Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifer offerings 550-750 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.31/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −106.25 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$373.31

103 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.39

vs NE average

+14.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	373.31	2,035	103

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale103 hd

373.31

—

NE average8 barns · 2,100 hd

380.70

−7.39

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+14.64

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−106.25

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

34 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	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	608	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,099	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,517	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,678	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	308.80/cwt	305.50–313.00	2,248	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,379	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	326.76/cwt	316.50–329.50	2,179	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	355.42/cwt	340.25–359.00	2,189	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	908	269.10/cwt	266.00–271.00	2,443	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,045	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,996	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	2,537	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	1,584	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	363.55/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,156	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	293.38/cwt	290.25–295.10	2,233	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,368	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	320.02/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,639	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	380.30/cwt	372.00–391.00	1,943	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	803	274.36/cwt	274.00–275.00	2,203	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	320.02/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,802	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,605	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	793	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,220	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,881	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	294.77/cwt	294.50–295.00	1,745	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	280.23/cwt	276.50–284.00	2,018	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	298.51/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,896	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	756	280.75/cwt	280.75–280.75	2,122	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,672	5

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,584Last week 2,579Year ago 2,072

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	520	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	608	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	384.00	384.00
26	450–500	474	354.00	354.00
43	550–600	563	319.00–321.00	320.02
94	600–650	635	297.00–300.00	298.51
82	700–750	720	276.50–284.00	280.23
5	800–850	823	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	800–850	803	274.00–275.00	274.36
115	900–950	908	266.00–271.00	269.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	485	331.00	331.00
35	500–550	512	319.00–324.00	320.02
77	550–600	592	294.50–295.00	294.77
11	700–750	730	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	328.00	328.00
5	550–600	550	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	750–800	756	280.75	280.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	418	416.00	416.00
19	450–500	486	387.00	387.00
60	500–550	511	372.00–391.00	380.30
43	550–600	593	357.00–365.00	363.55
98	600–650	616	340.25–359.00	355.42
84	650–700	667	316.50–329.50	326.76
62	700–750	728	305.50–313.00	308.80
190	750–800	761	290.25–295.10	293.38
18	850–900	881	270.00	270.00
62	900–950	944	268.75	268.75
5	1050–1100	1,061	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,045	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	373.50	373.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	750–800	793	280.00	280.00

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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