Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 850 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $325.10/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −67.57 against this barn's trailing median of $392.67.

Average price

$325.10

25 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−42.73

vs NE average

−4.30 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	743	325.10	2,415	25

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

17 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $417.64, low $355.17, median $392.67 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

325.10

—

NE average3 barns · 549 hd

367.83

−42.73

National average132 barns · 5,797 hd

329.40

−4.30

This barn, trailing median17 sales

392.67

−67.57

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

6 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 1-2	700–750	743	325.10/cwt	324.00–327.50	2,415	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,159	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	326.64/cwt	325.75–327.00	3,025	406
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,922	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	819	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,408	13

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 Jul 11, 2025

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

Receipts 601Last week 779Year ago 657

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 850 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in attendance.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	743	324.00–327.50	325.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	850–900	888	329.00	329.00
406	900–950	926	325.75–327.00	326.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	900–950	940	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	681	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	819	294.00	294.00

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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