Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower all on a limited test of the market within the weight groups. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Bulk of the yearling feeders were coming off the summer grass with some consignments coming out of grow yards. Packages of preg checked open heifers and bawling spring calves also sold in the mix.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.32/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −34.71 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$404.32

22 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$30.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.64

vs NE average

+32.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.00	2,287	7thin
Medium and Large 1	571	394.67	2,255	15thin

One grade step is worth $30.33/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $388.00, median $439.03 across 19 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 sale22 hd

404.32

—

NE average4 barns · 104 hd

404.96

−0.64

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+32.81

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

−34.71

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,357	$3,243	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,435	$2,885	27

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,722	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	352.28/cwt	334.00–354.00	3,185	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	375.72/cwt	364.75–378.00	3,092	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,451	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	326.62/cwt	321.00–328.50	3,191	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	330.63/cwt	325.00–335.00	3,062	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	229	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	2,885.00/head	2,885.00–2,885.00	2,885	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,357	3,242.79/head	3,150.00–3,325.00	3,243	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,181	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	357.51/cwt	344.75–367.00	3,103	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	359.23/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,644	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	461.39/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,270	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	780	352.22/cwt	351.50–353.00	2,747	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,272	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,180	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	950–1000	975	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,988	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	944	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,096	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	890	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,928	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,161	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	324	490.73/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,590	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	900–950	944	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	334.50/cwt	327.00–341.50	2,786	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,900	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,474	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,585	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,435	10

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 Sep 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,659Last week 2,148Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	641	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	460.00	460.00
18	550–600	598	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	590	390.00	390.00
78	700–750	736	359.00–361.00	359.23
7	750–800	796	342.00	342.00
365	800–850	833	327.00–341.50	334.50
19	850–900	853	340.00	340.00
98	900–950	926	325.00–335.00	330.63
35	950–1000	977	321.00–328.50	326.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	324	485.00–515.00	490.73
5	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	454	455.00–470.00	461.39
7	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	750–800	780	351.50–353.00	352.22
83	850–900	890	329.00	329.00
20	900–950	944	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	944	301.00	301.00
11	950–1000	975	306.50	306.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
10	600–650	645	377.50	377.50
11	750–800	789	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	800–850	823	364.75–378.00	375.72
192	850–900	868	344.75–367.00	357.51
61	900–950	904	334.00–354.00	352.28
11	950–1000	958	332.00	332.00
178	1000–1050	1,030	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	200–250	229	1,425.00	1,425.00
6	400–450	427	506.00	506.00
20	450–500	473	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	589	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	621	405.00	405.00
9	700–750	747	346.00	346.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	1,435	2,885.00	2,885.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,357	3,150.00–3,325.00	3,242.79

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Lexington