Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, flyweight steers and heifers sold sharply higher and steers and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $383.28/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −96.28 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$383.28

154 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.12

vs NE average

+19.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	383.28	2,174	154

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 sale154 hd

383.28

—

NE average6 barns · 1,280 hd

383.39

−0.12

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+19.30

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−96.28

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

29 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 1Full	500–550	543	327.80/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,780	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,771	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	694	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,214	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	374	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,777	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,547	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	339.54/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,295	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	371.91/cwt	371.00–376.00	2,198	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,890	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,129	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	742	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,974	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	755	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,008	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	303.07/cwt	292.00–314.00	2,346	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,526	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,207	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	397.65/cwt	387.00–400.00	2,135	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	315.15/cwt	311.00–317.00	2,008	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	284.70/cwt	280.75–286.00	2,414	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	297.95/cwt	293.00–306.00	2,038	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	381	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	622	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	317.13/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,852	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	436.10/cwt	420.00–441.00	1,910	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	406.27/cwt	403.00–409.00	1,828	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	275.39/cwt	267.00–282.00	2,165	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	288.25/cwt	288.25–288.25	2,127	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,862	53

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,773Last week 1,584Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	543	325.00–330.00	327.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	408	434.00	434.00
53	500–550	513	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	742	266.00	266.00
24	750–800	755	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	417.00	417.00
11	450–500	450	403.00–409.00	406.27
10	500–550	509	342.00	342.00
38	550–600	584	315.00–319.00	317.13
45	600–650	637	311.00–317.00	315.15
178	650–700	684	293.00–306.00	297.95
67	700–750	738	288.25	288.25
185	750–800	786	267.00–282.00	275.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	622	337.00	337.00
17	650–700	694	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	465.00	465.00
37	400–450	438	420.00–441.00	436.10
68	500–550	537	387.00–400.00	397.65
86	550–600	591	371.00–376.00	371.91
22	600–650	608	363.00	363.00
228	650–700	676	326.00–345.00	339.54
247	750–800	774	292.00–314.00	303.07
85	800–850	848	280.75–286.00	284.70
110	900–950	933	273.00	273.00
26	950–1000	964	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	419.00	419.00
18	550–600	580	367.00	367.00

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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