Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-03-18

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,919 head
▼ 1,308 vs last sale 3,227▲ 1,919 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers 550-800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher except 600-700 lbs heifers sold 7.00 lower. 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 $180.02/cwt on 951 head.
Average price
$180.02
951 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,268
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$212
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$47.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.58
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2484191.9492917thin
Medium and Large 1708180.141,275925
Large 1790144.501,1429thin
One grade step is worth $47.44/cwt here — about −$212 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 sale951 hd
180.02
—
NE average9 barns · 10,344 hd
176.44
+3.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440192.50/cwt192.50–192.508476
Steers—Medium and Large 1444216.72/cwt216.50–217.0096225
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467191.00/cwt191.00–191.0089217
Steers—Medium and Large 1485216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed496203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523178.00/cwt178.00–178.009315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed538218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,17322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed560209.55/cwt208.50–211.001,17352
Steers—Medium and Large 1593194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,15315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed627203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,27620
Steers—Medium and Large 1634194.63/cwt193.00–198.501,234230
Steers—Medium and Large 1740170.75/cwt169.50–174.501,264326
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy750153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,1518
Steers—Large 1790144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,1429
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed840162.99/cwt162.50–163.501,369139
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy850145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2335
Steers—Medium and Large 1937149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,39860
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned431169.50/cwt169.50–169.5073119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482152.00/cwt152.00–152.007339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490167.00/cwt167.00–167.0081813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516173.31/cwt172.50–175.0089426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568162.75/cwt162.75–162.7592431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582172.27/cwt166.00–174.251,003137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed619175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,08314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620160.80/cwt159.00–161.0099750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686153.65/cwt151.00–155.101,054340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728150.67/cwt148.00–151.501,09763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781152.40/cwt148.00–153.501,19025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy805139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,12345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,30457

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.