Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-09-15

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Sep 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,206 head
▼ 570 vs last sale 1,776▼ 260 vs year ago 1,466 · −17.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 850 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. 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 $254.26/cwt on 510 head.
Average price
$254.26
510 head · 870 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.54
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1868256.712,227405
Medium and Large 1-2878244.802,148105
One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about $79 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 sale510 hd
254.26
—
NE average7 barns · 7,255 hd
260.80
−6.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned501298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,49344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed609281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,71421
Steers—Medium and Large 1682284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,93722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full741268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,99010
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy844248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,09327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,13424
Steers—Medium and Large 1897251.50/cwt251.50–251.502,25657
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935239.75/cwt239.75–239.752,24228
Steers—Medium and Large 1936251.67/cwt250.25–254.502,356184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2995228.75/cwt228.75–228.752,27632
Steers—Medium and Large 1996239.10/cwt239.10–239.102,38161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,47821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675261.00/cwt257.00–266.001,76238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,8867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed772254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,965128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1795245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,94851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy796240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,91410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy830236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,95911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy853234.45/cwt233.00–235.002,00094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2893227.28/cwt226.00–229.002,03014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1930235.80/cwt235.00–237.002,19338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy955226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,16349
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,010223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,25718

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.