Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.70/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −77.86 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$401.70

56 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$128

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.57

vs NE average

+27.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	524	405.00	2,122	19thin
Medium and Large 1	563	400.00	2,250	37

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about −$128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale56 hd

401.70

—

NE average4 barns · 668 hd

419.27

−17.57

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+27.56

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−77.86

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,812	$3,929	12

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-2	550–600	569	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,977	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,012	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	306.26/cwt	296.50–309.50	2,704	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	282.52/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,348	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,114	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	2,675	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,402	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	503	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,700	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,120	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,904	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,334	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	282.62/cwt	282.00–283.25	2,431	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,962	109
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	588	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,711	15
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	512	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,925	19
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	612	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,185	40
Steers	Large 1	500–550	524	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,122	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	489	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,834	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	2,849	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,477	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,433	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,316	29
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	627	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,906	7
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	663	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,029	41
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,914	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,812	3,929.27/head	3,900.00–3,960.00	3,929	12
Steers	Large 1	600–650	628	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,185	30

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,444Last week 1,453Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	569	347.50	347.50
5	750–800	757	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	503	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	850–900	883	296.50–309.50	306.26
44	900–950	920	290.75	290.75
125	950–1000	980	290.75	290.75
124	1000–1050	1,005	289.00	289.00
109	1050–1100	1,056	280.50	280.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	524	405.00	405.00
30	600–650	628	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	579	400.00	400.00
13	700–750	735	331.00	331.00
27	750–800	790	313.50	313.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	627	304.00	304.00
41	650–700	663	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	750–800	769	303.50	303.50
127	800–850	831	280.00–286.00	282.52
132	850–900	860	282.00–283.25	282.62
7	900–950	903	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	489	375.00	375.00
51	650–700	693	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	503	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	588	291.00	291.00
48	600–650	640	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	512	376.00	376.00
40	600–650	612	357.00	357.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,812	3,900.00–3,960.00	3,929.27

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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