Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 900-950 lbs sold 4.00 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 $150.36/cwt on 618 head.

Average price

$150.36

618 head · 933 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.58

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	957	152.19	1,457	421
Medium and Large 1-2	880	146.44	1,288	197

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $168 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 sale618 hd

150.36

—

NE average4 barns · 2,769 hd

166.94

−16.58

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

12 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 1-2	—	722	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,256	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	747	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	618	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	989	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	926	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,384	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	766	142.68/cwt	140.00–144.75	1,093	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,472	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,465	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	156.93/cwt	154.75–159.00	1,466	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,320	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	639	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	1,206	15

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 810Last week 2,319Year ago 966

Compared to two weeks ago steers 900-950 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	907	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	747	144.25	144.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	165.00	165.00
16	—	618	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	926	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	766	140.00–144.75	142.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,059	139.00	139.00
62	—	1,005	145.75	145.75
250	—	934	154.75–159.00	156.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	923	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	639	188.75	188.75

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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