Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. A trend will not be given for the bawling calves as this is the first big run of the season. Demand was moderate to 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 $207.99/cwt on 1,649 head.

Average price

$207.99

1,649 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$20.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.05

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	211.94	1,400	1,326
Medium and Large 1-2	663	191.75	1,272	323

One grade step is worth $20.19/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,649 hd

207.99

—

NE average5 barns · 6,831 hd

203.94

+4.05

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

65 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 1Fleshy	—	461	224.98/cwt	219.50–228.00	1,037	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	454	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,112	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,295	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	211.39/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,099	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,334	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	279.29/cwt	278.00–280.00	955	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	556	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,123	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	661	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,130	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	267	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,598	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	972	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,667	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	182.35/cwt	182.35–182.35	1,652	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,247	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,055	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	186.75/cwt	186.75–186.75	1,483	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	242.26/cwt	241.00–244.00	930	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	184.69/cwt	183.00–186.50	1,622	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	234.45/cwt	230.00–239.50	1,013	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,093	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,160	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	204.41/cwt	201.00–206.00	1,098	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	185.21/cwt	182.75–187.50	1,526	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	206.43/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,371	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	174.60/cwt	174.60–174.60	1,706	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	812	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	334	230.08/cwt	229.00–232.00	768	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	379	211.71/cwt	210.00–213.00	802	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	991	159.58/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,581	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	479	238.50/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,142	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	923	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	322	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	837	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	176.22/cwt	170.50–179.50	1,438	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	181.24/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,419	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	952	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	729	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,276	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	526	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	219	570.00/head	570.00–570.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	444	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	804	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	860	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,362	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	198.87/cwt	194.00–201.00	766	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	567	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,074	155.14/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,666	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,351	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	184.76/cwt	184.00–185.50	1,120	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	201.92/cwt	200.50–206.00	1,048	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	172.90/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,516	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	177.07/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,112	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	168.83/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,709	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	171.29/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,261	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	154.58/cwt	151.00–157.50	1,728	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,330	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	668	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	795	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	437	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,136	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,597	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	898	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,578	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	835	182.90/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,527	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	435	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	883	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	862	174.30/cwt	171.00–176.25	1,502	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	216.56/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,016	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	775	176.12/cwt	173.75–176.50	1,365	92

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 Sep 2, 2022

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

Receipts 3,502Last week 1,863Year ago 1,914

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	461	219.50–228.00	224.98
68	—	520	210.00–212.00	211.39
43	—	556	202.00	202.00
77	—	972	171.50	171.50
106	—	862	171.00–176.25	174.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	454	245.00	245.00
107	—	503	257.50	257.50
45	—	558	239.00	239.00
9	—	267	322.50	322.50
63	—	437	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	342	278.00–280.00	279.29
55	—	906	182.35	182.35
17	—	794	186.75	186.75
45	—	384	241.00–244.00	242.26
209	—	878	183.00–186.50	184.69
49	—	432	230.00–239.50	234.45
41	—	463	236.00	236.00
32	—	525	221.00	221.00
118	—	824	182.75–187.50	185.21
32	—	664	202.00–215.00	206.43
24	—	977	174.60	174.60
13	—	289	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	661	171.00	171.00
92	—	775	173.75–176.50	176.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	940	170.00	170.00
10	—	693	180.00	180.00
8	—	313	257.00	257.00
91	—	494	213.50	213.50
49	—	537	201.00–206.00	204.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	334	229.00–232.00	230.08
42	—	379	210.00–213.00	211.71
24	—	991	159.00–161.00	159.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	479	235.00–240.00	238.50
31	—	403	229.00	229.00
19	—	322	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	186.00	186.00
7	—	219	570.00	570.00
24	—	439	196.00	196.00
10	—	862	158.00	158.00
45	—	385	194.00–201.00	198.87
54	—	810	166.75	166.75
18	—	628	172.00–179.00	177.07
34	—	736	169.00–175.00	171.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	816	170.50–179.50	176.22
56	—	783	178.00–182.00	181.24
42	—	447	213.00	213.00
35	—	1,074	154.00–156.50	155.14
39	—	606	184.00–185.50	184.76
64	—	519	200.50–206.00	201.92
55	—	877	170.00–176.00	172.90
19	—	1,012	166.00–170.00	168.83
17	—	1,118	151.00–157.50	154.58
12	—	741	179.50	179.50
18	—	276	242.00	242.00
17	—	326	244.00	244.00
5	—	962	171.50	171.50
20	—	931	171.50	171.50
158	—	469	215.00–221.00	216.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	729	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	175.00	175.00
18	—	444	181.00	181.00
6	—	567	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	898	175.75	175.75
152	—	835	182.00–185.00	182.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	435	203.00	203.00

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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