Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a thin test with last week steers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers 550-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.89/cwt on 26 head, down $76.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −30.67 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$448.89

▼ 76.64 vs prior sale

26 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−66.83

vs NE average

−38.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	587	448.89	2,635	26

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.53, low $429.68, median $479.56 across 18 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 sale26 hd

448.89

—

NE average8 barns · 1,637 hd

515.72

−66.83

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−38.46

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−30.67

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

20 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 1-2Fleshy	600–650	606	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,424	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,779	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,727	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	381.24/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,733	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,534	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	439.97/cwt	437.00–443.00	2,948	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,196	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	801	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,948	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	863	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	3,008	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,987	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	3,002	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	383.18/cwt	368.00–386.00	3,157	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,858	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	736	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,810	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	346.13/cwt	344.00–350.00	3,212	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	448.89/cwt	448.00–452.00	2,635	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	420.07/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,642	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	356.69/cwt	355.50–368.00	2,789	92

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 918Last week 3,855Year ago 1,306

On a thin test with last week steers over 650 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers 550-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	606	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	557	455.00	455.00
27	600–650	629	415.00–430.00	420.07
24	650–700	675	404.00	404.00
114	700–750	717	370.00–392.00	381.24
70	750–800	775	3,025.00	3,025.00
92	750–800	782	355.50–368.00	356.69
9	800–850	842	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	670	437.00–443.00	439.97
42	700–750	734	409.00	409.00
27	750–800	765	390.50	390.50
70	800–850	824	368.00–386.00	383.18
113	900–950	928	344.00–350.00	346.13
24	950–1000	979	326.50	326.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	800–850	801	368.00	368.00
25	850–900	863	348.50	348.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	587	448.00–452.00	448.89
24	600–650	646	435.00	435.00
18	750–800	781	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	736	371.00	371.00

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.

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