Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifers over 750 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. The bulk of the offering consisted of yearling steers and spayed heifers coming off the short summer grass along with quite a few consignments of preg-checked open heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.00/cwt on 6 head, up $12.00 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −39.03 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$400.00

▲ 12.00 vs prior sale

6 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.69

vs NE average

+49.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	400.00	2,196	6thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $388.00, median $439.03 across 17 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 sale6 hd

400.00

—

NE average5 barns · 89 hd

396.31

+3.69

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

+49.08

This barn, trailing median17 sales

439.03

−39.03

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

24 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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,939	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	292.12/cwt	283.00–297.00	3,038	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,196	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,021	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	301.85/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,946	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	307.04/cwt	303.00–317.00	2,831	171
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,226	53
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	311.75/cwt	311.75–311.75	3,286	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	352.93/cwt	347.50–358.50	2,372	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	317.86/cwt	307.50–329.00	2,810	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,517	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,697	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	345.99/cwt	342.00–354.00	2,640	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,887	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,112	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	331.78/cwt	328.00–333.00	3,222	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	348.79/cwt	343.25–352.50	3,080	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	827	322.29/cwt	317.00–328.25	2,665	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	933	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,911	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	888	327.17/cwt	326.10–330.00	2,905	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	785	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,583	28

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 Aug 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,281Last week 2,078Year ago 2,148

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	1000–1050	1,040	283.00–297.00	292.12
7	1050–1100	1,061	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	487	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	549	400.00	400.00
29	650–700	672	347.50–358.50	352.93
6	700–750	728	343.00	343.00
80	750–800	777	324.00	324.00
5	800–850	840	320.00	320.00
37	850–900	884	307.50–329.00	317.86
171	900–950	922	303.00–317.00	307.04
88	950–1000	976	285.00–315.00	301.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	785	329.00	329.00
89	800–850	827	317.00–328.25	322.29
419	850–900	888	326.10–330.00	327.17
141	900–950	933	312.00	312.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	1000–1050	1,008	320.00	320.00
70	1050–1100	1,054	311.75	311.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	400.00	400.00
13	700–750	729	370.00	370.00
21	750–800	763	342.00–354.00	345.99
58	800–850	832	347.00	347.00
331	850–900	883	343.25–352.50	348.79
126	900–950	936	332.50	332.50
247	950–1000	971	328.00–333.00	331.78

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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