Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-10-23

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 23

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 16Oct 23latest

Receipts

1,120 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 1,193▼ 1,567 vs year ago 2,687 · −58.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steer calves over 550 lbs sold unevenly steady with heifer calves 450-650 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. All the consignments of bawling calves sold in packages and part loads with buyers bidding readily to fill their loads throughout the auction.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.59/cwt on 240 head, down $21.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −26.59 against this barn's trailing median of $472.18.

Average price

$445.59

▼ 21.02 vs prior sale

240 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$30.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.65

vs NE average

+6.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	447.52	2,518	225
Medium and Large 1-2	562	416.67	2,340	15thin

One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale240 hd

445.59

—

NE average9 barns · 4,448 hd

463.24

−17.65

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+6.32

This barn, trailing median15 sales

472.18

−26.59

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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.41, low $429.68, median $472.18 across 15 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

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,823	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,050	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,294	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,088	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	505.80/cwt	497.00–521.00	2,468	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,105	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	532	442.88/cwt	440.00–448.00	2,356	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	468.09/cwt	465.00–472.00	2,509	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	442.46/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,544	156
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	587	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,460	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	411.42/cwt	402.50–419.50	2,633	132
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	652	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,615	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	707	365.78/cwt	350.00–376.50	2,586	74
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	480.60/cwt	475.00–487.00	2,023	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	443.30/cwt	420.00–451.00	2,123	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	420.56/cwt	416.00–426.00	2,162	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,034	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	393.91/cwt	375.00–401.00	2,226	128
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	385.59/cwt	384.00–388.00	2,356	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	688	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,353	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,767	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,197	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,363	12

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,120Last week 1,193Year ago 2,687

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	532	440.00–448.00	442.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	505.00	505.00
13	400–450	427	480.00	480.00
5	450–500	464	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	511	412.00	412.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
132	600–650	640	402.50–419.50	411.42
30	650–700	652	401.00	401.00
74	700–750	707	350.00–376.50	365.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	587	419.00	419.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	531.00	531.00
37	450–500	488	497.00–521.00	505.80
44	500–550	536	465.00–472.00	468.09
156	550–600	575	430.00–455.00	442.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	505	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	660	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	421	475.00–487.00	480.60
78	450–500	479	420.00–451.00	443.30
71	500–550	514	416.00–426.00	420.56
128	550–600	565	375.00–401.00	393.91
5	800–850	845	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	688	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	600–650	611	384.00–388.00	385.59

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.