Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2024-02-02

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2024-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-02

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 2

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9 →

Receipts

2,472 head

▼ 1,816 vs last sale 4,288▼ 572 vs year ago 3,044 · −18.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $245.32/cwt on 1,192 head.

Average price

$245.32

1,192 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$497

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

$52.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.78

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	479	297.21	1,423	24
Medium and Large 1	786	244.26	1,920	1,168

One grade step is worth $52.95/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale1,192 hd

245.32

—

NE average9 barns · 19,283 hd

276.11

−30.78

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	389	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,284	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	415	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,220	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	492	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,550	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,623	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	519	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,583	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,576	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,824	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	642	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,753	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	665	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,749	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	255.79/cwt	252.50–259.00	1,798	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	715	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,909	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	724	243.33/cwt	241.00–246.50	1,762	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	242.81/cwt	238.50–245.00	1,901	353
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	783	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,828	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,002	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	233.40/cwt	232.00–234.00	2,040	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	877	223.80/cwt	220.75–225.25	1,963	135
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	289.53/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,503	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	263.31/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,509	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	611	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,442	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	254.75/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,590	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	656	253.44/cwt	253.00–254.50	1,663	281
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	237.82/cwt	237.00–241.50	1,636	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	728	228.92/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,667	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	233.55/cwt	232.60–237.00	1,724	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	224.76/cwt	221.00–226.25	1,740	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,799	140

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 Feb 2, 2024

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

Receipts 2,472Last week 4,288Year ago 3,044

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	611	236.00	236.00
186	—	728	225.00–230.50	228.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	519	285.00–292.00	289.53
41	—	573	260.00–267.00	263.31
73	—	688	237.00–241.50	237.82
84	—	738	232.60–237.00	233.55
130	—	774	221.00–226.25	224.76
140	—	829	217.00	217.00
150	—	624	250.00–257.00	254.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	656	253.00–254.50	253.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	703	252.50–259.00	255.79
143	—	814	246.00	246.00
200	—	874	232.00–234.00	233.40
353	—	783	238.50–245.00	242.81
9	—	516	314.50	314.50
12	—	612	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	389	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	715	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	877	220.75–225.25	223.80
63	—	783	233.50	233.50
64	—	724	241.00–246.50	243.33
8	—	665	263.00	263.00
9	—	575	290.00	290.00
22	—	492	315.00	315.00
22	—	642	273.00	273.00
6	—	519	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	275.00	275.00
8	—	538	293.00	293.00

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.