Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers 600-650 lbs sold 5.00 higher with heifers over 700 lbs selling 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $181.22/cwt on 1,645 head.

Average price

$181.22

1,645 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$373

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

$1.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.67

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	506	183.11	926	39
Medium and Large 1	717	181.17	1,299	1,606

One grade step is worth $1.94/cwt here — about −$373 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 sale1,645 hd

181.22

—

NE average8 barns · 11,294 hd

184.89

−3.67

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 1Fancy	—	742	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,380	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	805	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,332	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	178.56/cwt	176.00–181.00	1,125	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,070	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	178.99/cwt	175.75–184.00	1,206	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	524	193.15/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,012	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	189.12/cwt	187.50–189.75	1,435	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	201.77/cwt	198.00–204.50	1,336	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	524	218.33/cwt	213.00–226.00	1,144	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	530	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	243.39/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,017	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	224.28/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,287	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	180.69/cwt	180.00–181.50	1,471	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	186.70/cwt	185.25–188.75	1,355	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	999	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	723	184.12/cwt	176.75–192.00	1,331	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	376	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,055	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,173	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	771	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,272	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	738	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,354	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	568	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,164	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,182	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	177.36/cwt	177.00–178.00	995	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	173.07/cwt	170.75–173.50	1,469	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	520	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	884	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	682	182.25/cwt	182.00–182.50	1,243	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	181.40/cwt	181.00–182.00	1,306	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	192.70/cwt	189.50–194.75	1,216	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,687	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	176.18/cwt	170.85–180.25	1,283	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	176.13/cwt	172.25–178.50	1,363	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	656	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,233	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	489	196.80/cwt	196.00–197.00	962	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	580	180.24/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,045	40

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 2,421Last week 4,404Year ago 4,164

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	742	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	805	165.50	165.50
73	—	630	176.00–181.00	178.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	572	187.00	187.00
204	—	674	175.75–184.00	178.99
19	—	485	206.00	206.00
133	—	849	170.75–173.50	173.07
134	—	631	189.50–194.75	192.70
73	—	918	183.75	183.75
197	—	728	170.85–180.25	176.18
262	—	774	172.25–178.50	176.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	524	192.00–195.00	193.15
25	—	489	196.00–197.00	196.80
40	—	580	180.00–181.00	180.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	723	176.75–192.00	184.12
56	—	682	182.00–182.50	182.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	533	184.00	184.00
17	—	561	177.00–178.00	177.36
5	—	366	202.00	202.00
6	—	429	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	738	183.50	183.50
42	—	656	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	520	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	759	187.50–189.75	189.12
118	—	662	198.00–204.50	201.77
12	—	418	241.00–246.00	243.39
30	—	574	217.00–230.00	224.28
144	—	814	180.00–181.50	180.69
156	—	726	185.25–188.75	186.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	524	213.00–226.00	218.33
10	—	568	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	244.00	244.00
9	—	507	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	690	170.00	170.00
6	—	771	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	637	185.50	185.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	720	181.00–182.00	181.40

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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