Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned calves on offer. Compared to two weeks ago, steers 500-650 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.22/cwt on 262 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −122.34 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$357.22

262 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.13

vs NE average

+24.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	357.22	1,920	262

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 sale262 hd

357.22

—

NE average4 barns · 892 hd

341.08

+16.13

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+24.35

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−122.34

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

31 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	500–550	512	316.11/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,618	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	444	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,492	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,329	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,010	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	326.41/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,609	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	343.40/cwt	343.00–344.00	1,961	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	471	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,700	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	323.30/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,030	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	274.26/cwt	269.50–279.50	2,279	590
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	287.67/cwt	282.00–293.50	2,109	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,427	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	344.38/cwt	343.00–346.00	1,805	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	362.83/cwt	356.50–372.00	1,923	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	315.90/cwt	307.00–320.00	2,072	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	280.59/cwt	273.00–288.50	2,138	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	267.10/cwt	267.10–267.10	2,358	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,800	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	563	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,799	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,607	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,169	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	931	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,379	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,958	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	287.01/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,797	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	837	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,197	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	302.65/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,737	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	268.11/cwt	263.50–271.00	1,938	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	282.95/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,882	361
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	263.99/cwt	261.00–268.50	2,033	203

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 Jan 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,776Last week 2,545Year ago 3,116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	365.00	365.00
56	450–500	493	324.00–328.00	326.41
57	500–550	512	309.00–321.00	316.11
157	550–600	574	297.00–310.00	302.65
81	600–650	626	281.00–296.00	287.01
361	650–700	665	270.00–285.00	282.95
161	700–750	723	263.50–271.00	268.11
203	750–800	770	261.00–268.50	263.99
40	800–850	812	247.50	247.50
5	1000–1050	1,030	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	444	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	563	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	475	379.00	379.00
185	500–550	530	356.50–372.00	362.83
51	550–600	571	343.00–344.00	343.40
275	600–650	628	312.00–330.00	323.30
152	650–700	656	307.00–320.00	315.90
338	700–750	733	282.00–293.50	287.67
230	750–800	762	273.00–288.50	280.59
590	800–850	831	269.50–279.50	274.26
131	850–900	883	267.10	267.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	471	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	364.00	364.00
11	450–500	487	330.00	330.00
6	700–750	725	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	524	343.00–346.00	344.38
22	600–650	640	306.00	306.00
10	650–700	687	284.00	284.00
19	800–850	837	262.50	262.50
126	900–950	931	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
139	700–750	703	308.50	308.50

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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