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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 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 $194.63/cwt on 907 head.

Average price

$194.63

907 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$20.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.95

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	196.13	1,283	841
Medium and Large 1-2	648	175.50	1,137	66

One grade step is worth $20.64/cwt here — about $145 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 sale907 hd

194.63

—

NE average8 barns · 7,549 hd

196.58

−1.95

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

41 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 1	—	800	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,426	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,147	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	564	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,100	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	180.06/cwt	175.75–183.50	1,390	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	551	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	426	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	976	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	700	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,302	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	867	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,517	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,465	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	243.59/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,384	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	190.96/cwt	188.50–192.25	1,554	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	255.86/cwt	255.50–257.00	1,259	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	427	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,136	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	202.11/cwt	198.00–206.00	1,144	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	767	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,392	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,549	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	886	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	218.59/cwt	215.50–223.50	1,395	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	965	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	250.05/cwt	249.00–255.00	840	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,369	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,339	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,027	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,695	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	872	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,509	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	177.10/cwt	175.00–179.25	1,619	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	210.86/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,111	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,146	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	206.66/cwt	204.00–212.00	1,190	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,336	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	727	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,432	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	682	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,391	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	172.48/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,114	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	181.06/cwt	178.25–184.50	1,291	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	927	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,495	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	222.85/cwt	220.00–225.00	978	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	829	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,146	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	190.13/cwt	186.50–193.50	1,202	75

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 Mar 3, 2023

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

Receipts 1,743Last week 2,147Year ago 3,227

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Demand was 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$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	800	178.25	178.25
7	—	471	216.00	216.00
246	—	772	175.75–183.50	180.06
46	—	336	249.00–255.00	250.05
67	—	527	210.00–216.00	210.86
93	—	576	204.00–212.00	206.66
77	—	713	178.25–184.50	181.06
23	—	388	239.00	239.00
27	—	869	172.00	172.00
37	—	439	220.00–225.00	222.85
75	—	632	186.50–193.50	190.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	795	171.00	171.00
20	—	564	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	800	167.00	167.00
12	—	646	170.00–176.00	172.48
15	—	423	196.00	196.00
20	—	674	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	727	197.00	197.00
39	—	682	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	551	211.00	211.00
10	—	426	229.00	229.00
18	—	700	186.00	186.00
22	—	867	175.00	175.00
19	—	767	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	740	198.00	198.00
43	—	568	242.00–246.00	243.59
127	—	814	188.50–192.25	190.96
29	—	492	255.50–257.00	255.86
15	—	870	178.00	178.00
11	—	325	272.50	272.50
125	—	638	215.50–223.50	218.59
16	—	364	265.00	265.00
7	—	655	209.00	209.00
80	—	914	175.00–179.25	177.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	427	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	566	198.00–206.00	202.11
8	—	600	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	712	188.00	188.00
11	—	1,027	165.00	165.00
26	—	872	173.00	173.00

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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