Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was 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 $509.35/cwt on 131 head, up $19.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 18 comparable sales and sits +29.79 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$509.35

▲ 19.95 vs prior sale

131 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$60.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.77

vs NE average

+26.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	526.43	2,783	94
Medium and Large 1-2	558	465.96	2,600	37

One grade step is worth $60.46/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale131 hd

509.35

—

NE average10 barns · 3,243 hd

504.58

+4.77

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+26.32

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

+29.79

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

35 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 1	300–350	348	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,966	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	334.67/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	508.77/cwt	500.00–512.50	2,172	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,755	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,735	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,443	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	465.85/cwt	453.00–477.50	2,898	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	376.63/cwt	372.00–378.50	3,088	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	527.39/cwt	525.00–538.00	2,373	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	757	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	357.43/cwt	349.00–358.50	3,178	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	512.76/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,425	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	529.96/cwt	512.50–537.00	2,788	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	411.36/cwt	404.50–420.00	2,974	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	741	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	424.39/cwt	417.00–437.00	2,860	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	478.06/cwt	473.00–486.00	2,553	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	459.41/cwt	458.00–460.00	2,623	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	350.08/cwt	349.50–352.00	3,172	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	396.75/cwt	396.75–396.75	3,051	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	412.76/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,576	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	711	389.54/cwt	380.50–395.00	2,770	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	685	402.49/cwt	385.00–411.00	2,757	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	648	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,650	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	400.89/cwt	389.00–410.50	2,654	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	464.22/cwt	458.00–472.00	2,470	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,256	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	321.05/cwt	312.50–322.00	2,816	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	442.15/cwt	442.00–442.50	2,286	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	446.17/cwt	443.00–453.00	2,525	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	788	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,837	40

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 2,406Last week 4,764Year ago 2,941

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	565.00	565.00
17	400–450	427	500.00–512.50	508.77
44	450–500	478	511.00	511.00
105	500–550	532	458.00–472.00	464.22
54	550–600	566	443.00–453.00	446.17
56	600–650	624	405.00–418.00	412.76
147	650–700	662	389.00–410.50	400.89
30	700–750	716	382.00	382.00
21	750–800	776	355.00	355.00
13	800–850	826	332.00–337.00	334.67
49	850–900	877	312.50–322.00	321.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	741	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	648	409.00	409.00
59	650–700	685	385.00–411.00	402.49
87	700–750	711	380.50–395.00	389.54
40	750–800	788	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	551	481.00	481.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	478.00	478.00
24	500–550	517	442.00–442.50	442.15
6	600–650	638	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	450	525.00–538.00	527.39
87	500–550	526	512.50–537.00	529.96
7	550–600	562	482.50	482.50
220	600–650	622	453.00–477.50	465.85
73	650–700	674	417.00–437.00	424.39
232	700–750	723	404.50–420.00	411.36
108	750–800	769	396.75	396.75
239	800–850	820	372.00–378.50	376.63
262	850–900	889	349.00–358.50	357.43
142	900–950	906	349.50–352.00	350.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	757	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	585.00	585.00
21	450–500	473	510.00–515.00	512.76
13	500–550	534	473.00–486.00	478.06
24	550–600	571	458.00–460.00	459.41

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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