Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs and heifers over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb steers averaged $510.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −59.17 against this barn's trailing median of $569.17.

Average price

$510.00

7 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.00

vs NE average

+27.94 vs national

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	392	510.00	1,999	7thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 300–400 lb

6 sales

Steers 300–400 lb: high $630.91, low $532.50, median $569.17 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

510.00

—

NE average2 barns · 15 hd

526.00

−16.00

National average133 barns · 2,727 hd

482.06

+27.94

This barn, trailing median6 sales

569.17

−59.17

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

14 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 1-2Spayed	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	307.91/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,888	53
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,017	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,178	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	963	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,091	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,962	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	318.07/cwt	316.00–321.50	2,634	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	303.60/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,675	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	356.75/cwt	356.75–356.75	2,886	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	323.38/cwt	316.00–324.00	3,040	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,986	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	326.70/cwt	319.00–330.00	3,189	762
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	869	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,842	65

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 Aug 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,414Last week 1,386Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs and heifers over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady. 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 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	828	316.00–321.50	318.07
49	850–900	881	300.00–309.00	303.60
53	900–950	938	307.00–312.00	307.91
13	950–1000	976	303.50	303.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,073	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	950–1000	963	321.00	321.00
27	1000–1050	1,017	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	850–900	869	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	800–850	809	356.75	356.75
110	850–900	882	338.50	338.50
100	900–950	940	316.00–324.00	323.38
762	950–1000	976	319.00–330.00	326.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	392	510.00	510.00

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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