Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-01-10

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 10

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jan 3Jan 10Jan 17 →

Receipts

3,246 head

▼ 530 vs last sale 3,776▲ 79 vs year ago 3,167 · +2.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 600 lbs selling steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 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 $346.87/cwt on 433 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −119.74 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$346.87

433 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.52

vs NE average

+4.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	346.87	1,970	433

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 sale433 hd

346.87

—

NE average11 barns · 5,936 hd

357.39

−10.52

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+4.79

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−119.74

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

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	349	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,239	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,341	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	394.82/cwt	390.00–396.00	1,441	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,485	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,647	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	384.57/cwt	383.00–390.00	1,769	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	462	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,654	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,809	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	368.70/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,914	71
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	545	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,902	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	338.03/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,903	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	348.50/cwt	340.00–354.50	2,014	233
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	326.35/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,922	77
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	616	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,076	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	623	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,187	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	324.53/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,045	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	314.01/cwt	303.00–323.00	2,120	420
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	682	295.33/cwt	295.00–296.00	2,014	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	708	315.26/cwt	314.75–315.50	2,232	133
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	291.29/cwt	288.00–304.00	2,158	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	284.82/cwt	284.50–285.25	2,233	255
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	275.84/cwt	271.00–279.25	2,265	106
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,360	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	890	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,314	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,636	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	424	373.29/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,583	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	334.59/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,573	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	473	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,674	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,577	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	519	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,619	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,768	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,639	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	313.16/cwt	305.50–319.50	1,826	299
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	297.53/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,752	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	296.86/cwt	290.50–301.50	1,858	206
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	282.62/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,911	162
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,843	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	273.86/cwt	273.00–274.50	1,980	159
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	263.93/cwt	258.50–266.00	1,998	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,909	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,959	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	806	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,108	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	867	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,994	7

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 3,246Last week 3,776Year ago 3,167

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	410	399.00	399.00
64	800–850	806	261.50	261.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	320.00	320.00
13	500–550	519	312.00	312.00
41	550–600	589	295.00–301.00	297.53
27	650–700	693	266.00	266.00
22	750–800	790	248.00	248.00
7	850–900	867	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	773	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	470	330.00–337.50	334.59
63	500–550	539	328.00	328.00
299	550–600	583	305.50–319.50	313.16
206	600–650	626	290.50–301.50	296.86
162	650–700	676	280.00–287.00	282.62
159	700–750	723	273.00–274.50	273.86
77	750–800	757	258.50–266.00	263.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	424	370.00–375.00	373.29
23	450–500	473	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	489	322.50	322.50
6	550–600	550	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	365	390.00–396.00	394.82
6	400–450	425	387.50	387.50
37	450–500	460	383.00–390.00	384.57
71	500–550	519	360.00–374.00	368.70
233	550–600	578	340.00–354.50	348.50
76	600–650	630	320.00–332.50	324.53
420	650–700	675	303.00–323.00	314.01
138	700–750	741	288.00–304.00	291.29
255	750–800	784	284.50–285.25	284.82
106	800–850	821	271.00–279.25	275.84
70	850–900	852	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	616	337.00	337.00
133	700–750	708	314.75–315.50	315.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	383.00	383.00
17	450–500	476	380.00	380.00
42	550–600	563	330.00–341.00	338.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	358.00	358.00
10	500–550	545	349.00	349.00
77	550–600	589	317.00–330.00	326.35
18	650–700	682	295.00–296.00	295.33
17	850–900	890	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	396	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	623	351.00	351.00

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.