Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 450-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold 10.00 to 30.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. A shorter consignment sheet was made of mostly bawling calves that had received fall vaccinations and few were weaned, the balance was bawling calves with spring shots only.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.15/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −68.41 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$411.15

107 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$39.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.25

vs NE average

+1.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	421.38	2,353	79
Medium and Large 1-2	592	382.29	2,263	28

One grade step is worth $39.09/cwt here — about $90 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 sale107 hd

411.15

—

NE average9 barns · 2,105 hd

428.40

−17.25

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+1.07

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−68.41

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

22 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 1	350–400	388	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	417.25/cwt	410.00–429.00	1,765	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	379.50/cwt	374.00–392.00	1,780	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	357.09/cwt	351.00–361.00	1,896	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	363.18/cwt	357.00–367.00	2,154	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,900	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,505	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	457.08/cwt	451.00–468.00	2,180	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	436.55/cwt	434.50–438.00	2,261	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	382.29/cwt	378.00–384.00	2,263	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	401.54/cwt	396.00–405.00	2,530	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	332.79/cwt	326.00–341.00	2,236	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	776	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,328	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,360	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	811	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	466.81/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,017	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	411.05/cwt	406.00–421.00	2,409	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	352.47/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,562	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	371.08/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,549	55

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 902Last week 1,205Year ago 584

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	458.00	458.00
33	400–450	423	410.00–429.00	417.25
45	450–500	469	374.00–392.00	379.50
75	500–550	531	351.00–361.00	357.09
88	550–600	593	357.00–367.00	363.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	437.50	437.50
12	550–600	562	338.00	338.00
8	800–850	843	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	650–700	672	326.00–341.00	332.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	811	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	350	530.00	530.00
19	400–450	432	460.00–471.00	466.81
50	450–500	477	451.00–468.00	457.08
32	500–550	518	434.50–438.00	436.55
47	550–600	586	406.00–421.00	411.05
38	650–700	677	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	592	378.00–384.00	382.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
87	600–650	630	396.00–405.00	401.54
55	650–700	687	370.00–374.00	371.08
54	700–750	727	345.00–364.00	352.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	600	370.00	370.00
8	750–800	776	300.00	300.00

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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