Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-05-02

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, May 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Apr 18May 2May 30 →

Receipts

1,453 head

▼ 1,426 vs last sale 2,879▼ 329 vs year ago 1,782 · −18.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from two weeks ago, Steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, Heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 10.00. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed. Around 125 head of bawling calves sold in the mix most of which had received weaning vaccinations.

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 $398.56/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −68.04 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$398.56

119 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$35.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.49

vs NE average

+24.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	409.92	2,163	81
Medium and Large 1-2	522	374.36	1,955	38

One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale119 hd

398.56

—

NE average6 barns · 474 hd

390.08

+8.49

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+24.13

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−68.04

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

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,884	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	426	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,087	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,717	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	411.43/cwt	398.50–426.00	2,098	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	376.53/cwt	374.00–385.00	1,932	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	407.49/cwt	397.00–412.50	2,266	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,099	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	378.21/cwt	374.00–378.50	2,364	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	344.87/cwt	338.00–351.00	2,173	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,331	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	329.88/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,385	103
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	315.25/cwt	314.50–317.00	2,412	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	309.04/cwt	309.00–310.50	2,540	273
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	851	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,289	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	292.25/cwt	292.25–292.25	2,607	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	289.25/cwt	289.25–289.25	2,704	90
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,565	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	416.00/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,664	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	436	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,591	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	360.73/cwt	354.00–365.00	1,649	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	377.53/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,839	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,782	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	349.10/cwt	344.50–352.00	1,962	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,882	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	313.95/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,921	10
Heifers	650–700	Large 2	666	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,798	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,927	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,001	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,051	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	286.15/cwt	281.00–289.00	2,261	196
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,152	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,154	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,212	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,805	6

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 May 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,453Last week 2,879Year ago 1,782

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	666	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	424.00	424.00
22	400–450	400	400.00–422.00	416.00
58	450–500	487	375.00–381.00	377.53
57	550–600	562	344.50–352.00	349.10
10	600–650	612	310.00–318.00	313.95
22	650–700	676	296.00	296.00
10	700–750	717	286.00	286.00
196	750–800	790	281.00–289.00	286.15
7	850–900	854	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	380.00	380.00
29	450–500	457	354.00–365.00	360.73
5	500–550	518	344.00	344.00
19	550–600	590	319.00	319.00
5	650–700	669	288.00	288.00
10	750–800	791	272.00	272.00
6	800–850	819	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	453.00	453.00
50	500–550	510	398.50–426.00	411.43
31	550–600	556	397.00–412.50	407.49
60	600–650	625	374.00–378.50	378.21
18	650–700	669	348.50	348.50
103	700–750	723	325.00–337.00	329.88
24	750–800	765	314.50–317.00	315.25
273	800–850	822	309.00–310.50	309.04
8	850–900	892	292.25	292.25
90	900–950	935	289.25	289.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	387.50	387.50
33	500–550	513	374.00–385.00	376.53
5	550–600	583	360.00	360.00
28	600–650	630	338.00–351.00	344.87
8	850–900	851	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	403.00	403.00

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.