Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 900-950 lbs sold fully steady. Most offerings sold in load lots coming off the grass and some coming out of the grow yards with smaller packages also selling in the mix. Not enough heifer offerings from two weeks ago to establish a trend. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.50/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −87.06 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$392.50

20 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.47

vs NE average

+16.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	392.50	2,159	20

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 sale20 hd

392.50

—

NE average3 barns · 96 hd

427.97

−35.47

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+16.76

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−87.06

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

23 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 1Fleshy	850–900	886	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,817	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,411	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,763	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	321.22/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,522	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	315.61/cwt	314.00–316.00	2,553	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	906	308.75/cwt	308.75–308.75	2,797	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	327.35/cwt	326.00–328.00	3,054	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	286	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	357	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	392.50/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,159	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	832	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,546	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	308.80/cwt	308.25–310.50	2,705	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,222	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	280.11/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,305	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,694	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,196	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	3,095	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	312.31/cwt	296.00–314.50	3,151	201

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	850–900	886	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
342	900–950	933	326.00–328.00	327.35
115	950–1000	950	325.75	325.75
201	1000–1050	1,009	296.00–314.50	312.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	286	510.00	510.00
7	350–400	357	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	550	385.00–410.00	392.50
14	800–850	829	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	455.00	455.00
19	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
10	700–750	724	333.00	333.00
61	750–800	785	316.00–324.00	321.22
61	800–850	809	314.00–316.00	315.61
132	850–900	876	308.25–310.50	308.80
19	900–950	924	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	250–300	270	1,350.00	1,350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	832	306.00	306.00
194	900–950	906	308.75	308.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	365.00	365.00
14	600–650	623	352.50	352.50
5	700–750	719	309.00	309.00
11	800–850	823	275.00–286.00	280.11
6	850–900	855	287.00	287.00

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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