Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Nice offering of yearlings and weaned fall calves on offer with a few sets of bawling calves mixed in the run. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $472.18/cwt on 104 head, down $6.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 18 comparable sales and sits −7.37 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$472.18

▼ 6.91 vs prior sale

104 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.87

vs NE average

−8.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	485.53	2,816	57
Medium and Large 1-2	547	456.00	2,494	47

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $322 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

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 sale104 hd

472.18

—

NE average4 barns · 367 hd

492.06

−19.87

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−8.84

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−7.37

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	569.50/cwt	569.50–569.50	2,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	430.18/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,663	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	348.54/cwt	347.50–351.00	2,809	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,815	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,108	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	694	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,586	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	763	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,314	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	547	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,494	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	344.56/cwt	343.00–346.25	3,387	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	485.53/cwt	476.00–488.00	2,816	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	352.35/cwt	350.00–353.25	3,231	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	447.70/cwt	433.00–451.00	3,035	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	468.45/cwt	458.50–473.00	2,951	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	386.95/cwt	385.50–401.00	3,069	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	948	4,550.00/head	4,550.00–4,550.00	4,550	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,298	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	314.75/cwt	314.75–314.75	3,018	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,774	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	425.80/cwt	410.00–432.00	3,006	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	383.65/cwt	381.50–385.50	3,177	433
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,420	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	371.60/cwt	361.00–375.50	2,534	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	410.23/cwt	409.00–410.50	2,798	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	483.12/cwt	476.50–495.00	2,546	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	328.99/cwt	314.00–335.50	2,852	87

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 May 1, 2026

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

Receipts 2,393Last week 1,191Year ago 1,453

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	688	417.00	417.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	569.50	569.50
47	500–550	527	476.50–495.00	483.12
17	600–650	619	425.00–435.00	430.18
63	650–700	682	409.00–410.50	410.23
37	700–750	733	384.00	384.00
30	800–850	806	347.50–351.00	348.54
87	850–900	867	314.00–335.50	328.99
64	950–1000	959	314.75	314.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	386	546.00	546.00
27	450–500	469	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
97	900–950	948	4,550.00	4,550.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	495.00	495.00
6	550–600	550	440.00	440.00
19	650–700	682	361.00–375.50	371.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	694	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	478	541.00	541.00
57	550–600	580	476.00–488.00	485.53
80	600–650	630	458.50–473.00	468.45
37	650–700	678	433.00–451.00	447.70
239	700–750	706	410.00–432.00	425.80
145	750–800	793	385.50–401.00	386.95
433	800–850	828	381.50–385.50	383.65
57	900–950	917	350.00–353.25	352.35
442	950–1000	983	343.00–346.25	344.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	400–450	431	537.00	537.00
6	600–650	600	475.00	475.00
8	750–800	763	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	547	456.00	456.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	675	411.00	411.00

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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