Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb steers averaged $605.00/cwt on 9 head, down $19.00 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +35.83 against this barn's trailing median of $569.17.

Average price

$605.00

▼ 19.00 vs prior sale

9 head · 373 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+61.92 vs national

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	373	605.00	2,257	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 300–400 lb

6 sales

Steers 300–400 lb: high $630.91, low $532.50, median $569.17 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

605.00

—

NE average1 barns · 9 hd

605.00

+0.00

National average131 barns · 2,328 hd

543.08

+61.92

This barn, trailing median6 sales

569.17

+35.83

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

9 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,785	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,635	9
Bulls	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,942	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,195	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,066	261.52/cwt	261.00–262.00	2,788	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,165	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	329.91/cwt	319.50–332.25	3,253	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,257	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 24, 2026

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

Receipts 329Last week 878Year ago 1,386

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	830	317.50	317.50
41	950–1000	967	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1050–1100	1,066	261.00–262.00	261.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	560.00	560.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,004	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	598	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	900–950	912	347.00	347.00
118	950–1000	986	319.50–332.25	329.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	605.00	605.00

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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