Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2021-01-22

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2021-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 22

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

4,033 head

▲ 151 vs last sale 3,882▲ 1,173 vs year ago 2,860 · +41.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher with steers over 650 lbs selling 3.00-7.00 higher, heifers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with heifers over 650 lbs selling steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.11/cwt on 2,373 head.

Average price

$147.11

2,373 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$7.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	147.38	1,064	2,290
Medium and Large 1-2	644	139.67	900	83

One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about $164 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 sale2,373 hd

147.11

—

NE average10 barns · 21,902 hd

153.11

−6.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	799	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	171.38/cwt	167.00–173.00	799	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	163.00/cwt	156.00–173.00	792	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	504	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	816	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	168.24/cwt	165.00–168.50	908	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	869	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	545	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	834	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	552	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	693	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	164.26/cwt	163.00–167.00	910	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	902	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	606	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	970	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	616	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	881	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	152.10/cwt	149.50–154.00	938	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	632	136.46/cwt	135.00–137.00	862	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	153.79/cwt	148.25–155.00	983	218
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	661	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,025	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	150.69/cwt	146.50–152.50	1,008	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	686	141.48/cwt	140.00–142.00	971	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	687	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	893	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	708	150.64/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,067	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	142.87/cwt	139.25–146.50	1,034	292
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	741	135.07/cwt	134.00–135.25	1,001	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	770	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	989	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	774	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,153	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	787	146.21/cwt	145.25–146.75	1,151	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	141.24/cwt	139.00–142.25	1,113	213
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,088	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	140.38/cwt	138.00–142.25	1,157	359
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	836	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,129	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	137.16/cwt	132.25–137.75	1,233	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,236	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	637	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	164.52/cwt	164.00–165.00	681	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	703	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	156.60/cwt	156.50–157.50	742	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	747	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	497	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	732	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	766	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	510	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	821	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	796	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	141.02/cwt	139.00–144.00	797	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	144.61/cwt	140.25–147.25	830	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	574	136.11/cwt	135.50–137.50	781	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	846	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	139.87/cwt	135.25–142.50	871	283
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	624	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	813	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	648	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	797	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	839	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	130.95/cwt	126.25–134.25	900	173
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	710	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	895	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	132.30/cwt	131.00–134.00	957	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	730	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,029	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	734	138.89/cwt	138.75–139.00	1,019	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	967	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	132.84/cwt	130.50–133.00	1,052	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,106	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	388	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	683	8

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 22, 2021

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

Receipts 4,033Last week 3,882Year ago 2,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	787	145.25–146.75	146.21
49	—	606	160.00	160.00
20	—	661	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	929	133.00	133.00
11	—	432	185.00	185.00
359	—	824	138.00–142.25	140.38
292	—	724	139.25–146.50	142.87
218	—	639	148.25–155.00	153.79
77	—	540	165.00–168.50	168.24
56	—	899	132.25–137.75	137.16
52	—	466	167.00–173.00	171.38
213	—	788	139.00–142.25	141.24
101	—	669	146.50–152.50	150.69
77	—	554	163.00–167.00	164.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	617	149.50–154.00	152.10
33	—	486	156.00–173.00	163.00
25	—	582	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	774	149.00	149.00
115	—	708	150.00–151.00	150.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	821	132.50	132.50
8	—	365	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	770	128.50	128.50
22	—	632	135.00–137.00	136.46
5	—	552	125.50	125.50
7	—	687	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	160.00	160.00
68	—	686	140.00–142.00	141.48
62	—	741	134.00–135.25	135.07
11	—	616	143.00	143.00
92	—	836	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	495	151.00	151.00
6	—	545	146.00	146.00
15	—	448	157.00	157.00
34	—	565	139.00–144.00	141.02
18	—	622	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	510	161.00	161.00
124	—	734	138.75–139.00	138.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	792	130.50–133.00	132.84
50	—	474	156.50–157.50	156.60
14	—	504	152.00	152.00
13	—	391	163.00	163.00
28	—	819	135.00	135.00
283	—	623	135.25–142.50	139.87
173	—	687	126.25–134.25	130.95
142	—	723	131.00–134.00	132.30
97	—	574	140.25–147.25	144.61
23	—	414	164.00–165.00	164.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	710	126.00	126.00
34	—	624	130.25	130.25
20	—	650	129.00	129.00
16	—	574	135.50–137.50	136.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	730	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	745	129.75	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	648	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	497	147.25	147.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	388	176.00	176.00

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.