Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 400-700 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower and heifers calves 400-550 lbs sold steady to 20.00 lower with their big sisters 550-650 lbs selling steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $414.17/cwt on 665 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −65.38 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$414.17

665 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$43.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.74

vs NE average

−4.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	420.88	2,372	563
Medium and Large 1-2	577	377.17	2,178	102

One grade step is worth $43.71/cwt here — about $194 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

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 sale665 hd

414.17

—

NE average11 barns · 5,907 hd

433.92

−19.74

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−4.93

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−65.38

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

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,038	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	778	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,688	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,011	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	365.94/cwt	340.00–370.25	2,990	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,116	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	370.56/cwt	356.00–384.00	2,108	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,501	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	389.35/cwt	378.00–400.00	2,430	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	463.00/cwt	450.00–467.00	1,769	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	365.75/cwt	365.75–365.75	2,835	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	371.75/cwt	371.75–371.75	2,506	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	399.66/cwt	385.00–411.00	1,874	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	511.99/cwt	507.50–514.00	1,684	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	513.81/cwt	495.00–523.00	2,194	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	459.04/cwt	430.00–462.50	2,378	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	381.80/cwt	361.00–399.00	2,558	298
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,196	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	390.11/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,446	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	454	428.15/cwt	426.00–433.00	1,944	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	391.67/cwt	370.00–403.50	2,103	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	401.24/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,769	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	372.79/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,185	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	330.38/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,105	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	413.03/cwt	407.00–421.00	2,367	467
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	373.24/cwt	361.00–381.00	2,292	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	771	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,352	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	358.72/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,206	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	404.68/cwt	401.00–410.00	2,121	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,261	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	947	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,841	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	608.00/cwt	608.00–608.00	2,146	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	356.56/cwt	349.00–361.50	1,900	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	366.18/cwt	361.00–370.00	1,750	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	440.32/cwt	426.00–455.00	2,140	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	431.32/cwt	417.50–436.00	1,906	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	472.23/cwt	462.00–494.00	2,267	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	576	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,786	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 Nov 7, 2025

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

Receipts 3,752Last week 2,946Year ago 1,504

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
127	450–500	456	447.00	447.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	300–350	329	507.50–514.00	511.99
22	350–400	382	450.00–467.00	463.00
58	400–450	442	417.50–436.00	431.32
44	450–500	469	385.00–411.00	399.66
267	500–550	537	370.00–403.50	391.67
163	550–600	569	356.00–384.00	370.56
60	600–650	601	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	441	400.00–402.00	401.24
14	450–500	478	361.00–370.00	366.18
57	500–550	533	349.00–361.50	356.56
6	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
18	650–700	695	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	454	426.00–433.00	428.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	637	330.00–331.00	330.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
132	600–650	614	361.00–381.00	373.24
15	650–700	663	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
116	900–950	947	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	576	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	750–800	778	345.50	345.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	353	608.00	608.00
87	400–450	427	495.00–523.00	513.81
173	450–500	480	462.00–494.00	472.23
96	500–550	518	430.00–462.50	459.04
467	550–600	573	407.00–421.00	413.03
52	600–650	627	380.00–395.00	390.11
109	650–700	674	371.75	371.75
197	750–800	775	365.75	365.75
323	800–850	817	340.00–370.25	365.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
154	600–650	624	378.00–400.00	389.35
298	650–700	670	361.00–399.00	381.80
20	700–750	742	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	486	426.00–455.00	440.32
14	500–550	524	401.00–410.00	404.68
88	550–600	586	365.00–376.00	372.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	615	357.00–360.00	358.72
8	750–800	771	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	419	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	450.00	450.00

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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