Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-08-08

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 8

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22 →

Receipts

1,414 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 1,386▲ 1,414 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs and heifers over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady. 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 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb steers averaged $510.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −65.00 against this barn's trailing median of $575.00.

Average price

$510.00

7 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.00

vs NE average

+27.94 vs national

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	392	510.00	1,999	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

510.00

—

NE average2 barns · 15 hd

526.00

−16.00

National average133 barns · 2,727 hd

482.06

+27.94

This barn, trailing median5 sales

575.00

−65.00

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 300–400 lb

5 sales

Steers 300–400 lb: high $624.00, low $504.33, median $575.00 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	392	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,999	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	356.75/cwt	356.75–356.75	2,886	55
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,986	110
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	323.38/cwt	316.00–324.00	3,040	100
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	326.70/cwt	319.00–330.00	3,189	762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	318.07/cwt	316.00–321.50	2,634	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	869	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,842	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	303.60/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,675	49
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	307.91/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,888	53
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fancy	963	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,091	57
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,962	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,017	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,178	27
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,101	9

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 Aug 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,414Last week 1,386Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs and heifers over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	660	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	828	316.00–321.50	318.07
49	850–900	881	300.00–309.00	303.60
53	900–950	938	307.00–312.00	307.91
13	950–1000	976	303.50	303.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,073	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	950–1000	963	321.00	321.00
27	1000–1050	1,017	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	850–900	869	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	800–850	809	356.75	356.75
110	850–900	882	338.50	338.50
100	900–950	940	316.00–324.00	323.38
762	950–1000	976	319.00–330.00	326.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	392	510.00	510.00

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.