Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-03-31

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 31
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,984 head
▲ 1,429 vs last sale 1,555▲ 599 vs year ago 2,385 · +25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 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 $212.24/cwt on 1,712 head.
Average price
$212.24
1,712 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.02
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544230.081,252159
Medium and Large 1771210.411,6231,553
One grade step is worth $19.66/cwt here — about −$370 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 sale1,712 hd
212.24
—
NE average6 barns · 5,271 hd
209.22
+3.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2311241.00/cwt241.00–241.007508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386239.00/cwt239.00–239.0092318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed403246.00/cwt246.00–246.009915
Steers—Medium and Large 1436264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,1518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed465265.40/cwt262.00–269.001,23454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed479250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,19811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed522259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,35219
Steers—Medium and Large 1522247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed523239.52/cwt239.00–240.001,25312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,14014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed562238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,33815
Steers—Medium and Large 1578242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,39911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2855
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full599231.10/cwt229.00–232.501,38415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed630223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,40571
Steers—Medium and Large 1631237.65/cwt235.00–243.001,500175
Steers—Medium and Large 1660226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full688219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5076
Steers—Medium and Large 1727210.39/cwt207.50–213.001,53078
Steers—Medium and Large 1754200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,50842
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed762208.74/cwt208.50–209.251,591340
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,683132
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy797187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,49069
Steers—Medium and Large 1826200.45/cwt197.00–203.751,656125
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy850176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,5008
Steers—Medium and Large 1874198.45/cwt195.50–202.501,734318
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy906174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,57612
Steers—Medium and Large 1926187.67/cwt185.25–190.251,738130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324239.00/cwt239.00–239.0077410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369201.00/cwt201.00–201.0074217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432220.29/cwt219.00–221.0095229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed468220.19/cwt215.50–225.001,03074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509223.44/cwt222.00–225.501,13729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531196.57/cwt196.00–197.001,04414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full532217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,15443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,13436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589203.42/cwt200.00–204.001,19835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,11515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full596204.01/cwt203.75–205.501,21655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619207.05/cwt203.00–208.501,282244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,20314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy646197.30/cwt196.00–198.501,27527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,33146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721191.34/cwt190.75–194.501,380145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,31410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757187.02/cwt182.00–190.251,416186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,43042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy810167.60/cwt166.50–169.001,35816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement812184.94/cwt182.50–186.501,50258

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.