Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. A wide variety of calves on the consignments sheet with different kinds of quality and weighing condition. The calves that had not received any fall vaccinations sold at a discount. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd as they continue to be selective with their bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $293.14/cwt on 1,601 head.

Average price

$293.14

1,601 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$34.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	300.68	1,684	1,255
Medium and Large 1-2	580	265.81	1,541	346

One grade step is worth $34.87/cwt here — about $143 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 sale1,601 hd

293.14

—

NE average10 barns · 14,843 hd

295.12

−1.98

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

46 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 1Fancy	—	525	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,515	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	607	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,463	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	546	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,390	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	240.88/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,590	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	248.00/cwt	245.75–251.50	1,438	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	413	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,033	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,129	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	316.52/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,215	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	263.13/cwt	259.50–265.00	1,760	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	298.73/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,359	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	279.60/cwt	273.00–284.50	1,560	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,347	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	634	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,813	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	589	267.21/cwt	266.00–269.00	1,574	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	303.16/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,173	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	256.27/cwt	255.75–257.00	1,573	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	793	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	486	337.74/cwt	334.00–339.50	1,641	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	275.72/cwt	262.00–282.50	1,715	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	303.94/cwt	298.00–311.00	1,574	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	689	249.41/cwt	248.50–250.50	1,718	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	261.81/cwt	257.00–263.50	1,539	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	324.66/cwt	323.00–326.25	1,666	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	399	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,424	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,302	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,462	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,978	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	286.88/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,391	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	271.68/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,073	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,672	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	636	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,835	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	513	276.69/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,419	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	479	263.19/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,261	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	245.06/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,475	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	564	305.25/cwt	305.25–305.25	1,722	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	677	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,882	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	258.03/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,445	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	277.14/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,347	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	246.18/cwt	246.00–246.50	1,384	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	250.61/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,346	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	286.92/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,242	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,157	14

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 Nov 3, 2023

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

Receipts 2,832Last week 2,094Year ago 2,696

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	525	288.50	288.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	607	241.00	241.00
9	—	546	254.50	254.50
38	—	660	240.00–244.00	240.88
102	—	580	245.75–251.50	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	413	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	395	269.00–274.00	271.68
76	—	562	246.00–246.50	246.18
26	—	537	250.00–251.00	250.61
14	—	461	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	657	254.50	254.50
5	—	514	266.00	266.00
144	—	602	245.00–246.00	245.06
119	—	560	256.00–261.00	258.03
120	—	486	271.00–280.00	277.14
44	—	433	280.00–291.00	286.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	513	276.00–278.00	276.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	479	259.00–266.00	263.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	330	342.00	342.00
20	—	384	311.00–320.00	316.52
21	—	669	259.50–265.00	263.13
36	—	455	298.00–300.00	298.73
78	—	558	273.00–284.50	279.60
6	—	412	327.00	327.00
11	—	735	258.00	258.00
242	—	622	262.00–282.50	275.72
74	—	518	298.00–311.00	303.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	300.00	300.00
14	—	387	302.00–304.00	303.16
67	—	614	255.75–257.00	256.27
98	—	588	257.00–263.50	261.81
9	—	443	294.00	294.00
9	—	526	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	634	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	589	266.00–269.00	267.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	793	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	486	334.00–339.50	337.74
150	—	513	323.00–326.25	324.66
72	—	399	357.00	357.00
55	—	709	279.00	279.00
146	—	636	288.50	288.50
84	—	564	305.25	305.25
32	—	677	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	689	248.50–250.50	249.41
34	—	485	285.00–289.00	286.88
8	—	525	288.00	288.00

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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