Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and steers over 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers over 400 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd. The bulk of the consignments sheet consisted of weaned calves that were fall vaccinated and weaned a minimum of 45 days along with yearlings and preg checked open heifers. Around 1200 head of bawling calves also sold in the mix, 75 percent of which had received fall vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.98/cwt on 266 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −29.58 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$449.98

266 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$59.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.61

vs NE average

+20.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	453.56	2,526	236
Medium and Large 1-2	524	430.26	2,254	23
Large 1	593	394.00	2,336	7thin

One grade step is worth $59.56/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale266 hd

449.98

—

NE average9 barns · 3,937 hd

467.59

−17.61

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+20.83

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−29.58

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

51 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	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,282	179
Steers	Large 1	650–700	667	363.69/cwt	358.00–367.00	2,426	28
Steers	Large 1	550–600	593	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,336	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	339.45/cwt	337.00–342.50	2,427	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	365.04/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,636	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	349.84/cwt	339.00–353.50	2,890	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	491.03/cwt	476.00–503.00	2,548	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	529.07/cwt	515.00–550.00	2,503	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	983	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	3,101	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	531	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,182	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	784	339.82/cwt	320.00–344.00	2,664	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	386.50/cwt	369.00–389.50	2,624	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	415.69/cwt	401.00–422.00	2,619	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	381.06/cwt	360.00–388.00	2,717	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	2,649	46
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,034	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	452.88/cwt	430.00–463.00	2,609	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	436.66/cwt	421.00–448.00	2,061	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	706	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,400	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	372.04/cwt	371.00–373.00	2,147	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,433	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	355.58/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,205	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	993	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,780	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,085	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	440.53/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,291	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,181	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,477	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	371.73/cwt	362.00–375.50	2,494	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	554.00/cwt	554.00–554.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	347.60/cwt	341.00–351.75	3,024	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	407.49/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,702	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	406.24/cwt	392.50–417.00	2,332	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	451.16/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,827	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,503	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	544.27/cwt	544.00–545.00	2,400	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	379.34/cwt	373.50–384.50	2,898	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	416.47/cwt	400.00–423.00	2,432	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	355.72/cwt	350.00–361.50	2,518	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	463.48/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,775	28
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	552	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,943	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	356.59/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,407	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	377.85/cwt	371.00–386.50	2,403	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	857	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,820	14
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	3,167	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	289.67/cwt	285.00–290.50	2,929	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	332.25/cwt	327.00–345.00	2,611	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	384.76/cwt	378.00–385.50	2,347	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	399.65/cwt	389.00–419.00	2,086	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	365.35/cwt	364.00–366.00	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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Dec 5, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	554.00	554.00
30	400–450	441	544.00–545.00	544.27
17	450–500	473	515.00–550.00	529.07
92	500–550	519	476.00–503.00	491.03
52	550–600	576	430.00–463.00	452.88
46	600–650	639	414.50	414.50
124	650–700	663	387.00–410.00	407.49
59	700–750	713	360.00–388.00	381.06
342	750–800	764	373.50–384.50	379.34
105	800–850	826	339.00–353.50	349.84
114	850–900	870	341.00–351.75	347.60
179	950–1000	954	344.00	344.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	593	394.00	394.00
28	650–700	667	358.00–367.00	363.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	550–600	584	400.00–423.00	416.47
33	700–750	715	337.00–342.50	339.45
14	850–900	857	329.00	329.00
15	950–1000	983	315.50	315.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
100	600–650	630	401.00–422.00	415.69
114	650–700	679	369.00–389.50	386.50
45	700–750	722	350.00–375.00	365.04
58	750–800	784	320.00–344.00	339.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	411.00	411.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,034	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	480.00	480.00
6	650–700	683	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	423	493.00	493.00
15	500–550	520	430.00–450.00	440.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	383	460.00–465.00	463.48
13	400–450	405	450.00–452.50	451.16
62	450–500	472	421.00–448.00	436.66
95	500–550	522	389.00–419.00	399.65
156	550–600	574	392.50–417.00	406.24
89	600–650	610	378.00–385.50	384.76
249	650–700	671	362.00–375.50	371.73
20	700–750	708	350.00–361.50	355.72
98	750–800	786	327.00–345.00	332.25
46	1000–1050	1,011	285.00–290.50	289.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	577	371.00–373.00	372.04
24	600–650	620	353.00–360.00	355.58
21	700–750	706	340.00	340.00
7	750–800	770	316.00	316.00
22	950–1000	993	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	461.00	461.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
98	600–650	636	371.00–386.50	377.85
71	650–700	675	350.00–362.00	356.59
12	700–750	720	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	364.00–366.00	365.35
7	850–900	872	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	552	352.00	352.00
17	1100–1150	1,135	279.00	279.00

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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