Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week flyweight steers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, 550-750 lbs steers sold steady to 7.00 lower with steers over 750 lbs selling steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers of all weights sold steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers with a few new faces in the crowd. The offering consisted of long time weaned steers and heifers with few bawling bull and heifers calves selling in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.19/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −125.36 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$354.19

152 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$20.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.75

vs NE average

+5.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	357.86	1,997	125
Medium and Large 1-2	576	337.20	1,942	27

One grade step is worth $20.66/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale152 hd

354.19

—

NE average10 barns · 4,877 hd

372.94

−18.75

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+5.53

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−125.36

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

46 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	700–750	734	301.13/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,210	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,598	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	370.30/cwt	364.00–376.00	1,929	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	641	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,045	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	477	373.29/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,781	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	333.39/cwt	329.00–338.00	2,064	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	317.97/cwt	309.00–325.00	2,127	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,978	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	586	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,969	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	347.09/cwt	343.50–356.00	2,048	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,085	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	289.25/cwt	281.00–293.50	2,242	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,749	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	392.47/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,896	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	282.73/cwt	280.50–283.75	2,327	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,105	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	631	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,886	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,005	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,839	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,981	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	915	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,288	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,148	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	382.38/cwt	373.00–391.00	1,667	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	270.18/cwt	269.00–270.75	2,486	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,712	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	280.57/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,815	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	268.80/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,024	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	327.43/cwt	307.00–337.50	1,837	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	714	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,067	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	274.33/cwt	267.50–278.25	2,359	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	291.48/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,947	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	584	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,600	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	424.80/cwt	420.00–432.00	1,342	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	298.31/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,682	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,570	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	260.68/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,770	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	269.33/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,942	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	301.63/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,909	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	255.25/cwt	254.50–256.00	2,108	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	335.12/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,773	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	360.40/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,661	36

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Jan 31, 2025

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

Receipts 3,076Last week 2,660Year ago 2,472

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	359	445.00	445.00
12	400–450	402	435.00	435.00
35	450–500	483	380.00–395.00	392.47
58	500–550	521	364.00–376.00	370.30
67	550–600	590	343.50–356.00	347.09
119	600–650	619	329.00–338.00	333.39
98	650–700	669	309.00–325.00	317.97
308	700–750	734	295.00–303.00	301.13
269	750–800	775	281.00–293.50	289.25
222	800–850	823	280.50–283.75	282.73
239	850–900	860	267.50–278.25	274.33
87	900–950	920	269.00–270.75	270.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	477	370.00–375.00	373.29
23	600–650	641	319.00	319.00
18	700–750	714	289.50	289.50
18	900–950	915	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	342.50	342.50
25	650–700	675	293.00	293.00
14	750–800	790	270.00	270.00
12	800–850	805	259.00	259.00
5	850–900	877	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	586	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	584	274.00	274.00
8	600–650	631	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	691	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	316	420.00–432.00	424.80
36	400–450	436	373.00–391.00	382.38
36	450–500	461	342.50–365.00	360.40
209	500–550	529	330.00–338.00	335.12
92	550–600	561	307.00–337.50	327.43
92	600–650	633	295.00–306.00	301.63
247	650–700	668	281.00–296.00	291.48
57	700–750	721	264.00–276.00	269.33
70	750–800	753	267.00–269.00	268.80
129	800–850	826	254.50–256.00	255.25
19	850–900	895	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	563	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	417	355.00	355.00
21	450–500	486	323.00	323.00
11	550–600	564	295.00–301.00	298.31
21	600–650	647	280.00–282.00	280.57
30	650–700	679	260.00–262.50	260.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	457	402.50	402.50
6	600–650	613	327.00	327.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	491	374.00	374.00
18	600–650	624	317.50	317.50

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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