Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from a smaller crowd of buyers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.16/cwt on 311 head.

Average price

$200.16

311 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$403

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.47

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	300	210.00	630	5thin
Medium and Large 1	517	200.00	1,033	306

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$403 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 sale311 hd

200.16

—

NE average8 barns · 7,443 hd

182.69

+17.47

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

23 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	—	333	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	846	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	918	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	401	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	802	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	152.25/cwt	152.00–152.50	1,637	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	730	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	154.14/cwt	154.00–154.50	1,528	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,245	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	906	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	227.16/cwt	223.00–231.00	890	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	506	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	969	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	198.70/cwt	198.00–199.50	1,125	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	207.27/cwt	206.50–211.00	1,099	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,011	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	208.78/cwt	206.00–212.00	775	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	216.88/cwt	214.00–221.00	922	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	191.01/cwt	185.75–195.50	1,083	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	210.23/cwt	209.00–212.00	898	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	203.10/cwt	203.10–203.10	1,032	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	202.95/cwt	199.00–208.50	968	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,051	14

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 691Last week 1,466Year ago 0

Compared to last week steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from a smaller crowd of buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	333	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	478	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	401	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,075	152.00–152.50	152.25
11	—	316	231.00	231.00
21	—	991	154.00–154.50	154.14
26	—	371	206.00–212.00	208.78
29	—	567	185.75–195.50	191.01
74	—	427	209.00–212.00	210.23
58	—	508	203.10	203.10
66	—	477	199.00–208.50	202.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	300	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	390	209.00	209.00
18	—	477	190.00	190.00
6	—	303	231.00	231.00
14	—	524	200.50	200.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	632	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	392	223.00–231.00	227.16
21	—	566	198.00–199.50	198.70
82	—	530	206.50–211.00	207.27
6	—	466	217.00	217.00
37	—	425	214.00–221.00	216.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	506	191.50	191.50

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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