Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 950 lbs steers sold 5.00 higher with not enough comparable offerings in the other weight classes to establish a trend for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. The consignment sheet consisted of mostly packages of weaned fall calves and yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.68/cwt on 22 head, down $65.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −49.87 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$429.68

▼ 65.64 vs prior sale

22 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$36.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−66.21

vs NE average

−30.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	448.00	2,684	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	595	411.36	2,447	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.64/cwt here — about $236 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 sale22 hd

429.68

—

NE average6 barns · 764 hd

495.89

−66.21

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−30.69

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−49.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,532	$2,979	29

Every lot, as filed

21 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	550–600	590	428.26/cwt	423.00–430.00	2,527	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	699	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,705	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	2,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	599	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,396	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,532	2,979.36/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,979	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	501.63/cwt	498.00–504.00	2,313	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	350.75/cwt	350.75–350.75	3,322	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,662	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,686	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,514	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,660	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	353.60/cwt	349.00–361.00	2,772	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,226	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,125	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	955	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,109	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	906	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,899	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,801	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	818	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,597	7

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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 591Last week 1,055Year ago 1,444

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 0Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	530.00	530.00
31	450–500	461	498.00–504.00	501.63
20	550–600	590	423.00–430.00	428.26
13	700–750	715	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	699	387.00	387.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	772	330.50	330.50
7	800–850	818	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	493	540.00	540.00
11	550–600	599	448.00	448.00
238	900–950	947	350.75	350.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	607.00	607.00
10	400–450	424	525.00	525.00
24	450–500	492	511.00	511.00
5	550–600	590	425.00	425.00
25	700–750	726	370.00	370.00
13	750–800	784	349.00–361.00	353.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	599	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	690	406.00	406.00
16	900–950	906	320.00	320.00
7	950–1000	955	325.50	325.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	—	1,532	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,979.36

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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