Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-07-08

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jul 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,541 head
▲ 358 vs last sale 2,183▲ 1,102 vs year ago 1,439 · +76.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago to establish a trend however a higher undertone was noted. 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 $170.09/cwt on 2,228 head.
Average price
$170.09
2,228 head · 956 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.52
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1964170.631,6451,991
Medium and Large 1-2889165.551,471237
One grade step is worth $5.08/cwt here — about $174 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 sale2,228 hd
170.09
—
NE average2 barns · 4,408 hd
184.61
−14.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned310235.00/cwt235.00–235.007298
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned559180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,00610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy813161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,30927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt873168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,46954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2877162.91/cwt162.00–164.001,42958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2906157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,42210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full916165.88/cwt165.00–166.251,519421
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed920177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,631183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed927168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,55788
Steers—Medium and Large 1937173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,621239
Steers—Medium and Large 1952168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,60213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy968175.85/cwt175.85–175.851,702293
Steers—Medium and Large 11,017168.33/cwt161.50–169.251,712824
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530169.00/cwt169.00–169.008968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670158.71/cwt157.25–161.001,06313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy784152.86/cwt150.00–155.501,19827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full815160.75/cwt160.75–160.751,31018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884160.75/cwt160.75–160.751,42183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2940151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,4267
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,030130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,34455
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,124124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,39920

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.