Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 950 lbs sold steady and no comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. Demand was 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 $384.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −95.56 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$384.00

8 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−40.90

vs NE average

+2.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	384.00	2,266	8thin

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 sale8 hd

384.00

—

NE average5 barns · 547 hd

424.90

−40.90

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+2.99

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−95.56

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

15 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	950–1000	955	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,407	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,433	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,722	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,128	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	734	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,283	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,965	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	870	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,488	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	290.25/cwt	290.25–290.25	2,961	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	305.67/cwt	305.00–308.50	2,910	665
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,358	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,801	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 Jun 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,315Last week 1,444Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 950 lbs sold steady and no comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	950–1000	955	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	325	441.00	441.00
22	350–400	395	436.00	436.00
58	600–650	626	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	734	311.00	311.00
38	850–900	870	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	345.00	345.00
29	600–650	636	309.00	309.00
7	800–850	821	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	653	361.00	361.00
665	950–1000	952	305.00–308.50	305.67
244	1000–1050	1,020	290.25	290.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	590	384.00	384.00
8	900–950	901	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	893	264.00	264.00

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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