Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-02-11

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,491 head
▲ 1,367 vs last sale 2,124▲ 1,005 vs year ago 2,486 · +40.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 550-650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and steers 700-900 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 500-800 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 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 $174.53/cwt on 2,141 head.
Average price
$174.53
2,141 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,291
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.80
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745174.661,3012,071
Medium and Large 1-2590170.631,00670
One grade step is worth $4.03/cwt here — about $295 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 sale2,141 hd
174.53
—
NE average7 barns · 9,507 hd
177.33
−2.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423191.00/cwt191.00–191.0080818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned472202.00/cwt202.00–202.0095315
Steers—Medium and Large 1479221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,05918
Steers—Medium and Large 1502214.88/cwt214.00–215.001,07945
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy508224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,13819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full508171.00/cwt171.00–171.008695
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned531196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,04127
Steers—Medium and Large 1559200.38/cwt198.00–203.001,12066
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy573210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,20328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned574171.00/cwt171.00–171.0098211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,09145
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full595191.65/cwt191.00–192.001,14017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed599205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,22828
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0388
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy601213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,28022
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed616197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,21465
Steers—Medium and Large 1623188.74/cwt185.00–193.001,17664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641162.15/cwt161.00–164.001,03913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy650195.75/cwt195.75–195.751,27259
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676169.25/cwt169.25–169.251,14426
Steers—Medium and Large 1681175.04/cwt173.00–175.501,19232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1065
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned700158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1066
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy709179.35/cwt179.00–180.001,272273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed724159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,15118
Steers—Medium and Large 1729165.40/cwt162.75–167.001,206115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy763175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,34164
Steers—Medium and Large 1765166.92/cwt163.25–169.751,277149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy777156.18/cwt155.00–158.001,21452
Steers—Medium and Large 1825160.95/cwt157.75–165.501,328468
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy830152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2629
Steers—Medium and Large 1874162.87/cwt158.00–165.001,42391
Steers—Medium and Large 1926161.35/cwt158.75–163.251,494235
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy942151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,42525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385185.00/cwt185.00–185.007127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423179.00/cwt179.00–179.0075713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full431185.62/cwt185.00–186.0080020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full452180.00/cwt180.00–180.008147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469185.45/cwt185.00–187.0087038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473175.00/cwt175.00–175.008289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511186.64/cwt183.00–190.00954133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533173.00/cwt173.00–173.009228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full537177.12/cwt177.00–177.5095138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540176.00/cwt176.00–176.0095011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned562157.50/cwt157.50–157.5088524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570179.72/cwt175.00–182.001,02494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed612178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,09236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy617180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,11110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618177.41/cwt171.00–179.751,096117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy659174.54/cwt174.25–175.251,150147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687163.42/cwt160.25–172.501,123126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed694156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,08341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy714152.75/cwt152.75–152.751,0917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731160.16/cwt157.75–162.251,171223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783157.97/cwt155.50–159.001,23724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838150.60/cwt149.25–155.751,26268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy872143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,2515

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.