Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher with instances sharply higher and heifers over 800 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in the crowd with active internet bidding noticed. Bulk of the yearling feeders were coming off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. Few packages of fall calves along with the preg checked open heifers coming out of the breeding pastures and pens sold in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −64.56 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$415.00

9 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−50.61

vs NE average

+15.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	581	415.00	2,411	9thin

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 sale9 hd

415.00

—

NE average5 barns · 187 hd

465.61

−50.61

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+15.11

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−64.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,262	$3,925	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,341	$3,800	8

Every lot, as filed

34 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	900–950	903	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,066	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	842	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,850	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,018	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,237	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	915	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	836	306.50/cwt	300.00–313.50	2,562	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,277	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,341	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,262	3,925.00/head	3,925.00–3,925.00	3,925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	347.83/cwt	344.50–349.00	3,197	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	3,060	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	578	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,168	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,547	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	363.74/cwt	361.00–366.00	3,350	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,686	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	3,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	333.68/cwt	333.50–334.00	3,180	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	3,069	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	348.19/cwt	348.00–350.00	3,008	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	700–750	713	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,352	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,178	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,865	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	345.30/cwt	344.50–346.10	3,360	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	306.65/cwt	304.00–311.00	3,106	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,411	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	359.29/cwt	353.00–369.00	2,472	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,309	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	358.63/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,453	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	883	346.31/cwt	345.50–348.25	3,058	540
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	324.79/cwt	324.00–325.60	3,485	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,440	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	587	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	396.50/cwt	395.00–399.00	2,708	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	362.14/cwt	358.00–370.00	2,955	91

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,148Last week 1,414Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	800–850	842	338.50	338.50
53	900–950	903	339.50	339.50
50	1000–1050	1,018	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	683	395.00–399.00	396.50
9	700–750	722	372.00	372.00
8	750–800	793	387.00	387.00
91	800–850	816	358.00–370.00	362.14
9	850–900	883	346.50	346.50
383	900–950	921	361.00–366.00	363.74
119	950–1000	973	344.50–346.10	345.30
237	1050–1100	1,073	324.00–325.60	324.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	581	415.00	415.00
7	600–650	611	385.00	385.00
20	650–700	688	353.00–369.00	359.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	800–850	836	300.00–313.50	306.50
11	900–950	915	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	402.50	402.50
8	550–600	570	405.00	405.00
8	600–650	645	353.00	353.00
57	650–700	684	355.00–362.50	358.63
7	700–750	732	348.00	348.00
19	800–850	828	346.00	346.00
151	850–900	864	348.00–350.00	348.19
56	900–950	919	344.50–349.00	347.83
50	950–1000	953	333.50–334.00	333.68
34	1000–1050	1,013	304.00–311.00	306.65
7	1050–1100	1,050	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	713	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
540	850–900	883	345.50–348.25	346.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	300	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	587	326.00	326.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,341	3,800.00	3,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,262	3,925.00	3,925.00

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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