Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. 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 $195.71/cwt on 670 head.

Average price

$195.71

670 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$23.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.31

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	727	197.46	1,435	620
Medium and Large 1-2	719	174.02	1,252	50

One grade step is worth $23.44/cwt here — about $183 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 sale670 hd

195.71

—

NE average9 barns · 17,010 hd

205.02

−9.31

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

42 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 1Unweaned	—	622	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,138	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	586	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,122	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,049	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	672	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,097	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,102	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,253	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,228	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,288	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,080	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,255	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,171	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	208.56/cwt	201.00–211.50	1,391	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,218	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,023	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,127	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,235	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	194.67/cwt	193.75–194.75	1,503	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	208.32/cwt	204.00–210.25	1,187	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,181	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	796	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,445	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	720	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,210	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,424	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	195.25/cwt	195.25–195.25	1,628	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,642	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,018	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	640	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,181	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	700	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,167	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,079	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	642	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,027	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	171.16/cwt	171.00–171.25	1,224	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	950	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,116	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,147	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	979	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	689	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	774	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,200	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	524	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	962	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	183.54/cwt	181.25–187.50	1,059	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,083	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,787	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	174.86/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,158	49

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 Dec 9, 2022

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

Receipts 1,380Last week 1,935Year ago 1,539

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	177.50	177.50
14	—	672	163.25	163.25
34	—	639	172.50	172.50
49	—	750	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	617	165.00	165.00
5	—	453	190.00	190.00
24	—	543	175.00	175.00
30	—	688	162.25	162.25
5	—	419	187.00	187.00
5	—	586	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	640	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	700	166.75	166.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	620	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	715	171.00–171.25	171.16
18	—	627	183.00	183.00
31	—	577	181.25–187.50	183.54
46	—	1,083	165.00	165.00
49	—	662	174.00–176.00	174.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	689	150.00	150.00
31	—	774	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	736	175.00	175.00
18	—	696	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	523	206.50	206.50
16	—	684	183.50	183.50
18	—	633	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	667	201.00–211.50	208.56
7	—	463	221.00	221.00
12	—	503	224.00	224.00
29	—	610	202.50	202.50
173	—	772	193.75–194.75	194.67
37	—	570	204.00–210.25	208.32
49	—	834	195.25	195.25
72	—	851	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	635	186.00	186.00
37	—	796	181.50	181.50
64	—	730	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	720	168.00	168.00

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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