Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to as much as 30.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Not enough comparable offerings for six weight steer and heifer calves nor the yearling steers and heifers to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Nearly all the bawling calves had received fall vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.70/cwt on 355 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −28.86 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$450.70

355 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$51.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.74

vs NE average

−7.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	451.42	2,492	350
Medium and Large 1-2	580	400.00	2,320	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.42/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale355 hd

450.70

—

NE average11 barns · 6,504 hd

478.43

−27.74

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−7.44

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−28.86

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

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	Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	968	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,952	17
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	991	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,280	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	572	380.44/cwt	379.00–381.00	2,176	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,685	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	523.21/cwt	520.00–526.00	2,286	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,315	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	417.31/cwt	406.00–436.00	2,203	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	513.76/cwt	500.00–526.00	2,435	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,045	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	381.33/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,559	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	397.56/cwt	379.00–412.00	2,509	387
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	379.96/cwt	368.00–393.00	2,333	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	406.20/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,348	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,152	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,107	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	890	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	690	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,829	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	473.27/cwt	467.00–490.00	2,523	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,527	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	454.72/cwt	450.00–477.00	2,178	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,716	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	375.50/cwt	372.00–380.00	2,092	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,456	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	333.08/cwt	331.00–334.50	2,771	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	370.58/cwt	369.00–371.00	2,624	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	481.12/cwt	470.00–493.00	2,011	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,637	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,246	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	430.55/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,450	192

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 Oct 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,687Last week 1,059Year ago 3,356

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	968	305.00	305.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	950–1000	991	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	539.00	539.00
16	400–450	437	520.00–526.00	523.21
82	450–500	474	500.00–526.00	513.76
145	500–550	533	467.00–490.00	473.27
192	550–600	569	420.00–446.00	430.55
240	850–900	896	370.00	370.00
12	900–950	927	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
387	600–650	631	379.00–412.00	397.56
204	650–700	671	375.00–389.00	381.33
30	700–750	708	369.00–371.00	370.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	690	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	471.00	471.00
8	450–500	498	451.00	451.00
5	550–600	580	400.00	400.00
12	750–800	785	346.00	346.00
12	800–850	832	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	511	516.00	516.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	426.00	426.00
68	550–600	572	379.00–381.00	380.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	522.00	522.00
53	400–450	418	470.00–493.00	481.12
47	450–500	479	450.00–477.00	454.72
211	500–550	528	406.00–436.00	417.31
211	550–600	578	397.00–419.00	406.20
16	700–750	739	342.00	342.00
9	750–800	767	350.00	350.00
124	800–850	832	331.00–334.50	333.08
19	1000–1050	1,015	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
267	600–650	614	368.00–393.00	379.96
13	650–700	684	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	890	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	557	372.00–380.00	375.50

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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