Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-05-30

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-30

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, May 30

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← May 2May 30Jun 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,444 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 1,453▲ 1,444 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 0▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very 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 $401.70/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −64.91 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$401.70

56 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$128

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.57

vs NE average

+27.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	524	405.00	2,122	19thin
Medium and Large 1	563	400.00	2,250	37

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about −$128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale56 hd

401.70

—

NE average4 barns · 668 hd

419.27

−17.57

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+27.56

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−64.91

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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,812	$3,929	12

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	503	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,012	8
Steers	500–550	Large 1	524	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,122	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	579	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,316	29
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	627	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,906	7
Steers	600–650	Large 1	628	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,185	30
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	663	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,029	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	735	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,433	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,477	27
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	306.26/cwt	296.50–309.50	2,704	192
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	2,675	44
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	2,849	125
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,904	124
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,056	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,962	109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	489	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,834	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	503	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,700	14
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	512	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,925	19
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	588	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,711	15
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	612	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,185	40
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	640	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,914	48
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,114	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,334	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	282.52/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,348	127
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	282.62/cwt	282.00–283.25	2,431	132
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,402	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,977	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,120	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1	1,812	3,929.27/head	3,900.00–3,960.00	3,929	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 May 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,444Last week 1,453Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	569	347.50	347.50
5	750–800	757	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	503	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	850–900	883	296.50–309.50	306.26
44	900–950	920	290.75	290.75
125	950–1000	980	290.75	290.75
124	1000–1050	1,005	289.00	289.00
109	1050–1100	1,056	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	524	405.00	405.00
30	600–650	628	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	579	400.00	400.00
13	700–750	735	331.00	331.00
27	750–800	790	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	627	304.00	304.00
41	650–700	663	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	750–800	769	303.50	303.50
127	800–850	831	280.00–286.00	282.52
132	850–900	860	282.00–283.25	282.62
7	900–950	903	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	489	375.00	375.00
51	650–700	693	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	503	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	588	291.00	291.00
48	600–650	640	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	512	376.00	376.00
40	600–650	612	357.00	357.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,812	3,900.00–3,960.00	3,929.27

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.