Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2021-11-05

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 5
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,779 head
▲ 693 vs last sale 2,086▲ 1,269 vs year ago 1,510 · +84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550-600 lbs sold 2.00 higher and 700-750 lbs sold 10.00 higher, heifers 400-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.27/cwt on 1,538 head.
Average price
$168.27
1,538 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.73
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600169.301,0161,432
Medium and Large 1-2563154.40870106
One grade step is worth $14.90/cwt here — about $146 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 sale1,538 hd
168.27
—
NE average11 barns · 17,914 hd
176.00
−7.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360180.00/cwt180.00–180.006485
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed402218.00/cwt218.00–218.008768
Steers—Medium and Large 1414196.04/cwt192.00–199.0081258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2449159.00/cwt159.00–159.0071417
Steers—Medium and Large 1450188.00/cwt188.00–188.008467
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed502191.00/cwt191.00–191.0095927
Steers—Medium and Large 1521177.16/cwt175.25–186.25923155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540169.86/cwt165.00–171.0091755
Steers—Medium and Large 1567170.82/cwt168.00–173.50969240
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578161.00/cwt161.00–161.0093114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579153.84/cwt153.00–155.0089167
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620159.33/cwt156.50–160.50988150
Steers—Medium and Large 1629165.43/cwt162.00–169.251,041399
Steers—Medium and Large 1661169.83/cwt165.50–172.001,123213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy675156.79/cwt155.25–160.001,05830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676144.45/cwt143.50–145.5097617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned712155.68/cwt152.50–158.251,10850
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full746164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,22314
Steers—Medium and Large 1803161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,29312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346166.00/cwt166.00–166.0057413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376179.00/cwt179.00–179.006737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392158.00/cwt158.00–158.006195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423149.00/cwt149.00–149.0063020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426173.50/cwt173.50–173.5073912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy438159.17/cwt156.00–160.0069723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475171.12/cwt170.50–174.0081377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484166.43/cwt163.00–168.0080632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500164.50/cwt164.50–164.5082324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516146.00/cwt146.00–146.0075341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538155.10/cwt153.00–158.5083481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576156.33/cwt150.50–159.25900263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617153.77/cwt147.25–156.0094998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663139.50/cwt139.50–139.509258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665156.85/cwt155.00–158.251,043163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,08912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed735158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,16139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,13711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,25111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed829155.90/cwt152.50–157.001,29220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed964146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4077
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553154.50/cwt154.50–154.5085412

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.