Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-07-10

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-10

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jul 10

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jun 26Jul 10Jul 24 →

Receipts

878 head

▼ 67 vs last sale 945▲ 277 vs year ago 601 · +46.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago on yearling steers to establish a trend, however a lower undertone was noticed. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

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 $448.00/cwt on 8 head, down $64.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −18.61 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$448.00

▼ 64.00 vs prior sale

8 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−59.20

vs NE average

−11.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	448.00	2,365	8thin

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 sale8 hd

448.00

—

NE average3 barns · 192 hd

507.20

−59.20

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−11.48

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−18.61

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 $512.00, low $429.68, median $466.61 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

11 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	624.00/cwt	624.00–624.00	2,303	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,365	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,683	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	381.52/cwt	380.00–382.25	3,113	379
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	357.15/cwt	352.25–359.00	3,196	336
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	355.75/cwt	355.75–355.75	3,298	40
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	359	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,912	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,131	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,264	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,538	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,756	8

This sale against other markets

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 Jul 10, 2026

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

Receipts 878Last week 945Year ago 601

Not enough comparable offerings with two weeks ago on yearling steers to establish a trend, however a lower undertone was noticed. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	369	624.00	624.00
379	800–850	816	380.00–382.25	381.52
336	850–900	895	352.25–359.00	357.15
40	900–950	927	355.75	355.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	448.00	448.00
9	600–650	648	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	532.50	532.50
5	500–550	545	391.00	391.00
5	550–600	588	385.00	385.00
10	700–750	723	351.00	351.00
8	850–900	856	322.00	322.00

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.