Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-06-12

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jun 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,789 head
▲ 1,198 vs last sale 591▲ 474 vs year ago 1,315 · +36.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 32▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago to establish a trend will not be given for steers nor heifers. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. The bulk of the offerings consisted of yearling feeders selling in load lots with packages of fall calves and calf weight yearlings mixed in the run.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.81/cwt on 85 head, up $71.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 16 comparable sales and sits +31.41 against this barn's trailing median of $469.40.
Average price
$500.81
▲ 71.13 vs prior sale
85 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.33
vs NE average
+47.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552500.812,76485
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale85 hd
500.81
—
NE average5 barns · 148 hd
485.48
+15.33
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+47.09
This barn, trailing median16 sales
469.40
+31.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales
527490453416median 469.4002/2704/1706/1210/0910/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.41, low $429.68, median $469.40 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,550$4,17510

Every lot, as filed

29 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,5765
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537505.66/cwt503.00–516.002,71524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1549511.50/cwt511.50–511.502,80842
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577471.04/cwt470.00–472.002,71819
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,88045
Steers600–650Large 1627435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,72717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683416.66/cwt416.00–417.002,84648
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714393.22/cwt390.00–395.002,80817
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814383.50/cwt383.50–383.503,12225
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885350.75/cwt350.75–350.753,10442
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1941345.71/cwt335.50–346.753,253125
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973337.94/cwt330.75–343.753,288591
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,009325.25/cwt325.25–325.253,28266
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050326.50/cwt326.50–326.503,42842
Steers1200–1250Large 11,221286.50/cwt286.50–286.503,49843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475531.00/cwt531.00–531.002,5227
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned502507.00/cwt507.00–507.002,5455
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575407.35/cwt402.00–411.002,34234
Heifers550–600Large 1595398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,36817
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3079
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670386.98/cwt381.00–393.002,59396
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed704379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,66821
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,58729
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766345.95/cwt342.50–350.002,65026
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7802,960.00/head2,960.00–2,960.002,96066
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed812350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,84261
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1889334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,97469
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,029314.75/cwt314.75–314.753,23941
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5504,175.00/head4,175.00–4,175.004,17510

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.