Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported auction in a month a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in seats and on the internet. Bulk of the offerings were yearling steers and heifers coming off of the summer grass and some out of grow yards with packages of preg-checked open heifers and bawling calves mixed in. There was a variety of bawling calves on offer with some having only branding vaccinations, some including fall vaccinations and some with no vaccinations ever.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.00/cwt on 49 head, down $67.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −39.71 against this barn's trailing median of $484.71.

Average price

$445.00

▼ 67.00 vs prior sale

49 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.02

vs NE average

+41.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	445.00	2,448	49

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.53, low $429.68, median $484.71 across 16 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 sale49 hd

445.00

—

NE average5 barns · 1,075 hd

457.02

−12.02

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

+41.64

This barn, trailing median16 sales

484.71

−39.71

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,048	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,788	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,846	9
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,281	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	317.79/cwt	315.50–318.50	2,835	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,856	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	312.32/cwt	309.00–319.00	2,605	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,340	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	297.96/cwt	284.50–307.25	2,777	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	433.50/cwt	433.50–433.50	2,263	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	814	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,991	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	319.99/cwt	314.00–322.75	3,126	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,158	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	799	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,597	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,771	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,242	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	313.58/cwt	303.50–315.25	2,700	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,043	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	344	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,342	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,276	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,448	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	341.97/cwt	340.50–349.75	2,661	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,082	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	338.59/cwt	337.00–341.50	2,973	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,407	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,038	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,723	17

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 Sep 18, 2026

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

Receipts 1,709Last week 2,281Year ago 1,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,048	266.00	266.00
9	1050–1100	1,062	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	800–850	834	309.00–319.00	312.32
98	850–900	861	303.50–315.25	313.58
118	900–950	932	284.50–307.25	297.96
31	950–1000	952	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	449	454.00	454.00
22	450–500	490	417.00	417.00
52	500–550	522	433.50	433.50
17	550–600	575	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	799	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	441.00	441.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
8	600–650	603	377.50	377.50
17	700–750	725	323.00	323.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1050–1100	1,081	303.50	303.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	850–900	892	315.50–318.50	317.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	800–850	814	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	750–800	778	340.50–349.75	341.97
17	800–850	802	339.50	339.50
195	850–900	878	337.00–341.50	338.59
417	950–1000	977	314.00–322.75	319.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	308	575.00	575.00
17	400–450	421	512.50	512.50
20	450–500	471	476.00	476.00
49	550–600	550	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	611	394.00	394.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	432.50	432.50
16	600–650	636	368.00	368.00

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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