Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-07-22

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-22

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jul 22

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jul 8Jul 22Aug 5 →

Receipts

1,211 head

▼ 1,330 vs last sale 2,541▼ 183 vs year ago 1,394 · −13.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.04/cwt on 609 head.

Average price

$181.04

609 head · 860 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$295

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.39

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	709	184.85	1,310	101
Medium and Large 1	890	180.28	1,605	508

One grade step is worth $4.57/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 sale609 hd

181.04

—

NE average6 barns · 4,859 hd

197.42

−16.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	795	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	451	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	843	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,183	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	672	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,263	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	697	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,199	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	746	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,399	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	176.91/cwt	175.25–178.10	1,620	417
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,577	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,677	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	297	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	692	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	319	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	734	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	402	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	744	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	597	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,093	21
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1Fleshy	696	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,082	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,278	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,350	36
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1Fleshy	809	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,274	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	172.28/cwt	170.00–172.75	1,483	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	166.95/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,531	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,528	13

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Jul 22, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,211Last week 2,541Year ago 1,394

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	716	178.50	178.50
69	—	917	164.00–169.00	166.95
99	—	861	170.00–172.75	172.28
36	—	764	176.75	176.75
13	—	1,000	152.75	152.75
9	—	319	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	597	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	402	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	297	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	696	155.50	155.50
92	—	809	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	950	166.00	166.00
9	—	643	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	451	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	697	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
417	—	916	175.25–178.10	176.91
64	—	961	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	672	188.00	188.00
49	—	746	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	323	246.00	246.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.