Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with steers over 750 lbs selling steady to 6.00 higher, Heifers 550-750 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.21/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −94.34 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$385.21

148 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$49.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.61

vs NE average

+35.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	388.56	2,073	138
Medium and Large 1-2	553	339.00	1,875	10thin

One grade step is worth $49.56/cwt here — about $199 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 sale148 hd

385.21

—

NE average5 barns · 832 hd

367.61

+17.61

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+35.93

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−94.34

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 1Fleshy	600–650	625	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	538	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	880	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,673	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,199	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	379.18/cwt	377.00–381.00	2,036	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	403.42/cwt	403.00–405.00	2,029	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	303.25/cwt	293.00–313.00	2,171	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	285.68/cwt	276.50–289.50	2,374	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	283.29/cwt	275.50–287.00	2,473	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	348.04/cwt	341.00–353.00	2,168	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	299.00/cwt	297.50–305.50	2,278	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	827	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,125	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,061	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	389.04/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,895	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	342.44/cwt	336.00–349.00	1,798	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	324.20/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,874	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	840	263.44/cwt	262.50–264.00	2,213	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	725	288.46/cwt	288.00–289.00	2,091	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,602	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	911	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	371.01/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,581	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	276.61/cwt	275.50–279.00	2,058	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	348.82/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,695	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	305.08/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,910	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	268.35/cwt	264.00–272.00	2,050	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	295.65/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,942	111

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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Receipts 2,579Last week 2,908Year ago 1,534

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	538	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	625	293.00	293.00
10	650–700	682	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	880	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	460.00	460.00
6	350–400	373	420.00	420.00
10	400–450	426	370.00–372.00	371.01
43	450–500	486	348.00–355.00	348.82
112	500–550	525	336.00–349.00	342.44
143	550–600	578	322.00–330.00	324.20
80	600–650	626	298.00–310.00	305.08
111	650–700	657	289.00–298.00	295.65
158	700–750	744	275.50–279.00	276.61
103	750–800	764	264.00–272.00	268.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
74	700–750	725	288.00–289.00	288.46
56	800–850	840	262.50–264.00	263.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	403	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	389	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	402	410.00	410.00
65	450–500	487	380.00–400.00	389.04
42	500–550	537	377.00–381.00	379.18
30	550–600	596	369.00	369.00
290	600–650	623	341.00–353.00	348.04
41	650–700	673	310.00	310.00
116	700–750	716	293.00–313.00	303.25
348	750–800	762	297.50–305.50	299.00
208	800–850	831	276.50–289.50	285.68
240	850–900	873	275.50–287.00	283.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	500–550	503	403.00–405.00	403.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	827	257.00	257.00
6	900–950	911	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	636	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	401.00	401.00
6	400–450	443	392.00	392.00
10	550–600	553	339.00	339.00

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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