Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers 700-850 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers 600-650 lbs sold steady. 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 $187.37/cwt on 2,459 head.

Average price

$187.37

2,459 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$307

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

$2.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.33

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	610	189.85	1,158	81
Medium and Large 1	782	187.28	1,465	2,378

One grade step is worth $2.57/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale2,459 hd

187.37

—

NE average8 barns · 13,441 hd

201.69

−14.33

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

38 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 1Fleshy	—	680	167.12/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,136	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	174.89/cwt	170.00–176.50	1,109	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	864	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,410	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	831	168.10/cwt	167.50–168.75	1,397	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	334	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	196.18/cwt	195.50–197.50	1,126	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	186.84/cwt	182.75–189.00	1,448	504
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	665	188.25/cwt	188.25–188.25	1,252	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,182	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	202.29/cwt	196.50–209.00	1,264	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	1,730	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,683	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	180.69/cwt	178.75–183.00	1,577	376
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	192.77/cwt	187.50–196.00	1,413	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	834	177.11/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,477	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	1,262	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,072	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	192.77/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,103	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	578	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,046	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	196.44/cwt	191.00–197.75	1,328	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	186.10/cwt	184.00–187.75	1,530	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	693	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	906	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,567	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	516	190.47/cwt	188.00–194.00	983	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	182.76/cwt	180.00–188.25	1,146	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	178.15/cwt	177.75–180.00	1,397	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	175.41/cwt	174.00–176.35	1,396	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	175.55/cwt	171.25–179.25	1,271	579
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,215	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,246	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	876	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,531	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,431	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	172.06/cwt	170.50–173.50	984	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 Jan 6, 2023

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

Receipts 4,479Last week 1,162Year ago 3,606

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers 700-850 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers 600-650 lbs sold steady. Demand was moderate to 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	680	165.00–169.00	167.12
63	—	634	170.00–176.50	174.89
81	—	864	163.25	163.25
138	—	831	167.50–168.75	168.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	334	206.00	206.00
31	—	516	188.00–194.00	190.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	574	195.50–197.50	196.18
299	—	627	180.00–188.25	182.76
263	—	796	174.00–176.35	175.41
579	—	724	171.25–179.25	175.55
98	—	694	175.00	175.00
156	—	827	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	169.00	169.00
7	—	514	166.00	166.00
14	—	572	170.50–173.50	172.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
504	—	775	182.75–189.00	186.84
181	—	625	196.50–209.00	202.29
77	—	949	182.25	182.25
85	—	959	175.50	175.50
376	—	873	178.75–183.00	180.69
394	—	733	187.50–196.00	192.77
7	—	1,065	165.00	165.00
18	—	508	211.00	211.00
198	—	676	191.00–197.75	196.44
249	—	822	184.00–187.75	186.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	665	188.25	188.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	639	185.00	185.00
27	—	572	191.00–195.00	192.77
7	—	546	200.00	200.00
6	—	496	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	834	177.00–178.00	177.11
62	—	681	185.25	185.25
44	—	906	173.00	173.00
86	—	784	177.75–180.00	178.15
11	—	700	178.00	178.00
26	—	876	174.75	174.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	693	180.25	180.25

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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