Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. The consignment sheet included long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.59/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −120.96 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$358.59

187 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

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

$47.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs NE average

+10.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	371.93	2,056	135
Medium and Large 1-2	529	323.97	1,715	52

One grade step is worth $47.96/cwt here — about $341 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 sale187 hd

358.59

—

NE average10 barns · 2,293 hd

362.38

−3.79

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+10.35

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−120.96

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

36 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 1-2Fleshy	400–450	440	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	478	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,542	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	348.83/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,455	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	276.69/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,984	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	353.76/cwt	352.50–354.00	1,656	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,118	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	291.82/cwt	288.50–293.50	2,270	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	384.08/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,867	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	357.46/cwt	357.00–358.00	2,077	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,218	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	411.58/cwt	410.00–421.00	1,778	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	322.09/cwt	309.00–330.50	2,200	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,452	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,329	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,324	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,430	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	518	322.63/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,671	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	325.95/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,014	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	301.07/cwt	298.00–303.75	2,219	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	344.02/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,164	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	364.73/cwt	363.00–367.50	1,918	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,657	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	698	304.85/cwt	304.85–304.85	2,128	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	714	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,185	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	284.76/cwt	279.00–290.50	2,181	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,517	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	299.43/cwt	297.00–303.00	1,901	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	324.02/cwt	313.00–332.00	1,850	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,025	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	284.91/cwt	278.00–296.50	1,932	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,537	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	302.52/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,685	19

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 28, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	327.00	327.00
12	450–500	478	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	417	348.00–350.00	348.83
76	450–500	468	352.50–354.00	353.76
167	550–600	571	313.00–332.00	324.02
128	600–650	635	297.00–303.00	299.43
173	650–700	678	278.00–296.50	284.91
31	700–750	717	271.00–279.00	276.69
79	750–800	755	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	456	337.00	337.00
29	500–550	526	315.00	315.00
19	550–600	557	300.00–306.00	302.52
12	750–800	773	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	650–700	698	304.85	304.85
92	700–750	714	306.00	306.00
105	750–800	766	279.00–290.50	284.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	394.00	394.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	432	410.00–421.00	411.58
19	450–500	486	382.50–385.00	384.08
30	500–550	526	363.00–367.50	364.73
28	550–600	581	357.00–358.00	357.46
242	600–650	629	332.50–355.00	344.02
295	650–700	683	309.00–330.50	322.09
190	700–750	737	298.00–303.75	301.07
291	750–800	778	288.50–293.50	291.82
95	800–850	839	277.00	277.00
72	850–900	878	265.25	265.25
51	900–950	900	270.00	270.00
55	950–1000	975	251.50	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	525	347.00	347.00
6	700–750	729	277.50	277.50
10	850–900	887	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	518	320.00–325.00	322.63
8	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	618	325.00–329.00	325.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	550–600	553	380.00	380.00

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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