Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-01-19

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
3,316 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 3,167▼ 1,363 vs year ago 4,679 · −29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-850 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $260.30/cwt on 1,878 head.
Average price
$260.30
1,878 head · 701 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$46.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.55
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565274.031,54768
Medium and Large 1705260.621,8361,764
Large 1757227.571,72346
One grade step is worth $46.46/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale1,878 hd
260.30
—
NE average7 barns · 11,127 hd
270.85
−10.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned372320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1907
Steers—Medium and Large 1419320.24/cwt319.00–322.001,34217
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,4638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,36320
Steers—Medium and Large 1468330.53/cwt327.50–336.001,54720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4526
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy517295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5258
Steers—Medium and Large 1519316.54/cwt314.00–319.001,64366
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565274.88/cwt272.00–277.001,55314
Steers—Medium and Large 1566298.65/cwt291.00–306.001,69065
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,77286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5805
Steers—Medium and Large 1620285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,76741
Steers—Large 1622249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,5526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627259.41/cwt258.00–261.001,62732
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy637272.41/cwt271.00–275.001,73525
Steers—Medium and Large 1678262.53/cwt257.00–269.001,780471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5875
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed705261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,84474
Steers—Medium and Large 1725248.82/cwt243.00–254.001,804168
Steers—Large 1738229.75/cwt229.75–229.751,69615
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed758250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,89997
Steers—Medium and Large 1761242.13/cwt239.25–245.001,843291
Steers—Large 1801221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,77025
Steers—Medium and Large 1824238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,961186
Steers—Medium and Large 1872227.13/cwt225.00–233.251,981114
Steers—Medium and Large 11,001198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,9826
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,17511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411273.43/cwt269.00–276.001,12424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463278.32/cwt267.00–283.001,28941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469253.81/cwt250.00–258.001,19011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,468100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,38526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560267.10/cwt264.00–268.001,496100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583251.66/cwt251.50–252.001,46759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606255.45/cwt255.00–256.001,54820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635244.17/cwt234.50–246.001,550181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660243.03/cwt237.50–248.501,604338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned675230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,55611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718227.26/cwt222.50–228.501,632173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787222.18/cwt215.50–223.001,749165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,72637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1895198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,77218

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.