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

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,743 head
▼ 404 vs last sale 2,147▼ 1,484 vs year ago 3,227 · −46.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.63/cwt on 907 head.
Average price
$194.63
907 head · 653 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.95
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654196.131,283841
Medium and Large 1-2648175.501,13766
One grade step is worth $20.64/cwt here — about $145 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 sale907 hd
194.63
—
NE average8 barns · 7,549 hd
196.58
−1.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325272.50/cwt272.50–272.5088611
Steers—Medium and Large 1364265.00/cwt265.00–265.0096516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed426229.00/cwt229.00–229.0097610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed427266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,13617
Steers—Medium and Large 1492255.86/cwt255.50–257.001,25929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed551211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566202.11/cwt198.00–206.001,14410
Steers—Medium and Large 1568243.59/cwt242.00–246.001,38443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1468
Steers—Medium and Large 1638218.59/cwt215.50–223.501,395125
Steers—Medium and Large 1655209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3697
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed700186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,30218
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy712188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,33914
Steers—Medium and Large 1740198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,46545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed767181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,39219
Steers—Medium and Large 1814190.96/cwt188.50–192.251,554127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed867175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,51722
Steers—Medium and Large 1870178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,54915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy872173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,50926
Steers—Medium and Large 1914177.10/cwt175.00–179.251,61980
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,027165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,69511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336250.05/cwt249.00–255.0084046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388239.00/cwt239.00–239.0092723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423196.00/cwt196.00–196.0082915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439222.85/cwt220.00–225.0097837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527210.86/cwt210.00–216.001,11167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy564195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,10020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576206.66/cwt204.00–212.001,19093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632190.13/cwt186.50–193.501,20275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646172.48/cwt170.00–176.001,11412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,14620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement682204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,39139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713181.06/cwt178.25–184.501,29177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement727197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,43249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772180.06/cwt175.75–183.501,390246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800178.25/cwt178.25–178.251,42629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,33619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,49527
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2726158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1475

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.