Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of yearling feeders on offer, the bulk of which sold in load lots coming from one consignee. A few packages of lightweight feeders also sold in the mix. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $362.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −72.11 against this barn's trailing median of $434.11.

Average price

$362.00

15 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−26.76

vs NE average

+12.56 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	641	362.00	2,320	15thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $456.04, low $406.00, median $434.11 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

362.00

—

NE average3 barns · 1,235 hd

388.76

−26.76

National average127 barns · 7,180 hd

349.44

+12.56

This barn, trailing median18 sales

434.11

−72.11

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

8 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	321.00/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,812	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	314.01/cwt	313.75–314.25	2,908	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,320	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,434	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,471	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,596	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	350.68/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,034	20

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 27, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
246	850–900	876	320.00–322.00	321.00
237	900–950	926	313.75–314.25	314.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	641	362.00	362.00
13	700–750	742	328.00	328.00
8	750–800	797	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	652	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	580	348.00–354.00	350.68
180	850–900	886	293.00	293.00

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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