Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 500-700 lbs and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Most all the consignments had received fall vaccinations and some packages were weaned.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.41/cwt on 332 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −55.15 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$424.41

332 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$19.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.14

vs NE average

−0.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	427.79	2,425	274
Medium and Large 1-2	540	408.44	2,205	58

One grade step is worth $19.35/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale332 hd

424.41

—

NE average8 barns · 4,966 hd

443.54

−19.14

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−0.46

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−55.15

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

32 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 1Fleshy	450–500	479	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,868	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	616	371.16/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,286	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	649	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,259	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,297	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	362.42/cwt	360.00–369.00	2,240	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,468	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	395.17/cwt	381.00–413.00	2,071	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	439.99/cwt	427.00–452.00	1,888	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	372.32/cwt	359.00–386.00	2,096	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	470.83/cwt	443.00–478.00	2,387	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	383.99/cwt	377.00–388.00	2,619	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	419.66/cwt	419.00–420.00	1,926	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	690	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,291	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	591	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,980	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,050	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	523.39/cwt	520.00–528.00	1,968	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,334	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	457.02/cwt	451.00–460.00	2,139	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	701	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,138	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	415.46/cwt	396.00–424.50	2,426	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,199	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,174	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	413.66/cwt	405.00–426.00	2,209	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	646	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,164	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	538	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	684	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,893	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	356.30/cwt	354.00–359.00	1,903	15

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,205Last week 3,752Year ago 2,742

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	479	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	600–650	618	360.00–369.00	362.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	345	520.00	520.00
17	400–450	429	427.00–452.00	439.99
29	450–500	459	419.00–420.00	419.66
113	500–550	524	381.00–413.00	395.17
66	550–600	563	359.00–386.00	372.32
5	850–900	876	314.00	314.00
8	1000–1050	1,000	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	538	332.00	332.00
44	550–600	591	335.00	335.00
27	700–750	701	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	646	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	411.00	411.00
15	500–550	534	354.00–359.00	356.30
10	550–600	555	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	616	370.00–374.00	371.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	432	509.00	509.00
34	450–500	493	466.00	466.00
61	500–550	507	443.00–478.00	470.83
213	550–600	584	396.00–424.50	415.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	614	402.00	402.00
66	650–700	682	377.00–388.00	383.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	460.00	460.00
22	650–700	690	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	376	520.00–528.00	523.39
25	450–500	468	451.00–460.00	457.02
49	500–550	534	405.00–426.00	413.66
9	550–600	572	380.00	380.00
6	700–750	727	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	684	356.00	356.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	649	348.00	348.00

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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