Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 750 lbs sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 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 $197.29/cwt on 392 head.

Average price

$197.29

392 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$505

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

$20.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.80

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	438	217.06	951	17thin
Medium and Large 1	742	196.39	1,456	375

One grade step is worth $20.66/cwt here — about −$505 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 sale392 hd

197.29

—

NE average8 barns · 7,972 hd

217.09

−19.80

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

36 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 1Fleshy	—	521	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,157	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,134	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	241.31/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,011	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,159	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,463	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	602	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,493	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	656	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	593	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,382	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,671	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	194.29/cwt	194.25–194.35	1,762	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	228.10/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,378	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	265.04/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,280	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	741	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,715	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,405	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,320	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,285	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	258.87/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,064	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,046	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	1,880	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	662	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,496	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	607	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,360	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	733	206.24/cwt	204.00–207.50	1,512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	220.47/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,277	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	182.93/cwt	177.00–183.50	1,586	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	188.44/cwt	188.00–189.00	1,400	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,542	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	763	198.25/cwt	198.25–198.25	1,513	7

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 Apr 14, 2023

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

Receipts 916Last week 2,984Year ago 1,439

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 750 lbs sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher and heifers over 700 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	773	192.25	192.25
10	—	461	246.00	246.00
10	—	960	170.00	170.00
16	—	419	240.00–242.50	241.31
17	—	504	230.00	230.00
20	—	579	219.00–222.00	220.47
68	—	867	177.00–183.50	182.93
78	—	743	188.00–189.00	188.44
108	—	847	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	662	226.00	226.00
8	—	607	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	390	245.00	245.00
7	—	473	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	405	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	763	198.25	198.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	552	265.00	265.00
35	—	602	248.00	248.00
6	—	656	236.00	236.00
14	—	741	231.50	231.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	593	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	788	212.00	212.00
120	—	907	194.25–194.35	194.29
21	—	604	225.00–230.00	228.10
24	—	483	260.00–267.00	265.04
7	—	306	292.00	292.00
7	—	392	270.00	270.00
10	—	502	256.00	256.00
13	—	411	257.00–262.00	258.87
26	—	1,046	179.75	179.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	715	196.50	196.50
8	—	677	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	733	204.00–207.50	206.24

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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