Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-12-08

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 8
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,055 head
▼ 1,955 vs last sale 3,010▼ 325 vs year ago 1,380 · −23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on a thin test steers 550-750 lbs sold uneven from 8.00 higher to 8.00 lower and heifers over 450 lbs sold uneven from 4.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd that were being selective with their bidding and buying.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.85/cwt on 573 head.
Average price
$244.85
573 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.59
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650248.801,618472
Medium and Large 1-2718226.381,626101
One grade step is worth $22.42/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale573 hd
244.85
—
NE average10 barns · 16,179 hd
271.44
−26.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full456250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,14213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full466281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3099
Steers—Medium and Large 1543281.41/cwt281.00–281.501,52849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy543238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2925
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed553293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,6205
Steers—Medium and Large 1553278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,53715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2554249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,37915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full575262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,50728
Steers—Medium and Large 1621264.60/cwt252.00–266.501,64386
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636239.30/cwt232.00–244.501,52296
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy668227.92/cwt225.00–235.001,52339
Steers—Medium and Large 1710239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,69779
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy725229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,66021
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy776229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,77727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,80063
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy904203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,83518
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370245.94/cwt240.00–255.0091020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475244.43/cwt244.00–245.001,16120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,27516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full485248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,20337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full503240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,21011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567236.37/cwt233.00–241.001,34054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587226.71/cwt225.50–227.001,33125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,44918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639217.41/cwt216.00–218.001,38917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709208.38/cwt206.00–209.501,47732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy783183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,43320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,053174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,83226
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2696

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.