Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings two weeks ago to establish a trend, however a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $445.84/cwt on 323 head, up $9.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 19 comparable sales and sits +6.81 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$445.84

▲ 9.38 vs prior sale

323 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$32.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs NE average

+22.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	449.30	2,438	289
Medium and Large 1-2	544	416.42	2,264	34

One grade step is worth $32.87/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale323 hd

445.84

—

NE average7 barns · 1,165 hd

445.50

+0.34

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

+22.65

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

+6.81

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

42 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	700–750	707	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	309.29/cwt	304.00–314.00	2,852	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	499.81/cwt	495.00–514.00	2,189	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	3,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	739	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,587	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	378.14/cwt	376.00–380.00	2,753	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,386	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	309.70/cwt	308.00–311.00	3,168	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,097	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,302	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	426.21/cwt	414.50–429.50	2,902	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	347.36/cwt	336.00–350.00	3,262	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	514.20/cwt	501.00–536.00	2,751	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	487.38/cwt	478.00–492.00	2,880	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	561.33/cwt	556.00–566.00	2,621	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	371.21/cwt	368.50–374.50	3,085	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	426.31/cwt	406.00–429.25	3,010	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,791	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	659	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,735	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	937	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,045	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	462.58/cwt	442.00–471.00	2,840	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,016	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	367.58/cwt	365.00–369.00	2,676	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	411.58/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,527	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	378.71/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,579	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	455.72/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,356	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	443.67/cwt	428.00–452.50	2,507	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	476.85/cwt	469.00–494.00	2,275	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	336.31/cwt	327.50–341.00	2,761	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,356	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,153	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	2,812	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	424.23/cwt	410.00–431.00	2,261	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	353.81/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,710	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,599	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,439	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	331.84/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,565	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,257	6

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 Apr 3, 2026

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Not enough comparable offerings two weeks ago to establish a trend, however a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	438	495.00–514.00	499.81
56	450–500	477	469.00–494.00	476.85
135	500–550	517	440.00–475.00	455.72
154	550–600	565	428.00–452.50	443.67
78	600–650	614	400.00–417.00	411.58
93	650–700	681	375.00–380.00	378.71
9	700–750	707	373.00	373.00
123	750–800	766	345.00–357.00	353.81
58	800–850	821	327.50–341.00	336.31
83	850–900	870	323.25	323.25
28	900–950	922	304.00–314.00	309.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	739	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
91	650–700	659	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	505.00	505.00
5	350–400	374	495.00	495.00
10	450–500	467	461.00	461.00
28	500–550	533	410.00–431.00	424.23
6	550–600	594	380.00	380.00
7	600–650	645	371.00	371.00
6	650–700	675	349.00	349.00
20	700–750	703	347.00	347.00
21	750–800	773	330.00–333.00	331.84
18	800–850	825	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	396	602.50	602.50
67	450–500	467	556.00–566.00	561.33
208	500–550	535	501.00–536.00	514.20
63	550–600	591	478.00–492.00	487.38
178	600–650	614	442.00–471.00	462.58
42	650–700	681	414.50–429.50	426.21
136	700–750	706	406.00–429.25	426.31
133	800–850	831	368.50–374.50	371.21
5	850–900	858	351.50	351.50
146	900–950	939	336.00–350.00	347.36
14	1000–1050	1,023	308.00–311.00	309.70
19	1050–1100	1,097	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	555.00	555.00
17	700–750	728	365.00–369.00	367.58
5	750–800	793	352.00	352.00
6	1000–1050	1,040	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	900–950	937	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	728	376.00–380.00	378.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	898	297.00	297.00

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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