Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher and steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $474.17/cwt on 397 head, up $15.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 19 comparable sales and sits +35.14 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$474.17

▲ 15.70 vs prior sale

397 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$43.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.31

vs NE average

+50.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	476.71	2,678	374
Medium and Large 1-2	552	432.82	2,391	23

One grade step is worth $43.88/cwt here — about $287 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $388.00, median $439.03 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale397 hd

474.17

—

NE average3 barns · 758 hd

463.86

+10.31

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

+50.22

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

+35.14

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

Every lot, as filed

50 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	488.56/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,145	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	382.69/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,778	320
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,538	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,510	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,657	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,174	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,778	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	533.44/cwt	522.50–535.00	2,870	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	395	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,258	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	391.78/cwt	385.50–407.50	3,048	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	343	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	488	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,855	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	382.41/cwt	375.00–386.00	3,090	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,880	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	426.57/cwt	418.00–435.00	2,675	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	491.63/cwt	488.00–492.50	2,974	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	712	436.50/cwt	436.50–436.50	3,108	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	563.86/cwt	560.00–565.00	2,306	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	353.95/cwt	348.50–357.00	3,019	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	586	467.31/cwt	463.00–468.00	2,738	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	546.16/cwt	545.00–547.50	2,818	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	435.79/cwt	426.00–451.00	2,955	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	558.31/cwt	545.00–562.00	2,747	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	398.64/cwt	391.00–405.00	2,647	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	352.94/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,728	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	420.01/cwt	413.00–437.00	2,642	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	441.71/cwt	440.00–443.00	2,341	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,584	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,176	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	493	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,519	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,622	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	3,363.05/head	3,200.00–3,525.00	3,363	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	724	3,301.55/head	3,025.00–3,400.00	3,302	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	458.64/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,944	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	355.22/cwt	350.00–361.00	2,881	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	629	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	476.83/cwt	469.00–484.00	2,537	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	443.67/cwt	443.00–444.00	2,711	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	499.04/cwt	495.00–501.00	2,575	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	413.66/cwt	405.50–427.00	3,032	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,318	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	830	3,119.25/head	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,119	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	853	3,224.63/head	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,225	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,666	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	503.87/cwt	493.00–507.00	2,887	31

How this sale compares

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 13, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	439	485.00–497.50	488.56
14	500–550	530	440.00–443.00	441.71
9	550–600	587	419.00	419.00
6	600–650	605	393.00	393.00
11	700–750	728	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	540.00	540.00
5	400–450	416	522.50	522.50
37	500–550	532	469.00–484.00	476.83
64	550–600	586	447.50	447.50
123	600–650	629	413.00–437.00	420.01
123	650–700	664	391.00–405.00	398.64
320	700–750	726	372.00–390.00	382.69
64	750–800	773	346.00–361.00	352.94
31	800–850	810	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	479	524.00	524.00
58	500–550	507	524.00	524.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	403	540.00	540.00
53	450–500	493	511.00	511.00
36	500–550	516	495.00–501.00	499.04
179	550–600	586	463.00–468.00	467.31
140	600–650	611	443.00–444.00	443.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
6	600–650	629	3,525.00	3,525.00
174	700–750	724	3,025.00–3,400.00	3,301.55
187	750–800	771	3,200.00–3,525.00	3,363.05
108	800–850	830	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,119.25
59	850–900	853	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,224.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	540	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	409	560.00–565.00	563.86
44	450–500	492	545.00–562.00	558.31
129	500–550	538	522.50–535.00	533.44
31	550–600	573	493.00–507.00	503.87
368	600–650	642	450.00–465.00	458.64
84	650–700	678	426.00–451.00	435.79
188	700–750	733	405.50–427.00	413.66
154	750–800	778	385.50–407.50	391.78
162	800–850	808	375.00–386.00	382.41
42	850–900	853	348.50–357.00	353.95
68	900–950	905	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	650.00	650.00
6	350–400	395	615.00	615.00
6	400–450	415	605.00	605.00
26	450–500	488	585.00	585.00
28	500–550	516	545.00–547.50	546.16
97	600–650	605	488.00–492.50	491.63
142	700–750	712	436.50	436.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	450	515.00	515.00
43	500–550	529	504.00	504.00
27	600–650	627	418.00–435.00	426.57
67	650–700	689	418.00	418.00
17	800–850	811	350.00–361.00	355.22

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.

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