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Lexington Livestock Market · Fri, Dec 19

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Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 19

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,321 head

▲ 302 vs last sale 1,019▼ 1,224 vs year ago 2,545 · −48.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 20.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Most consignments were long time weaned and fall vaccinated with a few fall vaccinated bawling consignments mixed in the offering.

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 $474.23/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 10 of 16 comparable sales and sits +4.83 against this barn's trailing median of $469.40.

Average price

$474.23

80 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$22.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.94

vs NE average

+30.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	484.52	2,561	44
Medium and Large 1-2	544	461.65	2,511	36

One grade step is worth $22.87/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale80 hd

474.23

—

NE average6 barns · 1,567 hd

476.17

−1.94

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+30.13

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.40

+4.83

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

25 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,002	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,109	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	508.27/cwt	501.00–511.00	2,506	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	487.75/cwt	487.50–488.00	2,561	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	461.65/cwt	460.00–469.00	2,511	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,562	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	431.56/cwt	410.00–438.00	2,658	99
Steers

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Dec 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,321Last week 1,019Year ago 2,545

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	488.00	488.00
46	450–500	492	450.00–468.50	463.34
61	500–550	530	448.00–451.00	450.67
25	550–600	563	408.00–429.00	419.54
138	600–650	614	376.00–393.50	391.34
69	650–700	687	357.00–366.00	362.25
39	700–750	727	347.00–349.50	348.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	492	449.00	449.00
32	600–650	620	372.50–376.00	373.37

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Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 19

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,321 head

▲ 302 vs last sale 1,019▼ 1,224 vs year ago 2,545 · −48.1%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $474.23/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 10 of 16 comparable sales and sits +4.83 against this barn's trailing median of $469.40.

Average price

$474.23

80 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$22.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.94

vs NE average

+30.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	484.52	2,561	44
Medium and Large 1-2	544	461.65	2,511	36

One grade step is worth $22.87/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale80 hd

474.23

—

NE average6 barns · 1,567 hd

476.17

−1.94

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+30.13

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.40

+4.83

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

25 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,002	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,109	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	508.27/cwt	501.00–511.00	2,506	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	487.75/cwt	487.50–488.00	2,561	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	461.65/cwt	460.00–469.00	2,511	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,562	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	431.56/cwt	410.00–438.00	2,658	99
Steers

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Dec 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,321Last week 1,019Year ago 2,545

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	488.00	488.00
46	450–500	492	450.00–468.50	463.34
61	500–550	530	448.00–451.00	450.67
25	550–600	563	408.00–429.00	419.54
138	600–650	614	376.00–393.50	391.34
69	650–700	687	357.00–366.00	362.25
39	700–750	727	347.00–349.50	348.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	492	449.00	449.00
32	600–650	620	372.50–376.00	373.37

Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	1,952	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	463.34/cwt	450.00–468.50	2,280	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,209	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	450.67/cwt	448.00–451.00	2,389	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	419.54/cwt	408.00–429.00	2,362	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	391.34/cwt	376.00–393.50	2,403	138
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	373.37/cwt	372.50–376.00	2,315	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	626	402.36/cwt	401.50–404.00	2,519	129
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	362.25/cwt	357.00–366.00	2,489	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	348.55/cwt	347.00–349.50	2,534	39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	555.00	555.00
18	450–500	493	501.00–511.00	508.27
36	500–550	525	487.50–488.00	487.75
99	600–650	616	410.00–438.00	431.56
22	650–700	664	395.75	395.75
95	700–750	721	368.00–385.00	376.14
59	750–800	787	371.00–386.00	379.94
145	800–850	840	352.50–362.50	354.30
46	850–900	854	348.50	348.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	545	470.00	470.00
9	600–650	646	392.00	392.00
25	650–700	665	387.00–399.00	394.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	532.50	532.50
36	500–550	544	460.00–469.00	461.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	750–800	774	357.50	357.50

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Feeder Cattle

Lexington

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Feeder Cattle

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