Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-11-17

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 17
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
2,679 head
▼ 796 vs last sale 3,475▲ 147 vs year ago 2,532 · +5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450 to 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower and heifer calves under 500 lbs sold 5.00 higher with heifer calves 500-600 lbs selling steady to 2.00 lower. Around 35 percent of the run consisted of weaned calves and yearlings with the balance bawling calves. Near 35 percent of the bawling calves had not received any fall vaccinations the majority of which sold at a discount. 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 $257.49/cwt on 1,268 head.
Average price
$257.49
1,268 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.32
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660259.921,7161,025
Medium and Large 1-2693247.221,712243
One grade step is worth $12.70/cwt here — about $3 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 sale1,268 hd
257.49
—
NE average9 barns · 13,302 hd
274.81
−17.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,1458
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed426297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,26563
Steers—Medium and Large 1473296.01/cwt290.00–300.501,400109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy485281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3635
Steers—Medium and Large 1507298.55/cwt296.00–307.001,514123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517264.48/cwt261.00–266.501,36727
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy524280.03/cwt278.00–286.001,46765
Steers—Medium and Large 1558273.40/cwt269.00–276.501,52646
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610255.20/cwt249.50–260.001,557198
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy633251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,59238
Steers—Medium and Large 1672255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7147
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned673251.21/cwt246.00–255.001,691122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned684224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,53230
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy701235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,64720
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned737246.17/cwt246.00–246.751,81443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned750239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,79613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy768238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,82839
Steers—Medium and Large 1864240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,07463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy866218.32/cwt215.00–220.001,89136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2914219.82/cwt219.00–221.002,00970
Steers—Medium and Large 1928234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,17669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy983200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9669
Steers—Medium and Large 11,000211.50/cwt211.50–211.502,11565
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367251.67/cwt251.00–257.5092449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373282.78/cwt278.00–285.001,05519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423271.82/cwt270.00–273.001,15021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461269.74/cwt269.50–272.001,244113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy461255.63/cwt251.00–260.001,17836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518251.51/cwt247.00–257.001,30393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518241.43/cwt240.00–244.001,25152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551247.39/cwt244.00–249.501,36394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy568211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,28215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy595234.84/cwt233.50–236.001,39756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623240.09/cwt233.50–247.001,496125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy624237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,48223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627217.20/cwt215.00–219.001,36215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned659225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,48337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned674212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,43220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,65926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy723219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,58771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy750206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758213.77/cwt211.00–218.001,62075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned767206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed800217.25/cwt217.25–217.251,73846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882209.48/cwt205.00–210.001,84877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy975194.17/cwt193.00–195.001,89338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,058186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,9687

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.