Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $432.79/cwt on 64 head, down $13.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 19 comparable sales and sits −6.24 against this barn's trailing median of $439.03.

Average price

$432.79

▼ 13.05 vs prior sale

64 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,403

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$10.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.38

vs NE average

+5.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	512	442.50	2,266	5thin
Medium and Large 1	559	431.97	2,415	59

One grade step is worth $10.53/cwt here — about −$149 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

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $388.00, median $439.03 across 19 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 sale64 hd

432.79

—

NE average6 barns · 888 hd

444.17

−11.38

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

+5.40

This barn, trailing median19 sales

439.03

−6.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,538	$4,082	20

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	578.00/cwt	578.00–578.00	2,462	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	523.13/cwt	512.00–541.00	2,757	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	774	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,648	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	849	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,793	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	677	365.49/cwt	365.00–366.00	2,474	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	832	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,260	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	659	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,631	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	778	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	3,019	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	377.49/cwt	377.00–381.00	3,080	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	474	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,050	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,999	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	462.26/cwt	459.00–469.00	2,894	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	469.38/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,783	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	454.42/cwt	442.00–460.50	2,976	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	3,168	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	431.97/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,415	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	379.25/cwt	366.00–387.00	2,700	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	347.31/cwt	344.00–348.00	2,785	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	492.90/cwt	486.00–502.50	2,292	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	380.90/cwt	376.00–388.00	2,499	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	577	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	479	447.04/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,141	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	407.70/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,524	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,706	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,968	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,538	4,081.53/head	4,000.00–4,150.00	4,082	20

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 Apr 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,191Last week 2,421Year ago 2,879

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	355	635.00	635.00
6	400–450	426	578.00	578.00
5	450–500	450	539.00	539.00
27	500–550	527	512.00–541.00	523.13
87	550–600	593	460.00–480.00	469.38
53	600–650	626	459.00–469.00	462.26
111	650–700	655	442.00–460.50	454.42
46	700–750	714	420.00	420.00
41	800–850	816	377.00–381.00	377.49
7	850–900	869	364.50	364.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	659	426.00	426.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	532.50	532.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	517.00	517.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	778	388.00	388.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	577	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	745	355.50	355.50
11	750–800	774	343.00	343.00
71	800–850	849	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	479	445.00–450.00	447.04
12	650–700	677	365.00–366.00	365.49
5	800–850	832	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	512.00	512.00
7	450–500	483	468.00	468.00
5	500–550	512	442.50	442.50
6	600–650	645	377.50	377.50
17	650–700	656	376.00–388.00	380.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	432.50	432.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	600.00	600.00
14	450–500	465	486.00–502.50	492.90
59	550–600	559	420.00–439.00	431.97
93	600–650	619	395.00–412.00	407.70
60	700–750	712	366.00–387.00	379.25
106	750–800	758	357.00	357.00
41	800–850	802	344.00–348.00	347.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,538	4,000.00–4,150.00	4,081.53

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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