Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test steers 600-750 lbs sold unevenly steady with not enough comparable offerings of heifers to establish a trend although a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.40/cwt on 231 head, up $33.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 18 comparable sales and sits +9.84 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$489.40

▲ 33.94 vs prior sale

231 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.50

vs NE average

+5.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	489.40	2,698	231

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 sale231 hd

489.40

—

NE average10 barns · 3,083 hd

495.89

−6.50

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+5.30

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

+9.84

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

38 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 1	550–600	572	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,474	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	443	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,113	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	351.14/cwt	345.00–354.50	2,591	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	382.97/cwt	376.00–388.00	2,443	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	335.68/cwt	326.00–349.00	2,736	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	363.07/cwt	357.00–366.00	2,458	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	422	544.11/cwt	541.00–559.00	2,296	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,533	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	361.81/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,967	458
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	448.11/cwt	440.00–453.00	2,747	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	526.33/cwt	513.00–531.00	2,700	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	379	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,018	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	425.82/cwt	400.00–443.00	2,844	435
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	629	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,604	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	517	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,487	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	397.45/cwt	388.00–413.00	2,893	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,121	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	483.54/cwt	472.00–499.00	2,722	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	360.10/cwt	344.00–365.25	3,100	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	497.36/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,353	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,320	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	691	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,895	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	504	478.02/cwt	474.00–482.00	2,409	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	431.39/cwt	420.00–444.00	2,506	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,281	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,808	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	385.25/cwt	372.50–392.50	2,939	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,842	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	450.46/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,356	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	375.39/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,677	417
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	389.15/cwt	375.00–409.00	2,619	591
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,638	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,202	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	415.05/cwt	401.00–430.50	2,540	268

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 4,764Last week 1,118Year ago 3,076

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	572	432.50	432.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	443	477.00	477.00
31	600–650	638	376.00–388.00	382.97
98	650–700	677	357.00–366.00	363.07
101	700–750	738	345.00–354.50	351.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	352	545.00	545.00
25	400–450	436	505.00	505.00
144	500–550	523	435.00–460.00	450.46
183	550–600	581	420.00–444.00	431.39
268	600–650	612	401.00–430.50	415.05
591	650–700	673	375.00–409.00	389.15
417	700–750	713	365.00–385.00	375.39
22	750–800	757	348.50	348.50
154	800–850	815	326.00–349.00	335.68
51	850–900	869	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	560.00	560.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	691	419.00	419.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	504	474.00–482.00	478.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	435.00	435.00
13	600–650	625	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	422	541.00–559.00	544.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	513	513.00–531.00	526.33
175	550–600	563	472.00–499.00	483.54
90	600–650	613	440.00–453.00	448.11
435	650–700	668	400.00–443.00	425.82
471	700–750	728	388.00–413.00	397.45
268	750–800	763	372.50–392.50	385.25
458	800–850	820	349.00–370.00	361.81
223	850–900	861	344.00–365.25	360.10
48	900–950	929	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	532.50	532.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	473	470.00–510.00	497.36
28	600–650	627	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	673	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	517	481.00	481.00
14	600–650	629	414.00	414.00
19	700–750	741	379.00	379.00

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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