Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-02-28

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 28

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Feb 21Feb 28Mar 7 →

Receipts

2,908 head

▲ 1,602 vs last sale 1,306▲ 212 vs year ago 2,696 · +7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. The consignment sheet included long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers.

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 $358.59/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −108.01 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$358.59

187 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

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

$47.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs NE average

+10.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	371.93	2,056	135
Medium and Large 1-2	529	323.97	1,715	52

One grade step is worth $47.96/cwt here — about $341 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 sale187 hd

358.59

—

NE average10 barns · 2,293 hd

362.38

−3.79

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+10.35

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−108.01

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

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

36 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	411.58/cwt	410.00–421.00	1,778	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	384.08/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,867	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	518	322.63/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,671	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,822	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	364.73/cwt	363.00–367.50	1,918	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	77
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	357.46/cwt	357.00–358.00	2,077	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	618	325.95/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,014	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	344.02/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,164	242
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	322.09/cwt	309.00–330.50	2,200	295
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,023	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	301.07/cwt	298.00–303.75	2,219	190
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	291.82/cwt	288.50–293.50	2,270	291
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,324	95
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,329	72
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	887	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,218	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,430	51
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,452	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	385	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,517	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	348.83/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,455	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	440	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,439	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,537	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	353.76/cwt	352.50–354.00	1,656	76
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	478	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,542	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,657	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	302.52/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,685	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	324.02/cwt	313.00–332.00	1,850	167
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	299.43/cwt	297.00–303.00	1,901	128
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	284.91/cwt	278.00–296.50	1,932	173
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	698	304.85/cwt	304.85–304.85	2,128	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	714	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,185	92
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	276.69/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,984	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,118	79
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	766	284.76/cwt	279.00–290.50	2,181	105
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,025	12

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 2,908Last week 1,306Year ago 2,696

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	327.00	327.00
12	450–500	478	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	417	348.00–350.00	348.83
76	450–500	468	352.50–354.00	353.76
167	550–600	571	313.00–332.00	324.02
128	600–650	635	297.00–303.00	299.43
173	650–700	678	278.00–296.50	284.91
31	700–750	717	271.00–279.00	276.69
79	750–800	755	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	456	337.00	337.00
29	500–550	526	315.00	315.00
19	550–600	557	300.00–306.00	302.52
12	750–800	773	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	650–700	698	304.85	304.85
92	700–750	714	306.00	306.00
105	750–800	766	279.00–290.50	284.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	432	410.00–421.00	411.58
19	450–500	486	382.50–385.00	384.08
30	500–550	526	363.00–367.50	364.73
28	550–600	581	357.00–358.00	357.46
242	600–650	629	332.50–355.00	344.02
295	650–700	683	309.00–330.50	322.09
190	700–750	737	298.00–303.75	301.07
291	750–800	778	288.50–293.50	291.82
95	800–850	839	277.00	277.00
72	850–900	878	265.25	265.25
51	900–950	900	270.00	270.00
55	950–1000	975	251.50	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	525	347.00	347.00
6	700–750	729	277.50	277.50
10	850–900	887	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	518	320.00–325.00	322.63
8	550–600	585	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	618	325.00–329.00	325.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	550–600	553	380.00	380.00

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.