Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher except 700-750 lbs steers selling steady to 10.00 lower, heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. 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 quite a few replacement quality heifers listed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.23/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −123.80 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$315.23

187 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$27.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs NE average

+18.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	321.65	1,772	143
Medium and Large 1-2	530	294.36	1,561	44

One grade step is worth $27.29/cwt here — about $211 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

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $388.00, median $439.03 across 19 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 sale187 hd

315.23

—

NE average7 barns · 1,198 hd

317.87

−2.63

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

+18.23

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

−123.80

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	718	261.59/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,878	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	551	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,692	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	617	286.48/cwt	284.00–287.50	1,768	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	346.67/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,602	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	300.74/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,874	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	366.67/cwt	357.00–373.50	2,068	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,419	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	325.96/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,197	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	281.53/cwt	275.75–284.25	2,342	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	644	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	373.81/cwt	367.50–381.00	1,746	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,371	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	726	287.10/cwt	283.00–292.50	2,084	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,050	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	2,241	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	609	316.49/cwt	314.00–319.00	1,927	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	781	287.65/cwt	281.00–292.00	2,247	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,098	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,140	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,903	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,767	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	350.51/cwt	350.00–351.00	1,802	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	374.48/cwt	366.50–380.00	1,936	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,617	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	711	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,225	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,814	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	256.44/cwt	255.50–257.50	2,069	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	518	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,476	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	426	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	262.26/cwt	260.00–271.00	2,043	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	276.98/cwt	272.00–284.00	2,008	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	821	273.79/cwt	251.00–277.50	2,248	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	291.51/cwt	283.00–295.00	1,988	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,407	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	328.76/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,706	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	321.10/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,837	73

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 Feb 14, 2025

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

Receipts 2,519Last week 2,941Year ago 4,457

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	551	307.00	307.00
34	600–650	617	284.00–287.50	286.48
13	700–750	718	260.00–264.00	261.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	462	341.00–351.00	346.67
49	500–550	519	325.00–335.00	328.76
73	550–600	572	317.50–325.00	321.10
47	600–650	623	295.00–304.00	300.74
199	650–700	682	283.00–295.00	291.51
197	700–750	725	272.00–284.00	276.98
201	750–800	779	260.00–271.00	262.26
155	800–850	807	255.50–257.50	256.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
68	700–750	711	313.00	313.00
109	750–800	781	281.00–292.00	287.65
72	800–850	821	251.00–277.50	273.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	688	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	359.00	359.00
12	500–550	515	314.00	314.00
8	550–600	590	293.00	293.00
9	600–650	620	264.00	264.00
21	650–700	652	271.00	271.00
14	700–750	720	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	335.00	335.00
24	500–550	518	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	388.00	388.00
22	450–500	467	367.50–381.00	373.81
18	500–550	517	366.50–380.00	374.48
57	550–600	564	357.00–373.50	366.67
31	600–650	608	345.00	345.00
187	650–700	674	320.00–327.00	325.96
23	700–750	718	298.00	298.00
84	750–800	787	284.75	284.75
233	800–850	832	275.75–284.25	281.53
48	850–900	853	278.00	278.00
77	900–950	918	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	644	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	485	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	558	341.00	341.00
16	600–650	609	314.00–319.00	316.49
25	650–700	670	306.00	306.00
86	700–750	726	283.00–292.50	287.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
20	500–550	514	350.00–351.00	350.51

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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