Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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 $196.00/cwt on 2,640 head.

Average price

$196.00

2,640 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$7.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	732	196.32	1,437	2,521
Medium and Large 1-2	685	189.21	1,295	119

One grade step is worth $7.11/cwt here — about $142 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 sale2,640 hd

196.00

—

NE average6 barns · 11,642 hd

197.78

−1.78

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

46 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 1Fleshy	—	681	189.63/cwt	189.25–190.50	1,291	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	595	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,208	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	441	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	609	199.11/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,213	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,165	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	183.20/cwt	180.10–187.50	1,504	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	179.41/cwt	178.75–180.75	1,590	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,164	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,339	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	175.71/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,274	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	202.23/cwt	195.50–206.50	1,365	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	687	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,302	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,068	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,588	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	187.82/cwt	185.00–192.75	1,465	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,275	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	788	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,426	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	175.71/cwt	171.50–176.50	1,341	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	544	188.12/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,023	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	588	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,114	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	493	201.25/cwt	201.25–201.25	992	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	176.61/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,178	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	190.31/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,370	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	703	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,195	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	655	177.25/cwt	177.25–177.25	1,161	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	242.36/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,285	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	219.66/cwt	212.00–220.50	1,298	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	226.98/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,380	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	587	228.88/cwt	227.50–233.00	1,344	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	179.95/cwt	175.00–181.00	968	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	470	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	851	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	793	180.35/cwt	179.00–182.25	1,430	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	727	182.09/cwt	180.50–183.50	1,324	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	186.26/cwt	186.25–186.50	1,201	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	199.58/cwt	199.00–200.50	840	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	196.48/cwt	195.50–196.75	1,147	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	185.24/cwt	183.50–187.25	1,215	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	559	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	621	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,217	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	200.19/cwt	196.50–202.00	1,063	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	753	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	979	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	191.54/cwt	186.00–195.00	917	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	172.51/cwt	172.25–173.00	1,249	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,173	12

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 4,404Last week 3,044Year ago 3,491

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	681	189.25–190.50	189.63
20	—	609	198.00–200.00	199.11
10	—	560	208.00	208.00
99	—	793	179.00–182.25	180.35
35	—	727	180.50–183.50	182.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	595	203.00	203.00
5	—	441	226.00	226.00
24	—	687	189.50	189.50
17	—	500	213.50	213.50
36	—	788	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
348	—	821	180.10–187.50	183.20
147	—	886	178.75–180.75	179.41
22	—	474	245.50	245.50
19	—	613	218.50	218.50
500	—	675	195.50–206.50	202.23
181	—	906	175.25	175.25
372	—	780	185.00–192.75	187.82
287	—	720	185.00–195.00	190.31
34	—	530	240.00–243.50	242.36
77	—	591	212.00–220.50	219.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	725	175.00–177.00	175.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	512	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	608	225.00–230.50	226.98
143	—	587	227.50–233.00	228.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	763	171.50–176.50	175.71
184	—	645	186.25–186.50	186.26
213	—	584	195.50–196.75	196.48
289	—	656	183.50–187.25	185.24
78	—	531	196.50–202.00	200.19
77	—	724	172.25–173.00	172.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	544	185.00–189.00	188.12
33	—	588	189.50	189.50
24	—	493	201.25	201.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	667	169.00–179.00	176.61
13	—	600	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	703	170.00	170.00
57	—	655	177.25	177.25
5	—	559	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	538	175.00–181.00	179.95
16	—	421	199.00–200.50	199.58
8	—	369	204.00	204.00
18	—	574	170.50	170.50
40	—	479	186.00–195.00	191.54
12	—	722	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	470	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	621	196.00	196.00

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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