Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-10-30

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 30

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 23Oct 30latest

Receipts

1,935 head

▲ 815 vs last sale 1,120▼ 1,011 vs year ago 2,946 · −34.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most steer and heifer calves sold 15.00 to 20.00 lower, except a flat 500 lbs steer sold steady. Demand was light to moderate from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet. Nice offering of bawling spring calves on offer the majority of which had received at least one round of fall vaccinations. Sharp losses in the CME cattle pits through most of the week showed up at Friday cash sale as buyers were reluctant to purchase cattle. Plus impeding rain and already muddy weaning pens slowed the buyers enthusiasm.

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 $440.97/cwt on 456 head, down $4.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −28.43 against this barn's trailing median of $469.40.

Average price

$440.97

▼ 4.62 vs prior sale

456 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.72

vs NE average

+5.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	440.97	2,415	456

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 sale456 hd

440.97

—

NE average9 barns · 5,096 hd

456.68

−15.72

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+5.82

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.40

−28.43

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.41, low $429.68, median $469.40 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

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	2,169	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	508.16/cwt	492.00–514.00	2,185	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,944	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,077	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	480.17/cwt	470.00–491.00	2,286	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	496	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,287	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	468.45/cwt	442.00–482.00	2,483	215
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	536	422.62/cwt	419.50–427.00	2,265	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	426.26/cwt	420.00–437.00	2,383	69
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	578	408.13/cwt	400.00–413.00	2,359	120
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	390.88/cwt	374.00–397.00	2,466	246
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	384.38/cwt	371.00–398.50	2,545	141
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	666	350.35/cwt	350.00–350.50	2,333	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	713	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,339	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	718	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,441	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	752	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,256	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,066	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,868	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,633	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,757	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	373	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	1,973	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	415.47/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,757	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	450.77/cwt	440.00–461.00	1,947	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	400.17/cwt	400.00–401.00	1,889	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	426.59/cwt	420.00–444.00	2,082	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	403.18/cwt	392.00–414.00	2,117	128
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	529	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,015	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	379.26/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,169	92
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	573	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,020	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	333.28/cwt	320.00–340.50	1,933	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	358.05/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,216	126
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	630	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,959	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	686	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,140	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,326	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,890	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,939	7

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 1,935Last week 1,120Year ago 2,946

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	554	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	362	451.00	451.00
31	400–450	423	410.00–420.00	415.47
28	450–500	472	400.00–401.00	400.17
40	550–600	580	320.00–340.50	333.28
11	800–850	809	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
126	600–650	619	351.00–363.00	358.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	480.00	480.00
42	400–450	432	440.00–461.00	450.77
59	450–500	488	420.00–444.00	426.59
128	500–550	525	392.00–414.00	403.18
92	550–600	572	360.00–392.50	379.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	529.00	529.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	529	381.00	381.00
8	550–600	573	352.50	352.50
29	600–650	630	311.00	311.00
6	650–700	686	312.00	312.00
10	700–750	725	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1000–1050	1,014	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	431	451.00	451.00
9	450–500	472	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	461.00	461.00
52	500–550	536	419.50–427.00	422.62
120	550–600	578	400.00–413.00	408.13
45	650–700	666	350.00–350.50	350.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	713	328.00	328.00
5	750–800	752	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	549.00	549.00
38	400–450	430	492.00–514.00	508.16
53	450–500	476	470.00–491.00	480.17
215	500–550	530	442.00–482.00	468.45
69	550–600	559	420.00–437.00	426.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
246	600–650	631	374.00–397.00	390.88
141	650–700	662	371.00–398.50	384.38
49	700–750	718	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1050–1100	1,066	269.00	269.00

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.