Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifer calves under 550 lbs sold unevenly from 8.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Mostly all the calves had received their preconditioning shots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $260.83/cwt on 748 head.

Average price

$260.83

748 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.01

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	262.71	1,545	578
Medium and Large 1-2	577	254.43	1,468	170

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $77 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 sale748 hd

260.83

—

NE average10 barns · 10,925 hd

255.83

+5.01

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

31 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	—	544	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	249.24/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,478	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	303.58/cwt	299.00–309.00	1,248	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,316	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,043	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,526	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,021	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,044	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	281.78/cwt	279.00–290.25	1,719	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	320.39/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,608	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,252	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	336.77/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,613	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	355.25/cwt	346.00–357.00	1,524	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,453	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	272.42/cwt	271.50–273.00	1,795	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	539	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,595	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,759	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	297.77/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,697	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,627	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	362.13/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,394	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	259.63/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,495	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	279.50/cwt	270.50–283.00	1,361	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	283.95/cwt	282.00–286.25	1,590	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,483	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,771	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,693	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	321.44/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,199	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,243	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	274.70/cwt	270.00–281.75	1,459	43

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 Oct 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,584Last week 1,123Year ago 1,492

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	264.00	264.00
13	—	593	248.00–250.00	249.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	411	299.00–309.00	303.58
9	—	890	229.50	229.50
12	—	609	250.50	250.50
201	—	576	257.00–261.00	259.63
141	—	730	240.00	240.00
76	—	487	270.50–283.00	279.50
15	—	684	247.50	247.50
19	—	373	313.00–325.00	321.44
43	—	531	270.00–281.75	274.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	493	267.00	267.00
63	—	685	237.50	237.50
32	—	613	242.00	242.00
29	—	436	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	825	245.00	245.00
39	—	757	270.00	270.00
110	—	610	279.00–290.25	281.78
65	—	502	320.00–321.00	320.39
23	—	342	366.00	366.00
49	—	479	335.00–338.00	336.77
78	—	429	346.00–357.00	355.25
36	—	659	271.50–273.00	272.42
101	—	570	295.00–301.00	297.77
14	—	385	360.00–365.00	362.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	334.00	334.00
11	—	450	320.00	320.00
32	—	539	296.00	296.00
96	—	560	282.00–286.25	283.95
24	—	671	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	718	245.00	245.00

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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