Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 600 lbs selling steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 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 $346.87/cwt on 433 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −132.69 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$346.87

433 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.52

vs NE average

+4.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	346.87	1,970	433

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 sale433 hd

346.87

—

NE average11 barns · 5,936 hd

357.39

−10.52

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+4.79

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−132.69

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

44 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 1Fancy	400–450	410	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	806	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,108	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	867	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,994	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	297.53/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,752	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,909	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	394.82/cwt	390.00–396.00	1,441	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	349	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,239	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,360	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	616	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,076	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	338.03/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,903	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	384.57/cwt	383.00–390.00	1,769	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	291.29/cwt	288.00–304.00	2,158	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	890	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,314	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,809	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,647	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	275.84/cwt	271.00–279.25	2,265	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	623	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,187	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	326.35/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,922	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	708	315.26/cwt	314.75–315.50	2,232	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	324.53/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,045	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	295.33/cwt	295.00–296.00	2,014	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	368.70/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,914	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	263.93/cwt	258.50–266.00	1,998	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	273.86/cwt	273.00–274.50	1,980	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	348.50/cwt	340.00–354.50	2,014	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	284.82/cwt	284.50–285.25	2,233	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	424	373.29/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,583	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,674	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,843	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	313.16/cwt	305.50–319.50	1,826	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	462	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	314.01/cwt	303.00–323.00	2,120	420
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	334.59/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,573	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	296.86/cwt	290.50–301.50	1,858	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,768	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	282.62/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,911	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,577	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	519	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,619	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,959	22

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 3,246Last week 3,776Year ago 3,167

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	410	399.00	399.00
64	800–850	806	261.50	261.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	320.00	320.00
13	500–550	519	312.00	312.00
41	550–600	589	295.00–301.00	297.53
27	650–700	693	266.00	266.00
22	750–800	790	248.00	248.00
7	850–900	867	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	773	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	470	330.00–337.50	334.59
63	500–550	539	328.00	328.00
299	550–600	583	305.50–319.50	313.16
206	600–650	626	290.50–301.50	296.86
162	650–700	676	280.00–287.00	282.62
159	700–750	723	273.00–274.50	273.86
77	750–800	757	258.50–266.00	263.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	424	370.00–375.00	373.29
23	450–500	473	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	489	322.50	322.50
6	550–600	550	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	365	390.00–396.00	394.82
6	400–450	425	387.50	387.50
37	450–500	460	383.00–390.00	384.57
71	500–550	519	360.00–374.00	368.70
233	550–600	578	340.00–354.50	348.50
76	600–650	630	320.00–332.50	324.53
420	650–700	675	303.00–323.00	314.01
138	700–750	741	288.00–304.00	291.29
255	750–800	784	284.50–285.25	284.82
106	800–850	821	271.00–279.25	275.84
70	850–900	852	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	616	337.00	337.00
133	700–750	708	314.75–315.50	315.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	383.00	383.00
17	450–500	476	380.00	380.00
42	550–600	563	330.00–341.00	338.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	358.00	358.00
10	500–550	545	349.00	349.00
77	550–600	589	317.00–330.00	326.35
18	650–700	682	295.00–296.00	295.33
17	850–900	890	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	396	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	623	351.00	351.00

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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