00–201.00	196.75
5	—	584	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	591	174.00	174.00
6	—	619	163.00	163.00
12	—	787	150.50	150.50
42	—	523	181.00–185.00	182.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	754	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,035	126.00	126.00
9	—	629	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	565	198.50	198.50
431	—	871	155.50–162.85	159.49
65	—	911	152.00	152.00
378	—	965	145.00–148.50	146.99
79	—	665	181.00–184.00	183.17
139	—	825	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	742	162.00	162.00
18	—	929	147.50	147.50

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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