Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $201.06/cwt on 1,462 head.

Average price

$201.06

1,462 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$18.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.77

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	202.92	1,192	1,319
Medium and Large 1-2	601	183.94	1,105	143

One grade step is worth $18.98/cwt here — about $87 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 sale1,462 hd

201.06

—

NE average10 barns · 14,175 hd

208.83

−7.77

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

55 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 1	—	575	204.95/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,178	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,027	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	174.03/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,272	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	196.34/cwt	191.00–200.50	1,314	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	219.43/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,159	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	672	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	485	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,118	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	208.64/cwt	204.25–215.00	1,108	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,521	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	932	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,065	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	219.22/cwt	217.50–220.50	1,015	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	190.48/cwt	181.00–193.25	1,358	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	220.01/cwt	216.50–225.50	953	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	557	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,058	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,033	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	415	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	199.94/cwt	197.75–206.00	1,128	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	204.41/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,286	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,217	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	657	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,120	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	833	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	638	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,110	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,000	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,545	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	460	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	846	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	443	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	820	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	424	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,361	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	493	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	905	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	186.88/cwt	186.00–190.00	912	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	188.85/cwt	185.00–190.00	946	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	200.26/cwt	198.50–202.00	781	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	191.08/cwt	190.00–192.00	806	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	916	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	182.22/cwt	181.00–183.50	1,057	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	211.39/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,004	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	182.72/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,107	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	876	165.44/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,449	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	180.32/cwt	175.00–184.50	941	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	778	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,334	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,096	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	422	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	924	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	444	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	915	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,241	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	488	210.78/cwt	209.00–211.50	1,029	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	542	198.75/cwt	198.75–198.75	1,077	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	191.33/cwt	190.50–192.00	1,202	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,281	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	183.46/cwt	177.50–187.75	1,073	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	528	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	956	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	985	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	512	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,029	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	610	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,147	47

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 2,668Last week 2,278Year ago 2,086

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	575	201.00–210.00	204.95
127	—	669	191.00–200.50	196.34
68	—	528	213.00–221.00	219.43
13	—	400	233.00	233.00
81	—	713	181.00–193.25	190.48
56	—	613	209.00	209.00
12	—	452	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	590	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	731	173.00–175.00	174.03
5	—	327	193.00	193.00
11	—	945	161.00	161.00
9	—	577	184.50	184.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	170.00	170.00
48	—	557	190.00	190.00
8	—	545	189.50	189.50
14	—	415	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	485	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	531	204.25–215.00	208.64
24	—	463	217.50–220.50	219.22
23	—	433	216.50–225.50	220.01
71	—	564	197.75–206.00	199.94
153	—	629	200.00–206.00	204.41
64	—	658	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	475	210.00–213.00	211.39
52	—	668	185.75	185.75
47	—	542	198.75	198.75
44	—	628	190.50–192.00	191.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	422	219.00	219.00
50	—	488	209.00–211.50	210.78
11	—	512	201.00	201.00
47	—	610	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	528	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	657	170.50	170.50
8	—	638	174.00	174.00
15	—	500	180.00	180.00
10	—	424	184.00	184.00
16	—	493	183.50	183.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	833	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,000	154.50	154.50
11	—	460	184.00	184.00
11	—	443	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	798	170.50	170.50
26	—	501	185.00–190.00	188.85
26	—	486	188.50	188.50
110	—	580	181.00–183.50	182.22
26	—	606	181.00–184.00	182.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	488	186.00–190.00	186.88
14	—	390	198.50–202.00	200.26
33	—	422	190.00–192.00	191.08
198	—	522	175.00–184.50	180.32
31	—	615	178.25	178.25
205	—	585	177.50–187.75	183.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	876	160.00–166.00	165.44
84	—	778	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	444	206.00	206.00

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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