Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 950 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $239.29/cwt on 892 head.

Average price

$239.29

892 head · 871 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$449

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

$17.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.47

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	637	257.00	1,637	5thin
Medium and Large 1	872	239.19	2,086	887

One grade step is worth $17.81/cwt here — about −$449 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 sale892 hd

239.29

—

NE average4 barns · 2,629 hd

241.76

−2.47

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

25 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	856	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,196	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	240.77/cwt	238.00–245.85	2,319	544
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	245.76/cwt	244.50–247.00	2,136	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,065	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	807	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,856	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	970	224.21/cwt	221.00–225.00	2,175	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	872	232.19/cwt	230.50–233.50	2,025	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	901	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	2,025	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,078	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	792	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,901	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	227.20/cwt	226.00–230.00	2,115	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,932	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	945	238.29/cwt	231.00–239.00	2,252	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	396	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,109	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	712	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	831	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,036	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	245.27/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,911	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	914	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,184	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	239.82/cwt	236.00–240.50	1,995	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,220	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	858	243.75/cwt	240.00–247.00	2,091	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,637	5

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 Sep 1, 2023

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

Receipts 1,776Last week 1,040Year ago 3,502

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 950 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	856	256.50	256.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
544	—	963	238.00–245.85	240.77
51	—	869	244.50–247.00	245.76
71	—	830	248.75	248.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	636	260.00	260.00
8	—	776	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	914	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	807	230.00	230.00
26	—	970	221.00–225.00	224.21
16	—	872	230.50–233.50	232.19
60	—	901	224.75	224.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	855	243.00	243.00
8	—	745	255.00	255.00
42	—	931	226.00–230.00	227.20
22	—	779	244.00–246.00	245.27
74	—	832	236.00–240.50	239.82
56	—	963	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	792	240.00	240.00
135	—	945	231.00–239.00	238.29
10	—	712	255.50	255.50
33	—	831	245.00	245.00
285	—	858	240.00–247.00	243.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	396	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	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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