Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-02-04

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,124 head
▼ 1,322 vs last sale 3,446▼ 94 vs year ago 2,218 · −4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers 600-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $172.16/cwt on 1,350 head.
Average price
$172.16
1,350 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,316
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.33
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2641172.591,10640
Medium and Large 1768172.141,3221,310
One grade step is worth $0.44/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale1,350 hd
172.16
—
NE average10 barns · 14,648 hd
179.49
−7.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 1Full518188.00/cwt188.00–188.009747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525179.00/cwt179.00–179.0094013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full550192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,05617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1047
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed613192.25/cwt192.25–192.251,1788
Steers—Medium and Large 1616186.08/cwt181.00–189.001,146140
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy693170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,18235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed697169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,18127
Steers—Medium and Large 1719170.37/cwt168.00–176.251,225201
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed720176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,26738
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy728184.25/cwt184.25–184.251,341158
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730167.67/cwt166.00–168.501,22430
Steers—Medium and Large 1784168.90/cwt168.00–169.501,324180
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy815172.75/cwt172.75–172.751,40863
Steers—Medium and Large 1837168.40/cwt166.00–169.351,41060
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy846158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,34156
Steers—Medium and Large 1869167.44/cwt165.00–167.851,455196
Steers—Medium and Large 1904157.65/cwt157.00–159.751,42599
Steers—Medium and Large 1986152.75/cwt152.75–152.751,50615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed487176.00/cwt176.00–176.008576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523173.58/cwt171.00–175.0090841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1596170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,01329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,06419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628169.59/cwt168.00–170.501,06522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed645159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,02922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675159.63/cwt158.25–160.001,07895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729153.44/cwt150.00–155.501,119166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771153.04/cwt150.50–155.751,18088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy803148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,18858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy829154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,28169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,30928

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.