Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifer calves sold steady to 10.00 lower. The offering consisted of 65 percent yearlings and weaned calves with the balance on bawling calves most of which had received fall vaccinations. 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 $240.54/cwt on 1,930 head.

Average price

$240.54

1,930 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$601

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

$3.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.40

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	536	244.00	1,309	65
Medium and Large 1	794	240.42	1,910	1,865

One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about −$601 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 sale1,930 hd

240.54

—

NE average7 barns · 8,602 hd

259.94

−19.40

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	—	491	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,380	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	444	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,114	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	481	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,178	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	803	201.25/cwt	201.25–201.25	1,616	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	236.45/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,360	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,468	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	775	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,701	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	253.01/cwt	248.00–256.50	1,571	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	308.02/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,457	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	233.88/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,696	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,539	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	241.79/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,598	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	233.67/cwt	225.00–235.25	2,143	687
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	288.09/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,501	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	234.21/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,909	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	704	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,549	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	402	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	235.70/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,822	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	388	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,176	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,365	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	266.19/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,539	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,359	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	652	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,477	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	229.20/cwt	227.00–233.00	1,446	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	694	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,478	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,230	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	254.41/cwt	249.00–259.50	1,580	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,448	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	859	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	1,883	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	248.08/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,404	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	226.75/cwt	226.75–226.75	1,535	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,062	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,207	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	262.63/cwt	260.00–264.00	990	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	231.10/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,525	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,974	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,141	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	917	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,017	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	239.81/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,516	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	262.14/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,258	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	855	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,060	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	248.20/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,283	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	216.00/cwt	215.00–221.50	1,575	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,440	26

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 Dec 1, 2023

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

Receipts 3,010Last week 2,679Year ago 1,935

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	491	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	444	251.00	251.00
11	—	481	245.00	245.00
32	—	803	201.25	201.25
60	—	575	235.00–238.00	236.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	753	195.00	195.00
18	—	342	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	631	227.00–233.00	229.20
128	—	566	240.00–250.00	248.08
41	—	677	226.75	226.75
25	—	377	260.00–264.00	262.63
8	—	940	210.00	210.00
40	—	421	271.00	271.00
40	—	480	253.00–267.00	262.14
37	—	1,015	203.00	203.00
60	—	517	243.00–250.00	248.20
143	—	729	215.00–221.50	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	694	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	660	224.00–235.00	231.10
26	—	643	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	775	219.50	219.50
116	—	621	248.00–256.50	253.01
77	—	661	235.00–244.00	241.79
21	—	704	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	473	305.00–312.00	308.02
198	—	725	230.00–236.00	233.88
687	—	917	225.00–235.25	233.67
106	—	521	280.00–298.00	288.09
123	—	815	230.00–238.00	234.21
134	—	773	233.00–238.00	235.70
75	—	578	260.00–274.00	266.19
161	—	988	225.75	225.75
36	—	621	249.00–259.50	254.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	687	224.00	224.00
10	—	591	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	402	301.00	301.00
5	—	388	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	563	242.50	242.50
20	—	407	261.00	261.00
9	—	466	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	235.00	235.00
7	—	545	271.00	271.00
11	—	570	254.00	254.00
26	—	859	219.25	219.25
8	—	917	220.00	220.00
34	—	632	237.00–243.00	239.81

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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