Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd all auction long with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.80/cwt on 130 head, down $5.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 18 comparable sales and sits −10.76 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$468.80

▼ 5.43 vs prior sale

130 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−26.26

vs NE average

+2.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	468.80	2,682	130

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale130 hd

468.80

—

NE average10 barns · 4,206 hd

495.06

−26.26

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+2.47

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−10.76

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

40 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	650–700	695	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	703	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	801	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,667	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	3,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,970	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	429.74/cwt	412.00–434.00	2,492	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	453.07/cwt	450.00–457.00	2,854	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,198	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	380.49/cwt	371.50–386.50	2,922	759
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	465.85/cwt	458.00–473.50	2,669	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	459.27/cwt	458.00–460.00	2,655	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	392.63/cwt	386.50–401.50	2,815	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	427.70/cwt	420.00–442.00	2,703	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	512.01/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,237	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,189	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	414.79/cwt	404.50–426.00	2,796	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,476	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	793	360.34/cwt	360.00–360.50	2,857	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	346.26/cwt	342.00–350.75	2,839	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,352	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	353.04/cwt	340.00–367.50	3,086	1,222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,128	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	557	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,468	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	412.78/cwt	407.50–423.00	2,382	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	362.64/cwt	361.00–363.50	2,607	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	406.50/cwt	397.50–418.50	2,545	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	489.06/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,328	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	461.12/cwt	447.50–477.50	2,430	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,091	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,572	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	346.44/cwt	340.00–351.50	2,716	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	668	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,672	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,577	16

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 4,540Last week 1,321Year ago 3,246

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd all auction long with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	695	348.00	348.00
6	700–750	703	351.00	351.00
21	800–850	801	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	410	510.00	510.00
35	450–500	483	487.00	487.00
42	500–550	527	447.50–477.50	461.12
80	550–600	580	412.00–434.00	429.74
171	600–650	626	397.50–418.50	406.50
32	650–700	668	385.00	385.00
96	700–750	719	361.00–363.50	362.64
392	750–800	784	340.00–351.50	346.44
158	800–850	820	342.00–350.75	346.26
68	850–900	851	349.00	349.00
11	1050–1100	1,053	293.50	293.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	507.50	507.50
20	400–450	423	517.50	517.50
21	450–500	476	487.50–490.00	489.06
28	550–600	577	407.50–423.00	412.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	557	443.00	443.00
16	600–650	605	426.00	426.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	794	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	650–700	668	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	578	495.00	495.00
27	600–650	630	450.00–457.00	453.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	488.00	488.00
85	550–600	573	458.00–473.50	465.85
56	600–650	632	420.00–442.00	427.70
297	650–700	674	404.50–426.00	414.79
133	700–750	717	386.50–401.50	392.63
759	750–800	768	371.50–386.50	380.49
1,222	850–900	874	340.00–367.50	353.04
97	900–950	908	344.50	344.50
122	950–1000	969	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	477	519.00	519.00
25	550–600	578	458.00–460.00	459.27
13	600–650	603	446.00	446.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	510.00	510.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	437	510.00–515.00	512.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	632	400.00	400.00
119	750–800	793	360.00–360.50	360.34

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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