Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and steers 750-850 lbs sold 5.00 higher, heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $193.14/cwt on 1,754 head.

Average price

$193.14

1,754 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$295

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

$2.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.39

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	568	195.80	1,112	160
Medium and Large 1	730	192.88	1,407	1,594

One grade step is worth $2.92/cwt here — about −$295 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 sale1,754 hd

193.14

—

NE average10 barns · 15,132 hd

200.54

−7.39

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

51 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 1Full	—	566	180.29/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,020	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	694	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,152	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	895	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	639	194.75/cwt	194.75–194.75	1,244	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	388	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	459	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	178.14/cwt	173.50–183.60	1,459	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	557	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,309	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,397	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	236.10/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,190	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,296	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	190.57/cwt	189.00–198.50	1,328	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	188.30/cwt	185.00–191.50	1,343	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	707	182.15/cwt	180.00–183.50	1,288	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	623	194.26/cwt	193.00–194.50	1,210	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	665	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,217	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	626	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,352	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	603	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,321	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	187.65/cwt	185.00–188.60	1,436	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	416	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,081	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	758	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,258	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,001	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	189.22/cwt	188.00–191.00	886	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	176.27/cwt	175.50–177.00	1,361	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	175.99/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,188	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	179.40/cwt	176.00–183.50	1,110	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	176.31/cwt	174.00–179.00	933	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	856	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,601	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	835	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,561	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	651	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,234	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,435	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	768	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	193.92/cwt	193.00–196.50	1,121	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,308	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	215.00/cwt	214.00–216.00	815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	973	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	170.83/cwt	168.50–173.75	1,220	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	193.57/cwt	190.00–203.00	1,014	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	220.14/cwt	213.00–226.50	1,297	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	170.18/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,554	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,130	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	600	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,176	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	666	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,215	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	378	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,005	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,010	22

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 Feb 3, 2023

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

Receipts 3,044Last week 5,204Year ago 2,124

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	566	179.00–184.00	180.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	694	166.00	166.00
7	—	895	158.50	158.50
65	—	758	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	639	194.75	194.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	388	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	206.00	206.00
208	—	772	175.50–177.00	176.27
101	—	675	169.00–178.00	175.99
98	—	619	176.00–183.50	179.40
28	—	857	167.50	167.50
56	—	578	193.00–196.50	193.92
69	—	714	168.50–173.75	170.83
52	—	524	190.00–203.00	193.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	468	188.00–191.00	189.22
36	—	529	174.00–179.00	176.31
10	—	400	192.00	192.00
15	—	553	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	651	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	600	196.00	196.00
56	—	666	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	216.00	216.00
36	—	623	193.00–194.50	194.26
20	—	665	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	819	173.50–183.60	178.14
24	—	632	205.00	205.00
210	—	697	189.00–198.50	190.57
208	—	713	185.00–191.50	188.30
303	—	765	185.00–188.60	187.65
123	—	589	213.00–226.50	220.14
34	—	913	170.00–171.00	170.18
7	—	509	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	557	235.00	235.00
60	—	856	187.00	187.00
119	—	835	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	735	190.00	190.00
73	—	626	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	504	235.00–237.00	236.10
21	—	603	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	707	180.00–183.50	182.15
10	—	630	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	211.00	211.00
5	—	640	183.50	183.50
11	—	557	194.00	194.00
18	—	743	176.00	176.00
10	—	379	214.00–216.00	215.00
23	—	488	206.00	206.00
22	—	500	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	197.50	197.50

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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