Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-10-06

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,123 head
▼ 1,135 vs last sale 2,258▼ 471 vs year ago 1,594 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 higher and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Nice run of spring calves on offer with most all consignments having received preconditioning shots. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $303.96/cwt on 554 head.
Average price
$303.96
554 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$49.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.60
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532312.891,666454
Medium and Large 1-2659263.461,737100
One grade step is worth $49.43/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale554 hd
303.96
—
NE average9 barns · 9,108 hd
285.36
+18.60
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,33515
Steers—Medium and Large 1366355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,29914
Steers—Medium and Large 1443352.70/cwt345.00–354.001,56271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465303.62/cwt303.50–304.001,41229
Steers—Medium and Large 1474330.47/cwt320.00–334.001,56673
Steers—Medium and Large 1521320.25/cwt306.00–326.001,66958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523281.39/cwt279.00–284.001,47212
Steers—Medium and Large 1568296.73/cwt288.50–307.001,685137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627250.49/cwt250.00–251.001,57110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,78286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned745241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,79524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,07025
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy336336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,12918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345287.00/cwt287.00–287.009907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed379326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,2365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384315.33/cwt315.00–317.001,21135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,22547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474273.05/cwt271.00–281.001,29440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,39969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505279.17/cwt269.00–282.751,41096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,40212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600245.75/cwt245.75–245.751,47553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1866235.35/cwt234.00–237.002,03818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975209.50/cwt209.50–209.502,0437
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2356300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0688
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,29313

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.