Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-11-10

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,475 head
▲ 643 vs last sale 2,832▲ 1,954 vs year ago 1,521 · +128.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450-550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steer calves over 550 lbs selling 2.00 to 10.00 lower and heifer calves 450-650 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $266.89/cwt on 1,864 head.
Average price
$266.89
1,864 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.85
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591267.601,5811,657
Medium and Large 1-2516261.181,349207
One grade step is worth $6.42/cwt here — about $233 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 sale1,864 hd
266.89
—
NE average11 barns · 16,880 hd
287.74
−20.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328290.00/cwt290.00–290.0095110
Steers—Medium and Large 1339349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,1836
Steers—Medium and Large 1426304.66/cwt298.00–312.001,29864
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy441294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,29717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2697
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465273.97/cwt271.00–276.001,27490
Steers—Medium and Large 1472305.17/cwt304.50–306.001,440109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy472293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,38316
Steers—Medium and Large 1501308.38/cwt298.00–311.001,54560
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518284.58/cwt280.00–291.001,47453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522256.74/cwt256.00–257.001,34057
Steers—Medium and Large 1558277.39/cwt269.00–279.001,548290
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578259.95/cwt256.00–266.001,503275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,42313
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy624240.19/cwt240.00–240.501,49958
Steers—Medium and Large 1626255.18/cwt247.50–259.501,597298
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5167
Steers—Medium and Large 1672252.55/cwt249.75–255.501,697257
Steers—Medium and Large 1712249.85/cwt249.00–250.251,779154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719224.39/cwt222.00–227.001,61323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328281.00/cwt281.00–281.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429251.14/cwt247.50–256.001,07796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy462248.61/cwt245.50–250.501,14951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479264.92/cwt261.00–276.001,269116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518253.07/cwt246.00–258.501,311234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523236.99/cwt235.00–240.001,23932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557249.41/cwt242.00–255.251,389230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583235.32/cwt230.00–239.001,372174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607235.98/cwt230.00–240.001,432177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy638224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,43211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663226.30/cwt220.00–229.001,500112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5758

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.