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Lexington Livestock Market · Fri, Feb 27

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Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 27

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

3,043 head

▲ 2,125 vs last sale 918▲ 135 vs year ago 2,908 · +4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except steers 750-850 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower.

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 $513.41/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 16 of 16 comparable sales and sits +44.01 against this barn's trailing median of $469.40.

Average price

$513.41

56 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$51.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs NE average

+26.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	530.00	2,825	38
Medium and Large 1-2	553	478.39	2,644	18thin

One grade step is worth $51.61/cwt here — about $180 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 sale56 hd

513.41

—

NE average5 barns · 1,343 hd

514.51

−1.10

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+26.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.40

+44.01

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

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	360	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,376	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,441	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,470	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	531	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,687	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,825	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,553	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	458.95/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,868	97

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Feb 27, 2026

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

Receipts 3,043Last week 918Year ago 2,908

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except steers 750-850 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	544	444.00–454.00	451.15
20	700–750	728	358.00	358.00
10	750–800	765	342.50	342.50
9	800–850	826	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	367	547.00–559.00	553.76
36	500–550	501	491.00	491.00
70	550–600	567	438.00–444.00	442.73
16	600–650	622	404.00–411.00	408.85
16	650–700	669	401.00	401.00
88	700–750	737	367.00–379.00	371.55

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Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 27

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

3,043 head

▲ 2,125 vs last sale 918▲ 135 vs year ago 2,908 · +4.6%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except steers 750-850 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower.

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 $513.41/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 16 of 16 comparable sales and sits +44.01 against this barn's trailing median of $469.40.

Average price

$513.41

56 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$51.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs NE average

+26.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	530.00	2,825	38
Medium and Large 1-2	553	478.39	2,644	18thin

One grade step is worth $51.61/cwt here — about $180 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 sale56 hd

513.41

—

NE average5 barns · 1,343 hd

514.51

−1.10

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+26.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.40

+44.01

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

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	360	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,376	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,441	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,470	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	531	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,687	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,825	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,553	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	458.95/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,868	97

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Feb 27, 2026

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

Receipts 3,043Last week 918Year ago 2,908

Compared to last weeks thin test, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except steers 750-850 lbs selling 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	544	444.00–454.00	451.15
20	700–750	728	358.00	358.00
10	750–800	765	342.50	342.50
9	800–850	826	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	367	547.00–559.00	553.76
36	500–550	501	491.00	491.00
70	550–600	567	438.00–444.00	442.73
16	600–650	622	404.00–411.00	408.85
16	650–700	669	401.00	401.00
88	700–750	737	367.00–379.00	371.55

Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	553.76/cwt	547.00–559.00	2,032	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,460	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	544	451.15/cwt	444.00–454.00	2,454	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	442.73/cwt	438.00–444.00	2,510	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	408.85/cwt	404.00–411.00	2,543	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	637	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,765	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,683	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	684	404.34/cwt	402.00–408.00	2,766	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	685	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,576	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	686	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	713	401.62/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,864	92
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	720	2,756.80/head	2,750.00–2,760.00	2,757	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	728	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,606	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	371.55/cwt	367.00–379.00	2,738	88
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,620	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	766	380.86/cwt	377.00–382.00	2,917	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	769	3,133.80/head	3,100.00–3,135.00	3,134	150
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	816	3,208.18/head	3,100.00–3,410.00	3,208	155
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	826	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,685	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	872	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	318.18/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,803	13
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,943	5

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
56	600–650	637	434.00	434.00
6	650–700	686	2,800.00	2,800.00
58	650–700	684	402.00–408.00	404.34
92	700–750	713	395.00–402.00	401.62
31	700–750	720	2,750.00–2,760.00	2,756.80
150	750–800	769	3,100.00–3,135.00	3,133.80
31	750–800	766	377.00–382.00	380.86
155	800–850	816	3,100.00–3,410.00	3,208.18
10	850–900	872	3,200.00	3,200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	542.50	542.50
38	500–550	533	530.00	530.00
97	600–650	625	445.00–470.00	458.95
141	700–750	715	400.00–420.00	419.28
285	750–800	764	370.00–381.50	378.77
54	800–850	822	350.00–362.00	356.94
849	850–900	868	338.50–367.00	355.72
60	900–950	911	349.00	349.00
108	950–1000	967	330.25	330.25
59	1000–1050	1,004	321.50	321.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	505	450.00	450.00
11	650–700	685	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	520.00	520.00
7	550–600	587	435.00	435.00
7	650–700	677	406.00	406.00
17	750–800	760	352.00–360.00	357.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	531	506.00	506.00
51	650–700	671	412.50–421.50	419.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	660.00	660.00
145	700–750	708	432.00–439.50	435.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	696	380.00	380.00
6	750–800	787	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,037	310.00	310.00

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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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