Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short consignment sheet of bawling spring calves and pregnancy checked open yearling heifers on offer. Compared to two weeks ago steer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and feeder heifers 800-1000 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from a smaller than normal number of buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.26/cwt on 54 head, down $43.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −67.77 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$371.26

▼ 43.75 vs prior sale

54 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−52.18

vs NE average

+18.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	371.26	1,908	54

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 $371.26, 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 sale54 hd

371.26

—

NE average5 barns · 892 hd

423.44

−52.18

National average179 barns · 12,503 hd

352.96

+18.30

This barn, trailing median17 sales

439.03

−67.77

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

23 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 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,071	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,870	29
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,028	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,673	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	985	274.99/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,709	14
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,032	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,972	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,868	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	371.26/cwt	364.00–377.00	1,908	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,201	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,010	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	419.03/cwt	418.00–421.00	1,781	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	298.49/cwt	298.00–299.00	2,824	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,964	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,377	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	1,773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,354	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,478	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,558	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,238	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,486	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,056	49

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 Oct 2, 2026

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

Receipts 657Last week 1,709Year ago 2,379

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1000–1050	1,028	260.00	260.00
29	1050–1100	1,071	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	985	270.00–280.00	274.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	461.00	461.00
8	350–400	368	457.00	457.00
49	450–500	463	444.00	444.00
8	800–850	836	307.50	307.50
44	900–950	946	298.00–299.00	298.49
7	950–1000	979	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	425	418.00–421.00	419.03
5	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
54	500–550	514	364.00–377.00	371.26
12	650–700	662	332.50	332.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,032	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	438	459.00	459.00
54	550–600	566	420.00	420.00
8	600–650	600	387.00	387.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	511.00	511.00
10	350–400	392	501.00	501.00
26	400–450	438	511.00	511.00
29	450–500	469	502.00	502.00
53	500–550	547	453.00	453.00
45	550–600	550	452.00	452.00

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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