Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2022-10-07

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2022-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 7

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

1,594 head

▼ 2,293 vs last sale 3,887▲ 1,015 vs year ago 579 · +175.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $203.90/cwt on 928 head.

Average price

$203.90

928 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$86

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

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	204.97	1,196	865
Medium and Large 1-2	677	189.22	1,282	63

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale928 hd

203.90

—

NE average9 barns · 15,435 hd

206.83

−2.93

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	804	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	235.38/cwt	234.00–240.00	909	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	226.21/cwt	224.00–227.50	975	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	220.76/cwt	216.00–229.00	1,057	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	493	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,053	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	212.45/cwt	210.00–215.50	1,079	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	516	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	991	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	204.01/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,169	332
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	183.58/cwt	182.00–188.50	1,234	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	751	180.41/cwt	179.00–183.00	1,355	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,524	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,696	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	963	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,546	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	730	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	793	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	419	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	817	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	452	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	927	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	197.28/cwt	190.00–199.00	933	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	188.41/cwt	184.00–191.50	959	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	546	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	972	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	179.95/cwt	179.35–182.00	1,024	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	608	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,031	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	166.64/cwt	166.25–168.00	1,032	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	682	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,176	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	761	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,309	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	930	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	540	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,091	8

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 Oct 7, 2022

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

Receipts 1,594Last week 3,887Year ago 579

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	682	172.50	172.50
15	—	546	178.00	178.00
7	—	761	172.00	172.00
5	—	419	195.00	195.00
5	—	608	169.50	169.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	326	224.00	224.00
22	—	383	207.00	207.00
65	—	509	184.00–191.50	188.41
94	—	569	179.35–182.00	179.95
179	—	473	190.00–199.00	197.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	452	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	619	166.25–168.00	166.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	202.00	202.00
8	—	421	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	963	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	508	210.00–215.50	212.45
54	—	942	180.00	180.00
78	—	431	224.00–227.50	226.21
332	—	573	200.00–207.50	204.01
6	—	338	238.00	238.00
115	—	479	216.00–229.00	220.76
27	—	386	234.00–240.00	235.38
48	—	856	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	516	192.00	192.00
17	—	751	179.00–183.00	180.41
23	—	493	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	672	182.00–188.50	183.58

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.