Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago on yearling steers to establish a trend, however a lower undertone was noticed. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.00/cwt on 8 head, down $64.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −31.56 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$448.00

▼ 64.00 vs prior sale

8 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−59.20

vs NE average

−11.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	448.00	2,365	8thin

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 sale8 hd

448.00

—

NE average3 barns · 192 hd

507.20

−59.20

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−11.48

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−31.56

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

11 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	350–400	369	624.00/cwt	624.00–624.00	2,303	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	355.75/cwt	355.75–355.75	3,298	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	357.15/cwt	352.25–359.00	3,196	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	381.52/cwt	380.00–382.25	3,113	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,131	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,264	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,538	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,365	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,683	9

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 Jul 10, 2026

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

Receipts 878Last week 945Year ago 601

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago on yearling steers to establish a trend, however a lower undertone was noticed. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	369	624.00	624.00
379	800–850	816	380.00–382.25	381.52
336	850–900	895	352.25–359.00	357.15
40	900–950	927	355.75	355.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	448.00	448.00
9	600–650	648	414.00	414.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	532.50	532.50
5	500–550	545	391.00	391.00
5	550–600	588	385.00	385.00
10	700–750	723	351.00	351.00
8	850–900	856	322.00	322.00

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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