Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.36/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −32.19 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$447.36

37 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.66

vs NE average

+42.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	447.36	2,444	37

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 sale37 hd

447.36

—

NE average4 barns · 385 hd

467.02

−19.66

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+42.72

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−32.19

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

25 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	900–950	929	352.19/cwt	335.50–353.50	3,272	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,817	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,329	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	362.23/cwt	359.50–363.50	3,170	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	358.04/cwt	354.00–365.00	2,950	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,524	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,834	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	474.20/cwt	472.50–476.00	2,456	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	417.11/cwt	413.00–423.00	2,661	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,374	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	382.96/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,803	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,723	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	409.57/cwt	403.00–415.00	2,171	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	324.42/cwt	318.00–328.50	3,131	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,475	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	336.75/cwt	336.75–336.75	2,866	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,399	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	317.42/cwt	317.00–322.00	3,304	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,865	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	337.30/cwt	333.00–339.75	3,258	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,180	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	6

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,250Last week 1,659Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	535.00	535.00
5	400–450	435	520.00	520.00
20	450–500	470	505.00	505.00
22	500–550	518	472.50–476.00	474.20
15	550–600	588	408.00	408.00
42	600–650	638	413.00–423.00	417.11
14	650–700	699	403.00	403.00
32	700–750	732	375.00–387.00	382.96
29	800–850	831	341.00	341.00
78	850–900	875	359.50–363.50	362.23
123	900–950	929	335.50–353.50	352.19
360	950–1000	966	333.00–339.75	337.30
69	1000–1050	1,041	317.00–322.00	317.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	613	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	701	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	255	1,510.00	1,510.00
5	350–400	383	550.00	550.00
18	500–550	530	403.00–415.00	409.57
25	650–700	680	364.00	364.00
60	750–800	798	359.00	359.00
45	800–850	824	354.00–365.00	358.04
26	850–900	851	336.75	336.75
62	900–950	945	336.50	336.50
21	950–1000	965	318.00–328.50	324.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	794	343.00	343.00

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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