Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $292.86/cwt on 970 head.

Average price

$292.86

970 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$9.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.44

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	294.36	1,682	821
Medium and Large 1-2	513	284.62	1,460	149

One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $221 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 sale970 hd

292.86

—

NE average10 barns · 14,746 hd

300.30

−7.44

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 1	—	984	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,202	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	253.78/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,703	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	292.19/cwt	287.00–294.00	1,286	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	258.24/cwt	250.50–263.50	1,444	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	274.47/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,301	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	273.40/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,668	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	276.37/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,608	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	520	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,524	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	322.17/cwt	318.00–334.00	1,543	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	703	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	1,818	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	303.50/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,175	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,439	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	467	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,415	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,692	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	263.08/cwt	259.00–268.50	1,752	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	354	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	314.28/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,606	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	255.04/cwt	250.75–260.00	1,568	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	293.42/cwt	282.00–301.00	1,690	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,262	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	291.55/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,388	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,385	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	606	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,788	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,939	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	251.69/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,304	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	242.70/cwt	241.50–247.00	1,432	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,180	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	260.24/cwt	256.50–268.00	1,369	138

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,988Last week 1,584Year ago 2,278

Compared to last week steer calves sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	984	216.00	216.00
13	—	384	313.00	313.00
64	—	671	245.00–255.00	253.78
83	—	440	287.00–294.00	292.19
84	—	559	250.50–263.50	258.24
93	—	474	268.00–281.00	274.47
123	—	615	250.75–260.00	255.04
138	—	526	256.50–268.00	260.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	518	250.00–252.50	251.69
27	—	590	241.50–247.00	242.70
9	—	420	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	610	265.00–278.00	273.40
148	—	479	318.00–334.00	322.17
47	—	708	256.75	256.75
10	—	422	341.00	341.00
135	—	666	259.00–268.50	263.08
93	—	511	300.00–320.00	314.28
268	—	576	282.00–301.00	293.42
19	—	387	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	582	275.00–279.00	276.37
50	—	387	300.00–313.00	303.50
13	—	695	243.50	243.50
6	—	418	302.00	302.00
10	—	476	290.00–293.00	291.55
6	—	641	250.00	250.00
9	—	832	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	520	293.00	293.00
10	—	467	303.00	303.00
5	—	354	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	703	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	606	295.00	295.00

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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