Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago, Steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, Heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 10.00. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed. Around 125 head of bawling calves sold in the mix most of which had received weaning vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.56/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −80.99 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$398.56

119 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$35.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.49

vs NE average

+24.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	409.92	2,163	81
Medium and Large 1-2	522	374.36	1,955	38

One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale119 hd

398.56

—

NE average6 barns · 474 hd

390.08

+8.49

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+24.13

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−80.99

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

35 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	Large 2	650–700	666	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,798	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	426	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,087	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,805	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	313.95/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,921	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	411.43/cwt	398.50–426.00	2,098	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	289.25/cwt	289.25–289.25	2,704	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	377.53/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,839	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	349.10/cwt	344.50–352.00	1,962	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	292.25/cwt	292.25–292.25	2,607	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	309.04/cwt	309.00–310.50	2,540	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	378.21/cwt	374.00–378.50	2,364	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	329.88/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,385	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,331	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,212	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	286.15/cwt	281.00–289.00	2,261	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	436	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,099	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,289	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	416.00/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,664	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	344.87/cwt	338.00–351.00	2,173	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,001	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,152	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	315.25/cwt	314.50–317.00	2,412	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	407.49/cwt	397.00–412.50	2,266	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	376.53/cwt	374.00–385.00	1,932	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	360.73/cwt	354.00–365.00	1,649	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,882	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 May 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,453Last week 2,879Year ago 1,782

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	666	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	424.00	424.00
22	400–450	400	400.00–422.00	416.00
58	450–500	487	375.00–381.00	377.53
57	550–600	562	344.50–352.00	349.10
10	600–650	612	310.00–318.00	313.95
22	650–700	676	296.00	296.00
10	700–750	717	286.00	286.00
196	750–800	790	281.00–289.00	286.15
7	850–900	854	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	380.00	380.00
29	450–500	457	354.00–365.00	360.73
5	500–550	518	344.00	344.00
19	550–600	590	319.00	319.00
5	650–700	669	288.00	288.00
10	750–800	791	272.00	272.00
6	800–850	819	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	453.00	453.00
50	500–550	510	398.50–426.00	411.43
31	550–600	556	397.00–412.50	407.49
60	600–650	625	374.00–378.50	378.21
18	650–700	669	348.50	348.50
103	700–750	723	325.00–337.00	329.88
24	750–800	765	314.50–317.00	315.25
273	800–850	822	309.00–310.50	309.04
8	850–900	892	292.25	292.25
90	900–950	935	289.25	289.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	387.50	387.50
33	500–550	513	374.00–385.00	376.53
5	550–600	583	360.00	360.00
28	600–650	630	338.00–351.00	344.87
8	850–900	851	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	403.00	403.00

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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