Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady and heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $216.06/cwt on 988 head.

Average price

$216.06

988 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$377

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

$9.98/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	696	216.36	1,505	959
Medium and Large 1-2	546	206.38	1,128	29

One grade step is worth $9.98/cwt here — about $377 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 sale988 hd

216.06

—

NE average10 barns · 14,444 hd

219.74

−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

40 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	—	603	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,266	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	466	215.33/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,003	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	656	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,115	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	582	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,106	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,280	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,145	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	244.32/cwt	243.00–246.00	1,368	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	192.85/cwt	192.85–192.85	1,574	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,450	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	247.05/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,260	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	777	196.10/cwt	196.10–196.10	1,524	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,324	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	710	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,537	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	604	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,256	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,110	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,039	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	374	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	436	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	942	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,300	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	654	227.03/cwt	224.50–229.00	1,485	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	635	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,499	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	233.50/cwt	233.00–234.00	976	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	179.55/cwt	178.00–182.25	1,282	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	550	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,106	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,113	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	787	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,456	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	707	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,315	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,116	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	623	193.75/cwt	193.75–193.75	1,207	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	189.50/cwt	184.50–190.00	1,272	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,344	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	591	203.75/cwt	203.75–203.75	1,204	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	486	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	996	33
Heifers	Large 1	—	627	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,116	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,047	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	215.05/cwt	214.00–215.50	1,224	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	183.95/cwt	182.75–185.25	1,405	275

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 2,108Last week 1,743Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady and heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	603	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	466	212.00–217.00	215.33
32	—	623	193.75	193.75
33	—	591	203.75	203.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	656	170.00	170.00
8	—	582	190.00	190.00
33	—	486	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	632	202.50	202.50
26	—	534	214.50	214.50
28	—	418	233.00–234.00	233.50
65	—	714	178.00–182.25	179.55
45	—	497	224.50	224.50
148	—	671	184.50–190.00	189.50
62	—	569	214.00–215.50	215.05
275	—	764	182.75–185.25	183.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	219.00	219.00
20	—	436	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	787	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	707	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	627	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	560	243.00–246.00	244.32
57	—	777	196.10	196.10
21	—	405	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
309	—	816	192.85	192.85
32	—	759	191.00	191.00
57	—	510	240.00–250.00	247.05
17	—	602	220.00	220.00
6	—	931	178.50	178.50
7	—	958	174.00	174.00
30	—	583	223.00	223.00
17	—	428	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	710	216.50	216.50
57	—	654	224.50–229.00	227.03
103	—	635	236.00	236.00
53	—	511	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	604	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	185.00	185.00
15	—	470	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	201.00	201.00

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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