Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower except heifers 550-650 lbs selling 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $360.40/cwt on 367 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −119.16 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$360.40

367 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$24.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.00

vs NE average

+17.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	360.73	2,003	362
Medium and Large 1-2	501	336.00	1,683	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale367 hd

360.40

—

NE average9 barns · 6,173 hd

365.40

−5.00

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+17.95

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−119.16

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

53 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 1-2	450–500	466	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,398	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	979	245.23/cwt	243.00–251.00	2,401	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	900	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,286	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	317.36/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,984	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	872	258.49/cwt	256.00–261.00	2,254	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	367.44/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,944	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	395.47/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,847	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	394.65/cwt	360.00–401.00	1,630	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,877	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	361	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,417	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	284.58/cwt	280.00–286.50	2,166	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	281.63/cwt	280.00–282.50	2,087	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	274.34/cwt	271.50–275.50	2,266	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	422	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	338.51/cwt	330.00–344.00	2,065	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,334	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	349.62/cwt	342.00–356.00	2,028	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	291.44/cwt	287.50–294.50	2,095	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	272.65/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,971	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	290.97/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,990	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	305.57/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,084	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,846	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	364.63/cwt	363.00–365.50	2,035	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	655	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,155	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	283.74/cwt	281.00–287.50	1,790	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	305.95/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,634	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	800	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,928	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,019	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,165	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	359	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,472	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	342.11/cwt	336.00–355.00	1,594	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	296.28/cwt	270.00–311.00	1,822	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	272.86/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,951	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	382.31/cwt	381.00–386.00	1,376	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,766	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	487	325.80/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,587	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	270.54/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,718	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	366.90/cwt	365.00–367.00	1,596	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	282.19/cwt	280.50–287.00	1,877	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	315.22/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,658	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	479	366.05/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,753	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	317.02/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,823	382
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,598	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	285.20/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,611	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	260.77/cwt	260.50–261.00	1,995	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	272.81/cwt	271.00–275.00	2,142	82

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 4,030Last week 3,246Year ago 3,316

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	510	301.00	301.00
38	550–600	565	281.00–286.00	285.20
28	600–650	635	270.00–271.00	270.54
5	700–750	700	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	450–500	487	322.00–327.00	325.80
46	500–550	534	304.00–308.00	305.95
27	550–600	581	304.00	304.00
23	600–650	631	281.00–287.50	283.74
26	800–850	800	241.00	241.00
14	1000–1050	1,019	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	359	410.00	410.00
9	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	360	381.00–386.00	382.31
96	400–450	435	365.00–367.00	366.90
101	450–500	466	336.00–355.00	342.11
119	500–550	526	311.00–321.00	315.22
382	550–600	575	308.00–325.00	317.02
117	600–650	615	270.00–311.00	296.28
259	650–700	665	280.50–287.00	282.19
190	700–750	715	266.00–277.00	272.86
13	750–800	765	260.50–261.00	260.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	413	387.00	387.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	479	363.00–370.00	366.05
15	550–600	574	327.00	327.00
20	600–650	625	316.00–320.00	317.36
59	700–750	741	280.00–282.50	281.63
82	750–800	785	271.00–275.00	272.81
14	850–900	872	256.00–261.00	258.49
26	900–950	900	254.00	254.00
52	950–1000	979	243.00–251.00	245.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	413	360.00–401.00	394.65
74	450–500	467	390.00–400.00	395.47
97	500–550	529	360.00–380.00	367.44
84	550–600	580	342.00–356.00	349.62
149	600–650	610	330.00–344.00	338.51
391	650–700	682	300.00–309.00	305.57
281	700–750	719	287.50–294.50	291.44
161	750–800	761	280.00–286.50	284.58
244	800–850	826	271.50–275.50	274.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	392.50	392.50
7	400–450	422	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	501	336.00	336.00
5	600–650	629	304.00	304.00
20	650–700	684	288.00–293.00	290.97
23	700–750	723	270.00–275.00	272.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	512	393.00	393.00
161	550–600	558	363.00–365.50	364.63
37	650–700	655	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	465	397.00	397.00

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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