Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-03-17

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 17

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 31 →

Receipts

1,555 head

▼ 553 vs last sale 2,108▼ 364 vs year ago 1,919 · −19.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a thin test with last week steers sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $207.88/cwt on 874 head.

Average price

$207.88

874 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$261

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

$3.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.03

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	589	210.71	1,242	55
Medium and Large 1	723	207.69	1,502	819

One grade step is worth $3.02/cwt here — about −$261 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 sale874 hd

207.88

—

NE average7 barns · 6,985 hd

211.91

−4.03

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,146	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	437	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,053	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	488	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,240	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	522	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,253	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	558	229.26/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,279	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,303	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,341	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,468	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	204.69/cwt	202.00–207.00	1,496	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,367	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	195.09/cwt	190.50–197.50	1,547	231
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	1,580	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	190.25/cwt	190.25–190.25	1,653	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	880	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,514	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	202.26/cwt	201.00–203.00	843	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	481	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,020	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	998	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,157	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	576	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,132	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,125	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	193.11/cwt	192.00–193.50	1,222	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	682	182.17/cwt	179.50–183.50	1,242	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	180.29/cwt	180.25–180.50	1,367	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	772	198.78/cwt	197.50–200.00	1,535	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,343	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	830	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,378	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	885	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,456	12

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 Mar 17, 2023

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

Receipts 1,555Last week 2,108Year ago 1,919

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	830	166.00	166.00
12	—	885	164.50	164.50
73	—	682	179.50–183.50	182.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	212.00	212.00
19	—	576	196.50	196.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	573	202.00	202.00
23	—	633	192.00–193.50	193.11
163	—	758	180.25–180.50	180.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	417	201.00–203.00	202.26
12	—	494	202.00	202.00
13	—	618	182.00	182.00
8	—	809	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	772	197.50–200.00	198.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	731	202.00–207.00	204.69
64	—	869	190.25	190.25
80	—	837	188.75	188.75
14	—	607	221.00	221.00
125	—	678	216.50	216.50
12	—	431	266.00	266.00
231	—	793	190.50–197.50	195.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	437	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	522	240.00	240.00
45	—	558	226.00–230.00	229.26
58	—	488	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	595	219.00	219.00
11	—	880	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	751	182.00	182.00
29	—	585	210.00	210.00

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.