Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450 to 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower and heifer calves under 500 lbs sold 5.00 higher with heifer calves 500-600 lbs selling steady to 2.00 lower. Around 35 percent of the run consisted of weaned calves and yearlings with the balance bawling calves. Near 35 percent of the bawling calves had not received any fall vaccinations the majority of which sold at a discount. 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 $257.49/cwt on 1,268 head.

Average price

$257.49

1,268 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$12.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.32

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	259.92	1,716	1,025
Medium and Large 1-2	693	247.22	1,712	243

One grade step is worth $12.70/cwt here — about $3 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 sale1,268 hd

257.49

—

NE average9 barns · 13,302 hd

274.81

−17.32

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

49 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 1Fleshy	—	524	280.03/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,467	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	983	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	264.48/cwt	261.00–266.50	1,367	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	296.01/cwt	290.00–300.50	1,400	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,592	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,176	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	750	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,796	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	298.55/cwt	296.00–307.00	1,514	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	2,115	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	737	246.17/cwt	246.00–246.75	1,814	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,145	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,532	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	426	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,265	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	219.82/cwt	219.00–221.00	2,009	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	255.20/cwt	249.50–260.00	1,557	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	273.40/cwt	269.00–276.50	1,526	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	251.21/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,691	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	241.43/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,251	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	461	255.63/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,178	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	234.84/cwt	233.50–236.00	1,397	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	568	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,545	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,058	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,968	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	975	194.17/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,893	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,482	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	269.74/cwt	269.50–272.00	1,244	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	723	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,587	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	282.78/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,055	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	247.39/cwt	244.00–249.50	1,363	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,659	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	251.51/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,303	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	251.67/cwt	251.00–257.50	924	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,282	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	800	217.25/cwt	217.25–217.25	1,738	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,074	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	627	217.20/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,362	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,483	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	209.48/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,848	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	213.77/cwt	211.00–218.00	1,620	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	768	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,828	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	271.82/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,150	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	701	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,647	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	240.09/cwt	233.50–247.00	1,496	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	767	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,580	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,074	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	674	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,432	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	866	218.32/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,891	36

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 2,679Last week 3,475Year ago 2,532

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	524	278.00–286.00	280.03
38	—	633	251.50	251.50
39	—	768	238.00	238.00
20	—	701	235.00	235.00
5	—	485	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	983	200.00	200.00
36	—	866	215.00–220.00	218.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	517	261.00–266.50	264.48
8	—	373	307.00	307.00
70	—	914	219.00–221.00	219.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	473	290.00–300.50	296.01
69	—	928	234.50	234.50
123	—	507	296.00–307.00	298.55
65	—	1,000	211.50	211.50
7	—	672	255.00	255.00
46	—	558	269.00–276.50	273.40
63	—	864	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	750	239.50	239.50
43	—	737	246.00–246.75	246.17
198	—	610	249.50–260.00	255.20
122	—	673	246.00–255.00	251.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	684	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	426	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	518	240.00–244.00	241.43
36	—	461	251.00–260.00	255.63
56	—	595	233.50–236.00	234.84
9	—	750	206.00	206.00
7	—	1,058	186.00	186.00
38	—	975	193.00–195.00	194.17
23	—	624	237.50	237.50
71	—	723	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	461	269.50–272.00	269.74
19	—	373	278.00–285.00	282.78
94	—	551	244.00–249.50	247.39
26	—	715	232.00	232.00
93	—	518	247.00–257.00	251.51
77	—	882	205.00–210.00	209.48
75	—	758	211.00–218.00	213.77
21	—	423	270.00–273.00	271.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	367	251.00–257.50	251.67
15	—	580	221.00	221.00
6	—	434	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	800	217.25	217.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	627	215.00–219.00	217.20
20	—	674	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	659	225.00	225.00
125	—	623	233.50–247.00	240.09
9	—	767	206.00	206.00

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