Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Not enough comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.99/cwt on 673 head.

Average price

$223.99

673 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,294

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$361

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

$0.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.69

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	427	224.58	958	47
Medium and Large 1	589	223.95	1,319	626

One grade step is worth $0.63/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale673 hd

223.99

—

NE average9 barns · 7,749 hd

215.31

+8.69

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

30 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,289	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,229	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,499	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,002	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	211.66/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,287	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,222	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,196	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	272.50/cwt	272.00–273.00	1,319	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	238.58/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,455	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	262.83/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,485	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	979	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	298.73/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,120	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,097	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,920	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	235.86/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,540	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	188.42/cwt	180.00–191.50	1,813	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,409	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	228.78/cwt	221.00–233.50	1,313	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	215.61/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	873	189.58/cwt	188.75–189.75	1,655	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	468	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	941	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,557	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	281.33/cwt	277.00–285.00	914	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	223.42/cwt	220.00–228.00	967	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	196.50/cwt	191.50–198.00	1,391	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	204.96/cwt	197.00–209.00	1,386	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	240.23/cwt	233.00–245.75	1,139	131

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 28, 2023

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

Receipts 1,618Last week 916Year ago 1,543

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	245.00	245.00
10	—	435	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	835	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	396	253.00	253.00
13	—	608	208.00–214.00	211.66
25	—	536	228.00	228.00
213	—	574	221.00–233.50	228.78
30	—	325	277.00–285.00	281.33
54	—	708	191.50–198.00	196.50
96	—	676	197.00–209.00	204.96
131	—	474	233.00–245.75	240.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	474	210.00–220.00	215.61
23	—	433	220.00–228.00	223.42
8	—	317	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	873	188.75–189.75	189.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	443	270.00	270.00
50	—	484	272.00–273.00	272.50
53	—	610	235.00–241.00	238.58
48	—	565	256.00–264.00	262.83
9	—	322	304.00	304.00
12	—	375	292.00–308.00	298.73
57	—	1,097	175.00	175.00
81	—	653	235.00–236.00	235.86
239	—	962	180.00–191.50	188.42
18	—	520	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	751	202.00	202.00
30	—	731	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	395	257.00	257.00

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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