Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 20.00 lower and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.01/cwt on 83 head, down $33.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 18 comparable sales and sits +0.46 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$480.01

▼ 33.40 vs prior sale

83 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.08

vs NE average

+4.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	480.01	2,634	83

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 sale83 hd

480.01

—

NE average7 barns · 1,192 hd

499.10

−19.08

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+4.45

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

+0.46

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

18 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	400–450	433	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,208	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	348.12/cwt	348.00–348.25	2,527	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,681	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	502.37/cwt	500.00–507.00	2,396	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,430	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	449.28/cwt	444.00–454.00	2,579	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	411.35/cwt	411.00–412.00	2,723	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	500.30/cwt	500.00–501.00	2,662	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,996	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	436.03/cwt	434.00–438.00	2,721	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,506	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	409.28/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,558	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,313	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	401.79/cwt	381.00–409.00	2,668	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	371.01/cwt	363.50–379.50	2,838	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	398.75/cwt	391.00–405.00	2,827	253

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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,155Last week 3,043Year ago 2,579

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	562.50	562.50
39	450–500	477	500.00–507.00	502.37
63	550–600	552	454.00	454.00
47	600–650	625	400.00–419.00	409.28
100	650–700	664	381.00–409.00	401.79
19	700–750	726	348.00–348.25	348.12
29	750–800	766	350.00	350.00
9	800–850	820	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	543	426.00	426.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	499.00	499.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	532	500.00–501.00	500.30
33	550–600	574	444.00–454.00	449.28
134	600–650	624	434.00–438.00	436.03
40	650–700	662	411.00–412.00	411.35
253	700–750	709	391.00–405.00	398.75
145	750–800	765	363.50–379.50	371.01
61	800–850	813	368.50	368.50

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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