Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs sold mostly steady and heifers 450-650 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $248.17/cwt on 1,045 head.

Average price

$248.17

1,045 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$27.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	248.86	1,698	1,019
Medium and Large 1-2	711	221.13	1,571	26

One grade step is worth $27.72/cwt here — about $126 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 sale1,045 hd

248.17

—

NE average7 barns · 12,542 hd

271.06

−22.89

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

41 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	—	488	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,244	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	443	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,161	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	174.18/cwt	173.00–176.00	1,787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,706	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,427	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	266.36/cwt	263.00–274.00	1,297	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,573	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	291.04/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,380	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,590	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	676	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,551	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	262.77/cwt	258.50–263.50	1,648	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	282.35/cwt	278.50–290.50	1,607	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,592	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	279.49/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,442	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	419	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,270	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,538	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	233.18/cwt	232.00–233.50	1,807	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	221.85/cwt	218.00–224.25	1,810	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	249.99/cwt	245.75–255.25	1,690	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,551	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	307.43/cwt	306.00–309.00	1,500	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,707	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,433	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,631	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	790	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,754	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	454	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,305	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	430	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,181	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	923	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,846	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	228.98/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,530	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	863	211.25/cwt	211.25–211.25	1,823	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	727	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,498	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	986	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	247.81/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,499	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,315	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	252.36/cwt	251.50–254.00	1,461	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	240.06/cwt	237.00–242.50	1,392	16

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,708Last week 1,055Year ago 2,674

Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs sold mostly steady and heifers 450-650 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	488	255.00	255.00
40	—	727	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	443	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,026	173.00–176.00	174.18
12	—	851	200.50	200.50
19	—	549	260.00	260.00
47	—	487	263.00–274.00	266.36
62	—	668	226.00–230.00	228.98
6	—	356	277.00	277.00
99	—	605	244.00–249.00	247.81
107	—	579	251.50–254.00	252.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	250.00	250.00
10	—	480	246.00	246.00
16	—	580	237.00–242.50	240.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	585	223.00	223.00
6	—	430	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	606	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	658	239.00	239.00
19	—	474	290.00–292.00	291.04
39	—	641	248.00	248.00
12	—	516	279.00–280.00	279.49
21	—	574	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	676	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	700	240.00	240.00
102	—	627	258.50–263.50	262.77
139	—	569	278.50–290.50	282.35
11	—	1,000	195.00	195.00
64	—	775	232.00–233.50	233.18
102	—	816	218.00–224.25	221.85
189	—	676	245.75–255.25	249.99
37	—	488	306.00–309.00	307.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	856	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	419	303.00	303.00
5	—	454	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	593	261.50	261.50
54	—	809	211.00	211.00
7	—	510	281.00	281.00
32	—	713	228.75	228.75
78	—	790	222.00	222.00
14	—	923	200.00	200.00
19	—	863	211.25	211.25

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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