Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower, heifers 500-800 lbs sold unevenly steady. 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 $468.03/cwt on 215 head, down $0.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits −11.53 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$468.03

▼ 0.77 vs prior sale

215 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$13.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.32

vs NE average

−3.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	470.00	2,629	184
Medium and Large 1-2	551	456.32	2,515	31

One grade step is worth $13.68/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale215 hd

468.03

—

NE average9 barns · 4,014 hd

500.35

−32.32

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−3.95

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−11.53

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

53 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 1-2	600–650	642	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	387.11/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,795	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	347.63/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,673	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,646	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	369.38/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,848	659
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	328.30/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,866	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	441.77/cwt	432.00–450.00	2,770	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	482.30/cwt	476.00–484.00	2,701	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	359.58/cwt	359.00–360.50	2,934	437
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,596	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	333	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,965	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	544.44/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,298	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,113	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	351.23/cwt	347.00–353.25	2,996	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	468.40/cwt	463.00–470.00	2,248	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,391	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,140	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,558	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,034	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	388.02/cwt	384.00–392.50	2,468	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,218	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,503	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,530	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,245	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	405.25/cwt	401.00–408.00	2,517	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	411.38/cwt	401.00–422.00	2,357	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	726	350.10/cwt	347.00–351.50	2,542	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	365.91/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,627	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,200	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	369.23/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,529	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	344.97/cwt	337.00–348.50	2,660	381
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	386.33/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,573	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	501.91/cwt	495.00–512.50	2,183	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	782	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,620	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,327	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	712	376.21/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,679	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	462.22/cwt	453.00–467.00	2,408	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,243	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	470.79/cwt	468.00–475.00	2,486	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,062	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	929	332.88/cwt	325.00–335.00	3,092	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,602	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	533	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,558	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	839	349.65/cwt	346.00–355.00	2,934	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	407.75/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,777	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	569	456.27/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,596	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,550	11

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 5,571Last week 4,540Year ago 4,030

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	395	535.00	535.00
40	450–500	480	463.00–470.00	468.40
20	500–550	528	468.00–475.00	470.79
11	550–600	593	430.00	430.00
6	600–650	642	391.00	391.00
17	700–750	715	370.00	370.00
32	750–800	769	345.00–350.00	347.63
72	850–900	873	325.00–330.00	328.30
6	1000–1050	1,034	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	422	540.00–550.00	544.44
7	450–500	490	512.00	512.00
7	500–550	507	512.00	512.00
67	550–600	560	476.00–484.00	482.30
213	600–650	627	432.00–450.00	441.77
400	650–700	681	397.00–420.00	407.75
412	700–750	722	380.00–396.00	387.11
659	750–800	771	360.00–378.00	369.38
437	800–850	816	359.00–360.50	359.58
114	850–900	853	347.00–353.25	351.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	590.00	590.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	500.00	500.00
35	450–500	485	493.00	493.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	553	462.50	462.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	750–800	782	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	530.00	530.00
11	500–550	533	480.00	480.00
78	550–600	569	450.00–465.00	456.27
51	600–650	630	413.00	413.00
49	700–750	712	375.00–377.00	376.21
401	800–850	839	346.00–355.00	349.65
230	900–950	929	325.00–335.00	332.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	470.00	470.00
74	600–650	636	384.00–392.50	388.02
82	650–700	685	367.50–370.00	369.23
149	700–750	726	347.00–351.50	350.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	415	480.00	480.00
25	450–500	471	455.00	455.00
12	550–600	592	393.00	393.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	435	495.00–512.50	501.91
67	500–550	521	453.00–467.00	462.22
195	550–600	573	401.00–422.00	411.38
261	600–650	621	401.00–408.00	405.25
208	650–700	666	380.00–391.00	386.33
286	700–750	718	360.00–373.00	365.91
381	750–800	771	337.00–348.50	344.97
6	850–900	850	319.50	319.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	389	530.00	530.00
22	400–450	449	490.00	490.00
16	500–550	504	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	516	485.00	485.00
7	600–650	606	417.50	417.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	510.00	510.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	412	545.00	545.00

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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