Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-10-16

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 16

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

1,193 head

▼ 915 vs last sale 2,108▲ 134 vs year ago 1,059 · +12.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a thin test compared to last week steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs sold sharply higher and steer and heifer calves 500-700 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower except 550-600 lbs steers selling 10.00 higher. Not enough comparable offerings of yearling steers or heifers from last week to establish a trend. All of the bawling calves on offer had at least one round of fall vaccinations. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd on the bawling calves with good to very good demand on the yearling feeders.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.59/cwt on 110 head, down $16.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −45.04 against this barn's trailing median of $425.63.

Average price

$380.59

▼ 16.02 vs prior sale

110 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.58

vs NE average

+7.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	380.59	2,113	110

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 sale110 hd

380.59

—

NE average9 barns · 2,499 hd

411.17

−30.58

National average193 barns · 18,908 hd

372.76

+7.83

This barn, trailing median16 sales

425.63

−45.04

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $371.26, median $425.63 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	517.78/cwt	510.00–532.00	2,216	57
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,132	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,485	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,565	56
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	449.70/cwt	441.00–467.00	2,424	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	453.12/cwt	431.00–461.00	2,592	125
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,503	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	413.63/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,738	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,965	56
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	344.75/cwt	344.75–344.75	3,161	112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,971	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	434.56/cwt	418.00–459.00	2,051	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	383.08/cwt	382.00–386.00	2,046	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	379.65/cwt	365.00–385.50	2,137	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,211	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,415	42
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	195
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	784	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,744	99
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,760	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,044	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,897	10
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,943	8

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 Oct 16, 2026

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

Receipts 1,193Last week 2,108Year ago 1,059

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	600–650	609	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
195	700–750	720	365.00	365.00
99	750–800	784	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	520.00	520.00
55	450–500	472	418.00–459.00	434.56
30	500–550	534	382.00–386.00	383.08
80	550–600	563	365.00–385.50	379.65
42	600–650	639	378.00	378.00
7	900–950	911	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,044	277.50	277.50
8	1050–1100	1,092	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	500–550	503	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	400–450	428	510.00–532.00	517.78
16	450–500	492	505.00	505.00
44	500–550	539	441.00–467.00	449.70
125	550–600	572	431.00–461.00	453.12
56	800–850	840	353.00	353.00
112	900–950	917	344.75	344.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	477.00	477.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	612	409.00	409.00
51	650–700	662	405.00–415.00	413.63

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.