Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 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 $234.85/cwt on 959 head.

Average price

$234.85

959 head · 836 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$543

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

$39.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.94

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	527	272.90	1,438	39
Medium and Large 1	849	233.23	1,981	920

One grade step is worth $39.66/cwt here — about −$543 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 sale959 hd

234.85

—

NE average7 barns · 7,335 hd

259.79

−24.94

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

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	554	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,457	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	428	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,267	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	636	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	217.80/cwt	217.50–219.00	1,442	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	765	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,541	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	597	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,766	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	227.66/cwt	216.00–228.35	2,115	523
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,994	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	254.40/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,674	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	529	278.59/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,474	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,003	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,164	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,904	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,576	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,526	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	622	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	241.22/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,599	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	883	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,868	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	228.25/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,490	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,654	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,555	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,187	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	645	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,509	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	266.11/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,408	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	736	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,619	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	832	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,789	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	215.95/cwt	209.25–218.00	1,648	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	206.38/cwt	199.50–207.50	1,841	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,808	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,710	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	251.76/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,455	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,548	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	859	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,486	12

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 1,658Last week 1,708Year ago 2,674

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	554	263.00	263.00
9	—	428	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	217.50	217.50
25	—	662	217.50–219.00	217.80
40	—	765	201.50	201.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	597	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	593	240.00	240.00
16	—	412	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	653	227.00–230.00	228.25
6	—	1,075	182.00	182.00
50	—	529	265.00–269.00	266.11
127	—	763	209.25–218.00	215.95
55	—	892	199.50–207.50	206.38
7	—	939	192.50	192.50
21	—	820	208.50	208.50
36	—	578	250.00–255.00	251.76
8	—	622	249.00	249.00
7	—	730	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	645	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	859	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	773	228.50	228.50
523	—	929	216.00–228.35	227.66
6	—	954	209.00	209.00
70	—	658	253.00–256.00	254.40
42	—	835	228.00	228.00
26	—	557	283.00	283.00
23	—	624	265.00	265.00
17	—	496	313.50	313.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	278.00–279.00	278.59
7	—	622	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,003	215.75	215.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	775	220.00	220.00
17	—	663	237.00–247.00	241.22
19	—	883	211.50	211.50
21	—	736	220.00	220.00
27	—	832	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	289.00	289.00

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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