Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-01-03

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 3

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Dec 20Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

3,776 head

▲ 1,231 vs last sale 2,545▲ 660 vs year ago 3,116 · +21.2%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned calves on offer. Compared to two weeks ago, steers 500-650 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

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 $357.22/cwt on 262 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −109.39 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$357.22

262 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.13

vs NE average

+24.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	357.22	1,920	262

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 sale262 hd

357.22

—

NE average4 barns · 892 hd

341.08

+16.13

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+24.35

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−109.39

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

31 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,427	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	471	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,700	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,800	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,607	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	524	344.38/cwt	343.00–346.00	1,805	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	362.83/cwt	356.50–372.00	1,923	185
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	343.40/cwt	343.00–344.00	1,961	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	323.30/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,030	275
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,958	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	315.90/cwt	307.00–320.00	2,072	152
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,951	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	703	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,169	139
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,820	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	287.67/cwt	282.00–293.50	2,109	338
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	280.59/cwt	273.00–288.50	2,138	230
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	274.26/cwt	269.50–279.50	2,279	590
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	837	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,197	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	267.10/cwt	267.10–267.10	2,358	131
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	931	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,379	126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,329	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	444	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,492	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	326.41/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,609	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	316.11/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,618	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,799	103
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	302.65/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,737	157
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	287.01/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,797	81
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	282.95/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,882	361
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	268.11/cwt	263.50–271.00	1,938	161
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	263.99/cwt	261.00–268.50	2,033	203
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,010	40
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,297	5

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 Jan 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,776Last week 2,545Year ago 3,116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	365.00	365.00
56	450–500	493	324.00–328.00	326.41
57	500–550	512	309.00–321.00	316.11
157	550–600	574	297.00–310.00	302.65
81	600–650	626	281.00–296.00	287.01
361	650–700	665	270.00–285.00	282.95
161	700–750	723	263.50–271.00	268.11
203	750–800	770	261.00–268.50	263.99
40	800–850	812	247.50	247.50
5	1000–1050	1,030	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	444	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	563	319.50	319.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	475	379.00	379.00
185	500–550	530	356.50–372.00	362.83
51	550–600	571	343.00–344.00	343.40
275	600–650	628	312.00–330.00	323.30
152	650–700	656	307.00–320.00	315.90
338	700–750	733	282.00–293.50	287.67
230	750–800	762	273.00–288.50	280.59
590	800–850	831	269.50–279.50	274.26
131	850–900	883	267.10	267.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	471	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	364.00	364.00
11	450–500	487	330.00	330.00
6	700–750	725	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	524	343.00–346.00	344.38
22	600–650	640	306.00	306.00
10	650–700	687	284.00	284.00
19	800–850	837	262.50	262.50
126	900–950	931	255.50	255.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
139	700–750	703	308.50	308.50

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.