Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-01-07

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 7
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,606 head
▼ 689 vs last sale 4,295▼ 1,263 vs year ago 4,869 · −25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.81/cwt on 1,968 head.
Average price
$169.81
1,968 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,242
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.73
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738170.351,2581,807
Medium and Large 1-2651163.741,066161
One grade step is worth $6.60/cwt here — about $191 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 sale1,968 hd
169.81
—
NE average11 barns · 25,828 hd
178.53
−8.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417178.00/cwt178.00–178.007427
Steers—Medium and Large 1450206.00/cwt206.00–206.009276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed478190.00/cwt190.00–190.009088
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned495179.00/cwt179.00–179.008868
Steers—Medium and Large 1522194.59/cwt191.50–197.001,01648
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy553177.00/cwt177.00–177.009799
Steers—Medium and Large 1565198.73/cwt196.00–204.001,12353
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577182.91/cwt178.00–191.001,05533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578160.00/cwt160.00–160.009258
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full580183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,01117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy612169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,03427
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,12745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631162.47/cwt161.00–164.001,02529
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0477
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full665163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,08422
Steers—Medium and Large 1671176.16/cwt174.00–179.501,182274
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy677164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,11071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681162.35/cwt162.00–163.001,10656
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy702159.59/cwt159.25–160.001,12040
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,14211
Steers—Medium and Large 1738168.93/cwt165.00–172.501,247272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,18225
Steers—Medium and Large 1779168.60/cwt166.50–172.001,313329
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy779160.00/cwt158.75–163.001,24698
Steers—Medium and Large 1828166.63/cwt166.00–168.251,380290
Steers—Medium and Large 1876161.52/cwt158.50–162.251,415169
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364186.33/cwt183.00–191.0067814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned463170.00/cwt170.00–170.0078711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed490167.00/cwt167.00–167.0081823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed519163.57/cwt161.50–165.0084923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524174.00/cwt174.00–174.0091218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528174.70/cwt173.00–175.5092215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy531166.66/cwt166.35–167.0088543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568164.12/cwt160.00–164.5093270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584163.73/cwt161.25–168.0095679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy624155.77/cwt155.00–157.0097241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635161.39/cwt160.00–163.751,025200
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed640153.00/cwt153.00–153.0097923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674158.83/cwt157.25–162.751,071351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728154.03/cwt152.50–156.751,121217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782153.23/cwt151.00–153.501,198300
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,26230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858150.89/cwt147.00–151.501,29576

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.