Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-08-22

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,148 head
▲ 734 vs last sale 1,414▲ 2,148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 0▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher with instances sharply higher and heifers over 800 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in the crowd with active internet bidding noticed. Bulk of the yearling feeders were coming off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. Few packages of fall calves along with the preg checked open heifers coming out of the breeding pastures and pens sold in the mix.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $415.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −51.61 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.
Average price
$415.00
9 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,411
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−50.61
vs NE average
+15.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581415.002,4119thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
415.00
—
NE average5 barns · 187 hd
465.61
−50.61
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+15.11
This barn, trailing median15 sales
466.61
−51.61
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
526489452416median 466.6103/0604/1706/1210/0910/30
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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,262$3,9257
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,341$3,8008

Every lot

34 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3527
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683396.50/cwt395.00–399.002,70855
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688359.29/cwt353.00–369.002,47220
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6869
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1793387.00/cwt387.00–387.003,0698
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816362.14/cwt358.00–370.002,95591
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy842338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,85023
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883346.50/cwt346.50–346.503,0609
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy903339.50/cwt339.50–339.503,06653
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1921363.74/cwt361.00–366.003,350383
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973345.30/cwt344.50–346.103,360119
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,018318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,23750
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,073324.79/cwt324.00–325.603,485237
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned300480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4407
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,1787
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3098
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full578375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1686
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy587326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9146
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,2778
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684358.63/cwt355.00–362.502,45357
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Spayed713335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3895
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,5477
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,86519
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy836306.50/cwt300.00–313.502,56241
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864348.19/cwt348.00–350.003,008151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed883346.31/cwt345.50–348.253,058540
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy915320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,92811
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919347.83/cwt344.50–349.003,19756
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1953333.68/cwt333.50–334.003,18050
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,013306.65/cwt304.00–311.003,10634
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050300.50/cwt300.50–300.503,1557
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2623,925.00/head3,925.00–3,925.003,9257
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3413,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8008

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.