Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-02-03

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 3
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,044 head
▼ 2,160 vs last sale 5,204▲ 920 vs year ago 2,124 · +43.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and steers 750-850 lbs sold 5.00 higher, heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $193.14/cwt on 1,754 head.
Average price
$193.14
1,754 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,381
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$295
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.39
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568195.801,112160
Medium and Large 1730192.881,4071,594
One grade step is worth $2.92/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 sale1,754 hd
193.14
—
NE average10 barns · 15,132 hd
200.54
−7.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379215.00/cwt214.00–216.0081510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned416197.50/cwt197.50–197.508225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418211.00/cwt211.00–211.008825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed459216.00/cwt216.00–216.009915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,00523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,01022
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504236.10/cwt235.00–237.001,19018
Steers—Medium and Large 1509222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1307
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy557235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,30932
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full557205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,08111
Steers—Medium and Large 1589220.14/cwt213.00–226.501,297123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed603219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,32121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed623194.26/cwt193.00–194.501,21036
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC626216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,35273
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,24110
Steers—Medium and Large 1632205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,29624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,1745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed665183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,21720
Steers—Medium and Large 1697190.57/cwt189.00–198.501,328210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy707182.15/cwt180.00–183.501,28837
Steers—Medium and Large 1713188.30/cwt185.00–191.501,343208
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,397124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,30818
Steers—Medium and Large 1765187.65/cwt185.00–188.601,436303
Steers—Medium and Large 1819178.14/cwt173.50–183.601,459185
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy835187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,561119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy856187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,60160
Steers—Medium and Large 1913170.18/cwt170.00–171.001,55434
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378194.00/cwt194.00–194.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed388202.00/cwt202.00–202.007849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400192.00/cwt192.00–192.0076810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468189.22/cwt188.00–191.0088634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524193.57/cwt190.00–203.001,01452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529176.31/cwt174.00–179.0093336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553176.00/cwt176.00–176.0097315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full566180.29/cwt179.00–184.001,02019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578193.92/cwt193.00–196.501,12156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC600196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,17677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619179.40/cwt176.00–183.501,11098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy639194.75/cwt194.75–194.751,244121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed651189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,23421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC666182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,21556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675175.99/cwt169.00–178.001,188101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy694166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,15222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714170.83/cwt168.50–173.751,22069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy758166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,25865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772176.27/cwt175.50–177.001,361208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,43528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy895158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,4197

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.