Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-10-10

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,051 head
1,328 vs last sale 2,379 722 vs year ago 1,773 · 40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the bawling steer and heifer calves over 500 lbs sold unevenly steady. The groups of preg checked open heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Around 200 head of the calves had not received fall vaccinations with some of those not having vaccinations any time in their lives, all selling at a sizable discount.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.82/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits 19.21 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.
Average price
$419.82
218 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.67
vs NE average
+35.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523427.002,23315thin
Medium and Large 1538419.292,257203
One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about −$23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
492453413374median 439.0312/1901/3003/0605/1507/10
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 sale218 hd
419.82
NE average9 barns · 1,682 hd
424.49
−4.67
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
+35.43
This barn, trailing median19 sales
439.03
−19.21
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

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383519.00/cwt519.00–519.001,9885
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850845341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,8815
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900862333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,8705
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,8985
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,036297.53/cwt290.00–310.003,08213
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424531.13/cwt519.00–543.002,25232
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350309553.00/cwt553.00–553.001,70924
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600591435.53/cwt431.00–438.002,57462
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500456469.27/cwt460.00–475.002,14056
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372576.12/cwt541.00–582.002,14350
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567395.57/cwt389.00–400.002,24336
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419483.21/cwt481.00–490.002,02541
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500494495.09/cwt482.00–515.002,44688
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,087293.74/cwt291.00–298.003,19338
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532424.40/cwt420.00–428.002,258167
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350327494.00/cwt494.00–494.001,61511
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350324585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,8956
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800795342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,71915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,51310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,25822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433492.67/cwt486.00–498.002,13324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550523427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,23315
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531466.78/cwt459.00–469.002,47944
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650611423.35/cwt412.00–434.002,587125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377468.23/cwt460.00–478.001,76575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350336500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6808

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.