Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 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 $203.90/cwt on 928 head.

Average price

$203.90

928 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$86

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

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	204.97	1,196	865
Medium and Large 1-2	677	189.22	1,282	63

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale928 hd

203.90

—

NE average9 barns · 15,435 hd

206.83

−2.93

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

27 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	682	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,176	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,091	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	730	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	188.41/cwt	184.00–191.50	959	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	179.95/cwt	179.35–182.00	1,024	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,546	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	212.45/cwt	210.00–215.50	1,079	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,696	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	546	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	972	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	226.21/cwt	224.00–227.50	975	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	516	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	991	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	751	180.41/cwt	179.00–183.00	1,355	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	493	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,053	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	452	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	927	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	166.64/cwt	166.25–168.00	1,032	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	761	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,309	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	204.01/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,169	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	183.58/cwt	182.00–188.50	1,234	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	197.28/cwt	190.00–199.00	933	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	419	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	608	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	220.76/cwt	216.00–229.00	1,057	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	235.38/cwt	234.00–240.00	909	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,524	48

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 Oct 7, 2022

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

Receipts 1,594Last week 3,887Year ago 579

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	682	172.50	172.50
15	—	546	178.00	178.00
7	—	761	172.00	172.00
5	—	419	195.00	195.00
5	—	608	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	326	224.00	224.00
22	—	383	207.00	207.00
65	—	509	184.00–191.50	188.41
94	—	569	179.35–182.00	179.95
179	—	473	190.00–199.00	197.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	452	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	619	166.25–168.00	166.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	202.00	202.00
8	—	421	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	963	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	508	210.00–215.50	212.45
54	—	942	180.00	180.00
78	—	431	224.00–227.50	226.21
332	—	573	200.00–207.50	204.01
6	—	338	238.00	238.00
115	—	479	216.00–229.00	220.76
27	—	386	234.00–240.00	235.38
48	—	856	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	516	192.00	192.00
17	—	751	179.00–183.00	180.41
23	—	493	213.50	213.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	672	182.00–188.50	183.58

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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