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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a thin test with last week steers 550-650 lbs sold unevenly steady with not enough comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.12/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −29.43 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$450.12

176 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$53.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.80

vs NE average

+19.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	453.46	2,568	165
Medium and Large 1-2	555	400.00	2,220	11thin

One grade step is worth $53.46/cwt here — about $348 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 sale176 hd

450.12

—

NE average7 barns · 2,966 hd

471.92

−21.80

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+19.49

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−29.43

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,212	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,325	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	692	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,297	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	405.32/cwt	396.00–421.00	2,339	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,508	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,220	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	461.99/cwt	456.00–468.00	2,624	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	391.59/cwt	389.00–392.00	2,659	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	466.98/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,288	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	601	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,741	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	419.81/cwt	413.00–425.00	2,393	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	855	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,770	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,529	7
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,038	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	511.38/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,178	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	426.87/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,181	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	481.14/cwt	477.50–485.00	2,093	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	488.45/cwt	483.00–492.00	2,281	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,877	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	453	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,140	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,713	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	354.42/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,208	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	742	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,582	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	359.66/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,478	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	440.49/cwt	432.50–450.00	2,132	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	395.52/cwt	393.00–397.00	2,120	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,410	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	371.45/cwt	371.00–372.50	2,102	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	521	443.26/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,309	54

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 Dec 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,019Last week 3,118Year ago 3,596

On a thin test with last week steers 550-650 lbs sold unevenly steady with not enough comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	497	445.00	445.00
29	600–650	616	377.50	377.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	588	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	692	332.00	332.00
14	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	350	507.50	507.50
74	400–450	435	477.50–485.00	481.14
13	450–500	484	432.50–450.00	440.49
20	500–550	511	425.00–427.50	426.87
46	550–600	577	396.00–421.00	405.32
22	600–650	623	350.00–356.00	354.42
36	650–700	689	356.00–367.00	359.66
14	700–750	715	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	472.50	472.50
54	500–550	521	440.00–455.00	443.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	536	393.00–397.00	395.52
41	550–600	566	371.00–372.50	371.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	544	461.00	461.00
7	650–700	657	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	555	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	426	500.00–515.00	511.38
16	450–500	467	483.00–492.00	488.45
117	550–600	568	456.00–468.00	461.99
46	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
42	650–700	679	389.00–392.00	391.59
16	750–800	784	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	450–500	490	465.00–470.00	466.98
9	700–750	743	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	601	456.00	456.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	570	413.00–425.00	419.81
20	700–750	742	348.00	348.00
21	750–800	791	343.00	343.00
10	850–900	855	324.00	324.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,044	291.00	291.00

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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