Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower, Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. The consignment sheet consisted of long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers with some bawling calves selling in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.13/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −116.42 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$363.13

329 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$36.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

vs NE average

+20.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	374.30	2,056	228
Medium and Large 1-2	545	337.93	1,843	101

One grade step is worth $36.36/cwt here — about $213 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 sale329 hd

363.13

—

NE average10 barns · 3,141 hd

366.04

−2.90

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+20.75

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−116.42

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

37 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 1Fleshy	750–800	777	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,919	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	629	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,705	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	588	283.77/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,669	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,270	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,153	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,033	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	350.02/cwt	345.00–354.00	1,876	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	270.71/cwt	265.00–273.00	2,231	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	320.39/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,951	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	381.47/cwt	375.00–385.50	2,010	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,014	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	418.25/cwt	412.00–423.00	1,765	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	345.85/cwt	330.00–350.25	2,137	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	284.91/cwt	283.00–287.00	2,057	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,365	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,756	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	400.24/cwt	389.00–404.00	1,913	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	610	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,897	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,251	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	592	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,800	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	315.38/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,082	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,099	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,320	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	385.99/cwt	385.00–387.00	1,463	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	285.12/cwt	278.50–291.25	2,181	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,770	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,659	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	336.11/cwt	326.00–350.00	1,704	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,641	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	331.36/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,852	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	515	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,720	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	291.54/cwt	284.50–301.00	1,854	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	267.43/cwt	263.00–270.50	1,936	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	345.77/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,660	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	387.60/cwt	382.50–391.00	1,609	25

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	777	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	588	283.00–286.00	283.77
17	600–650	629	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	379	385.00–387.00	385.99
25	400–450	415	382.50–391.00	387.60
193	450–500	480	340.00–365.00	345.77
121	500–550	507	326.00–350.00	336.11
127	550–600	559	320.00–336.00	331.36
189	600–650	636	284.50–301.00	291.54
262	700–750	724	263.00–270.50	267.43
83	750–800	785	259.00	259.00
29	850–900	870	247.50	247.50
82	950–1000	972	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	600–650	610	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	315.00	315.00
13	550–600	588	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	610	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	467	382.50	382.50
66	500–550	536	345.00–354.00	350.02
52	700–750	722	283.00–287.00	284.91
5	750–800	788	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	386	455.00	455.00
65	400–450	422	412.00–423.00	418.25
104	450–500	478	389.00–404.00	400.24
115	500–550	527	375.00–385.50	381.47
113	550–600	572	367.00	367.00
174	600–650	618	330.00–350.25	345.85
145	650–700	660	310.00–327.00	315.38
51	700–750	726	310.00	310.00
243	750–800	765	278.50–291.25	285.12
93	800–850	824	265.00–273.00	270.71
106	850–900	883	262.75	262.75
42	900–950	907	260.75	260.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	609	320.00–321.00	320.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	614	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	515	334.00	334.00
22	550–600	592	304.00	304.00

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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