Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except steers 750-850 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $513.41/cwt on 56 head, up $64.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 18 comparable sales and sits +33.86 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$513.41

▲ 64.52 vs prior sale

56 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$51.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs NE average

+26.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	530.00	2,825	38
Medium and Large 1-2	553	478.39	2,644	18thin

One grade step is worth $51.61/cwt here — about $180 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

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 sale56 hd

513.41

—

NE average5 barns · 1,343 hd

514.51

−1.10

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+26.39

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

+33.86

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,685	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,620	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	728	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,606	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	451.15/cwt	444.00–454.00	2,454	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	371.55/cwt	367.00–379.00	2,738	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	318.18/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,803	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	378.77/cwt	370.00–381.50	2,894	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,179	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	357.62/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,718	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	3,194	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	671	419.45/cwt	412.50–421.50	2,815	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,825	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	787	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	708	435.69/cwt	432.00–439.50	3,085	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	531	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,687	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	458.95/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,868	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	685	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	686	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	355.72/cwt	338.50–367.00	3,088	849
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,553	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	696	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,645	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	3,228	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,460	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	419.28/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,998	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	356.94/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,934	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	713	401.62/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,864	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	720	2,756.80/head	2,750.00–2,760.00	2,757	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,683	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	408.85/cwt	404.00–411.00	2,543	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	872	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,037	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,215	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	769	3,133.80/head	3,100.00–3,135.00	3,134	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	816	3,208.18/head	3,100.00–3,410.00	3,208	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	553.76/cwt	547.00–559.00	2,032	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	637	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,765	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	684	404.34/cwt	402.00–408.00	2,766	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	380.86/cwt	377.00–382.00	2,917	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	442.73/cwt	438.00–444.00	2,510	70

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 3,043Last week 918Year ago 2,908

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except steers 750-850 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	544	444.00–454.00	451.15
20	700–750	728	358.00	358.00
10	750–800	765	342.50	342.50
9	800–850	826	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	367	547.00–559.00	553.76
36	500–550	501	491.00	491.00
70	550–600	567	438.00–444.00	442.73
16	600–650	622	404.00–411.00	408.85
16	650–700	669	401.00	401.00
88	700–750	737	367.00–379.00	371.55
13	850–900	881	317.00–320.00	318.18
5	1050–1100	1,080	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	505	450.00	450.00
11	650–700	685	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
56	600–650	637	434.00	434.00
6	650–700	686	2,800.00	2,800.00
58	650–700	684	402.00–408.00	404.34
92	700–750	713	395.00–402.00	401.62
31	700–750	720	2,750.00–2,760.00	2,756.80
150	750–800	769	3,100.00–3,135.00	3,133.80
31	750–800	766	377.00–382.00	380.86
155	800–850	816	3,100.00–3,410.00	3,208.18
10	850–900	872	3,200.00	3,200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	542.50	542.50
38	500–550	533	530.00	530.00
97	600–650	625	445.00–470.00	458.95
141	700–750	715	400.00–420.00	419.28
285	750–800	764	370.00–381.50	378.77
54	800–850	822	350.00–362.00	356.94
849	850–900	868	338.50–367.00	355.72
60	900–950	911	349.00	349.00
108	950–1000	967	330.25	330.25
59	1000–1050	1,004	321.50	321.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	520.00	520.00
7	550–600	587	435.00	435.00
7	650–700	677	406.00	406.00
17	750–800	760	352.00–360.00	357.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	531	506.00	506.00
51	650–700	671	412.50–421.50	419.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	660.00	660.00
145	700–750	708	432.00–439.50	435.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	696	380.00	380.00
6	750–800	787	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,037	310.00	310.00

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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