Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-850 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher and heifers of all weights sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the crowd of buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.31/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −112.24 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$367.31

197 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.41

vs NE average

+26.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	367.31	2,008	197

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 sale197 hd

367.31

—

NE average8 barns · 2,895 hd

357.90

+9.41

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+26.37

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−112.24

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

34 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	278.60/cwt	276.00–279.50	2,337	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	357.50/cwt	349.00–360.00	2,041	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,656	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	285.73/cwt	283.00–287.00	2,177	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,562	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	321.99/cwt	319.00–329.00	2,190	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,723	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	438	357.99/cwt	356.00–360.00	1,568	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	317.41/cwt	317.00–318.00	1,727	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	587	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	684	257.62/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,762	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	352.55/cwt	349.00–356.00	1,629	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	611	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,154	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	307.89/cwt	298.50–311.50	2,189	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	792	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,352	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	546	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,143	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	386.39/cwt	381.00–396.00	1,828	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	756	277.75/cwt	277.75–277.75	2,100	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	278.05/cwt	270.00–278.50	2,397	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,594	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	364.59/cwt	358.00–375.00	1,918	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,030	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	368.65/cwt	367.00–371.00	1,629	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	341.19/cwt	337.00–345.50	2,160	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,437	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	271.25/cwt	270.00–278.50	2,005	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	298.13/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,872	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	314.78/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,841	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	291.01/cwt	285.00–294.50	1,941	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,973	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	338.58/cwt	334.00–342.00	1,764	139

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,660Last week 4,030Year ago 4,288

Compared to last week steers 550-850 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher and heifers of all weights sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good from the crowd of buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	416	398.00	398.00
46	450–500	473	381.00–396.00	386.39
85	500–550	526	358.00–375.00	364.59
74	550–600	571	349.00–360.00	357.50
186	600–650	633	337.00–345.50	341.19
180	650–700	680	319.00–329.00	321.99
244	700–750	711	298.50–311.50	307.89
92	750–800	762	283.00–287.00	285.73
58	800–850	839	276.00–279.50	278.60
114	850–900	862	270.00–278.50	278.05
35	900–950	932	261.50	261.50
308	950–1000	975	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	611	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	546	392.50	392.50
114	750–800	792	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	650	266.00	266.00
7	750–800	785	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	438	356.00–360.00	357.99
41	500–550	544	317.00–318.00	317.41
7	550–600	580	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	587	285.00	285.00
12	650–700	684	256.00–260.00	257.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	367.00–371.00	368.65
14	450–500	462	349.00–356.00	352.55
139	500–550	521	334.00–342.00	338.58
115	550–600	585	305.00–320.00	314.78
93	600–650	628	295.00–310.00	298.13
158	650–700	667	285.00–294.50	291.01
131	700–750	739	270.00–278.50	271.25
15	750–800	766	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	750–800	756	277.75	277.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	390.00	390.00
113	650–700	660	299.00	299.00

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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