Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-02-21

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 21

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Feb 14Feb 21Feb 28 →

Receipts

1,306 head

▼ 1,213 vs last sale 2,519▼ 1,384 vs year ago 2,690 · −51.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady on a limited number of comparable offerings. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. The consignment sheet of long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers was shorter than expected due to winter weather within the trade area over the last week.

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 $354.14/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −112.46 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$354.14

100 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$41.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.60

vs NE average

+12.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	358.27	1,928	90
Medium and Large 1-2	546	317.00	1,731	10thin

One grade step is worth $41.27/cwt here — about $197 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 sale100 hd

354.14

—

NE average4 barns · 330 hd

360.75

−6.60

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+12.93

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−112.46

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

28 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,640	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,770	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	368.94/cwt	362.00–371.00	1,922	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	346.17/cwt	344.00–347.00	1,880	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	546	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,731	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,977	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	567	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,928	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,119	81
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	317.22/cwt	315.00–320.50	2,097	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	290.27/cwt	283.50–294.00	2,125	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,199	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	792	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,067	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,325	75
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	836	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,224	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	893	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,286	39
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	263.75/cwt	263.75–263.75	2,429	204
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	925	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,276	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,537	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,640	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,662	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	304.12/cwt	301.50–306.00	1,645	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	297.04/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,678	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,965	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	284.02/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,923	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,834	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	278.30/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,970	90
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	270.18/cwt	264.00–274.00	2,061	126
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	780	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,231	11

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 Feb 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,306Last week 2,519Year ago 2,690

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	565	296.00–298.00	297.04
12	650–700	687	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	443	347.00	347.00
9	450–500	497	330.00	330.00
9	500–550	526	316.00	316.00
30	600–650	635	309.50	309.50
54	650–700	677	277.50–287.50	284.02
90	700–750	708	277.00–285.00	278.30
126	750–800	763	264.00–274.00	270.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	541	301.50–306.00	304.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	780	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	450–500	481	368.00	368.00
44	500–550	521	362.00–371.00	368.94
20	550–600	560	353.00	353.00
81	600–650	617	343.50	343.50
79	650–700	661	315.00–320.50	317.22
96	700–750	732	283.50–294.00	290.27
27	750–800	788	279.00	279.00
75	800–850	826	281.50	281.50
204	900–950	921	263.75	263.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	543	344.00–347.00	346.17
8	550–600	567	340.00	340.00
13	800–850	836	266.00	266.00
39	850–900	893	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	546	317.00	317.00
25	750–800	792	261.00	261.00
38	900–950	925	246.00	246.00

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.