Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of load lots and packages of yearling steers and heifers along with packages of weaned and bawling fall calves on offer. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet buying noticed. Compared to two weeks ago steers over 750 lbs sold unevenly steady with not enough comparable heifers on offer to establish a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $495.32/cwt on 31 head, up $23.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 18 comparable sales and sits +15.77 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$495.32

▲ 23.14 vs prior sale

31 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$90.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.99

vs NE average

+21.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	512.92	2,614	25
Medium and Large 1-2	582	422.00	2,456	6thin

One grade step is worth $90.92/cwt here — about $158 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 sale31 hd

495.32

—

NE average4 barns · 173 hd

475.33

+19.99

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+21.62

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

+15.77

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,078	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	404.63/cwt	404.50–405.00	3,095	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	976	324.10/cwt	321.50–327.00	3,163	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	851	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	3,081	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	768	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,984	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,480	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	672	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,890	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	626	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	3,092	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,458	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,945	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,903	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,611	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,616	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,344	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	703	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,847	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	378.73/cwt	376.00–382.50	2,787	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,598	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	341.73/cwt	337.75–350.50	3,352	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	478.71/cwt	475.00–484.00	2,877	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	344.73/cwt	341.25–353.00	3,244	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,683	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,424	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	952	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,942	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	858	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,737	20

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri May 15, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	582	422.00	422.00
7	600–650	615	422.50	422.50
12	700–750	736	376.00–382.50	378.73
7	900–950	927	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	507	516.00	516.00
34	600–650	601	475.00–484.00	478.71
11	650–700	650	453.00	453.00
58	750–800	765	404.50–405.00	404.63
141	900–950	941	341.25–353.00	344.73
176	950–1000	981	337.75–350.50	341.73
34	1000–1050	1,045	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	768	388.50	388.50
15	850–900	851	362.00	362.00
21	950–1000	976	321.50–327.00	324.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	672	430.00	430.00
20	700–750	703	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	626	494.00	494.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	513	509.00	509.00
41	650–700	651	446.00	446.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	592	419.00	419.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	415.00	415.00
9	550–600	587	413.00	413.00
6	600–650	604	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	512	480.00	480.00
12	650–700	681	394.00	394.00
5	750–800	754	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	858	319.00	319.00
56	950–1000	952	309.00	309.00

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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