Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2023-12-22

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2023-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-22

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 22

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Dec 15Dec 22Jan 5 →

Receipts

1,658 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 1,708▼ 1,016 vs year ago 2,674 · −38.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $234.85/cwt on 959 head.

Average price

$234.85

959 head · 836 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$543

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$39.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.94

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	272.90	1,438	39
Medium and Large 1	849	233.23	1,981	920

One grade step is worth $39.66/cwt here — about −$543 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 sale959 hd

234.85

—

NE average7 barns · 7,335 hd

259.79

−24.94

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,555	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,526	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	529	278.59/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,474	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,576	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	622	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,623	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,654	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	254.40/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,674	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	663	241.22/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,599	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	736	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,619	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,766	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	832	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,789	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,904	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	883	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,868	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	227.66/cwt	216.00–228.35	2,115	523
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	954	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,994	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	1,003	215.75/cwt	215.75–215.75	2,164	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,187	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	266.11/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,408	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	251.76/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,455	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	597	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,242	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,549	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	636	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,383	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	645	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,509	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	228.25/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,490	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	662	217.80/cwt	217.50–219.00	1,442	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,548	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	215.95/cwt	209.25–218.00	1,648	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,541	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,710	21
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	859	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,486	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	206.38/cwt	199.50–207.50	1,841	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,808	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,075	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,957	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	428	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,267	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	554	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,457	27

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Dec 22, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,658Last week 1,708Year ago 2,674

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	554	263.00	263.00
9	—	428	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	217.50	217.50
25	—	662	217.50–219.00	217.80
40	—	765	201.50	201.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	597	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	593	240.00	240.00
16	—	412	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	653	227.00–230.00	228.25
6	—	1,075	182.00	182.00
50	—	529	265.00–269.00	266.11
127	—	763	209.25–218.00	215.95
55	—	892	199.50–207.50	206.38
7	—	939	192.50	192.50
21	—	820	208.50	208.50
36	—	578	250.00–255.00	251.76
8	—	622	249.00	249.00
7	—	730	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	645	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	859	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	773	228.50	228.50
523	—	929	216.00–228.35	227.66
6	—	954	209.00	209.00
70	—	658	253.00–256.00	254.40
42	—	835	228.00	228.00
26	—	557	283.00	283.00
23	—	624	265.00	265.00
17	—	496	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	278.00–279.00	278.59
7	—	622	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,003	215.75	215.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	775	220.00	220.00
17	—	663	237.00–247.00	241.22
19	—	883	211.50	211.50
21	—	736	220.00	220.00
27	—	832	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	289.00	289.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.