Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-01-27

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
5,204 head
▲ 525 vs last sale 4,679▲ 1,758 vs year ago 3,446 · +51.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower and heifers 550-650 lbs sold 5.00 higher with heifers 650-800 lbs selling steady. Demand was moderate to 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 $189.26/cwt on 2,603 head.
Average price
$189.26
2,603 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$288
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.57
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1739189.341,3992,536
Medium and Large 1-2596186.361,11167
One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about $288 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 sale2,603 hd
189.26
—
NE average9 barns · 22,178 hd
198.83
−9.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370236.00/cwt236.00–236.0087312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465208.47/cwt206.00–213.0096928
Steers—Medium and Large 1483231.91/cwt228.00–235.001,12046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned521183.00/cwt183.00–183.0095311
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC527225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,18814
Steers—Medium and Large 1542219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1877
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC573223.75/cwt223.75–223.751,28228
Steers—Medium and Large 1574216.67/cwt213.50–222.501,24483
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed585229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,34081
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587205.30/cwt204.00–206.001,20539
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed622215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,34094
Steers—Medium and Large 1630201.94/cwt200.00–204.501,27271
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy631195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,23019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned659192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,26519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed663207.31/cwt205.50–208.501,374101
Steers—Medium and Large 1679194.71/cwt187.00–198.501,322348
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3087
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy725174.60/cwt170.00–177.501,266122
Steers—Medium and Large 1730187.34/cwt184.50–190.501,368402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763165.77/cwt165.00–166.251,26521
Steers—Medium and Large 1774179.19/cwt175.00–183.001,387150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy826167.75/cwt167.75–167.751,38622
Steers—Medium and Large 1827176.17/cwt172.50–183.751,457502
Steers—Medium and Large 1874172.75/cwt168.00–176.751,510147
Steers—Medium and Large 1917173.77/cwt170.00–176.251,593181
Steers—Medium and Large 1990165.12/cwt165.00–165.501,63541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386207.00/cwt207.00–207.0079914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full416170.00/cwt170.00–170.007075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418186.00/cwt186.00–186.007775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed473200.00/cwt200.00–200.0094660
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489186.51/cwt185.00–189.0091237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514175.21/cwt171.00–178.2590129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full524182.48/cwt181.00–184.0095667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC557192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,07230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned566170.00/cwt170.00–170.009628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full584182.31/cwt180.00–183.501,06583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588172.00/cwt170.00–175.001,01151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1596191.72/cwt186.50–192.001,143116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy624168.80/cwt168.00–170.001,05347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632177.73/cwt173.00–179.751,123354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681174.52/cwt169.00–177.001,188307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy682164.41/cwt163.00–165.001,121189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement710172.25/cwt172.25–172.251,22332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719169.70/cwt164.00–173.001,220292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773167.01/cwt161.00–169.751,291552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811162.20/cwt160.00–162.501,31542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,45346
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,021162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,66225

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.