Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago to establish a trend will not be given for steers nor heifers. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. The bulk of the offerings consisted of yearling feeders selling in load lots with packages of fall calves and calf weight yearlings mixed in the run.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.81/cwt on 85 head, up $71.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 18 comparable sales and sits +21.25 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$500.81

▲ 71.13 vs prior sale

85 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.33

vs NE average

+47.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	500.81	2,764	85

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale85 hd

500.81

—

NE average5 barns · 148 hd

485.48

+15.33

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

+47.09

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

+21.25

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,550	$4,175	10

Every lot, as filed

29 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	650–700	683	416.66/cwt	416.00–417.00	2,846	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,428	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	511.50/cwt	511.50–511.50	2,808	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	314.75/cwt	314.75–314.75	3,239	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	393.22/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,808	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	345.71/cwt	335.50–346.75	3,253	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	350.75/cwt	350.75–350.75	3,104	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,307	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	812	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,842	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	337.94/cwt	330.75–343.75	3,288	591
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,522	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,974	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,880	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	505.66/cwt	503.00–516.00	2,715	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	3,122	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	471.04/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,718	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	704	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,668	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	780	2,960.00/head	2,960.00–2,960.00	2,960	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	325.25/cwt	325.25–325.25	3,282	66
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	4,175.00/head	4,175.00–4,175.00	4,175	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	386.98/cwt	381.00–393.00	2,593	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	407.35/cwt	402.00–411.00	2,342	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,587	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	345.95/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,650	26
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,221	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	3,498	43
Steers	Large 1	600–650	627	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,727	17
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	595	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,368	17

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 Jun 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,789Last week 591Year ago 1,315

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	575.00	575.00
42	500–550	549	511.50	511.50
19	550–600	577	470.00–472.00	471.04
45	600–650	626	460.00	460.00
48	650–700	683	416.00–417.00	416.66
17	700–750	714	390.00–395.00	393.22
25	800–850	814	383.50	383.50
42	850–900	885	350.75	350.75
125	900–950	941	335.50–346.75	345.71
591	950–1000	973	330.75–343.75	337.94
66	1000–1050	1,009	325.25	325.25
42	1050–1100	1,050	326.50	326.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	537	503.00–516.00	505.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	627	435.00	435.00
43	1200–1250	1,221	286.50	286.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	575	402.00–411.00	407.35
96	650–700	670	381.00–393.00	386.98
29	700–750	739	350.00	350.00
26	750–800	766	342.50–350.00	345.95
69	850–900	889	334.50	334.50
41	1000–1050	1,029	314.75	314.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	607	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	704	379.00	379.00
61	800–850	812	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	475	531.00	531.00
5	500–550	502	507.00	507.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
66	750–800	780	2,960.00	2,960.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	595	398.00	398.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,550	4,175.00	4,175.00

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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