Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 550-800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers 600-800 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet buying noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.15/cwt on 39 head, down $31.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −31.40 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$448.15

▼ 31.86 vs prior sale

39 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$16.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.55

vs NE average

−23.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	455.00	2,662	23
Medium and Large 1-2	552	438.31	2,421	16thin

One grade step is worth $16.69/cwt here — about $241 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 sale39 hd

448.15

—

NE average5 barns · 724 hd

493.70

−45.55

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−23.97

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−31.40

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

25 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	800–850	842	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	373.05/cwt	370.50–379.00	2,470	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,573	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	461.57/cwt	458.00–465.00	2,386	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,612	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	416.99/cwt	415.00–419.00	2,481	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,142	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	414.00/cwt	413.50–415.00	2,832	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	377.32/cwt	374.00–385.00	2,943	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	441.37/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,789	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,398	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,244	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,662	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	349.16/cwt	348.00–349.75	3,045	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	817	343.39/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,805	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,440	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,170	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	368.33/cwt	359.00–373.50	2,623	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	321.49/cwt	316.00–322.50	2,787	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,391	7

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	842	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	517	458.00–465.00	461.57
40	550–600	595	415.00–419.00	416.99
37	600–650	628	416.00	416.00
17	650–700	662	370.50–379.00	373.05
57	700–750	712	359.00–373.50	368.33
18	750–800	759	339.00	339.00
45	850–900	867	316.00–322.50	321.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	473.00	473.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	492	441.00	441.00
7	600–650	631	379.00	379.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	570.00	570.00
23	550–600	585	455.00	455.00
29	600–650	632	440.00–445.00	441.37
24	650–700	684	413.50–415.00	414.00
58	750–800	780	374.00–385.00	377.32
45	850–900	872	348.00–349.75	349.16
37	900–950	920	341.50	341.50
115	950–1000	998	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	487	501.00	501.00
5	500–550	520	472.00	472.00
5	600–650	626	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	502.00	502.00
11	550–600	567	423.00	423.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	800–850	817	341.00–348.00	343.39

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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