Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-09-05

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Sep 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,659 head

▼ 489 vs last sale 2,148▲ 1,659 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 19▲ 49 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 800 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower all on a limited test of the market within the weight groups. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Bulk of the yearling feeders were coming off the summer grass with some consignments coming out of grow yards. Packages of preg checked open heifers and bawling spring calves also sold in the mix.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.32/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −14.69 against this barn's trailing median of $419.01.

Average price

$404.32

22 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$30.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.64

vs NE average

+32.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.00	2,287	7thin
Medium and Large 1	571	394.67	2,255	15thin

One grade step is worth $30.33/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale22 hd

404.32

—

NE average4 barns · 104 hd

404.96

−0.64

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+32.81

This barn, trailing median16 sales

419.01

−14.69

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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $478.24, low $371.26, median $419.01 across 16 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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,357	$3,243	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,435	$2,885	27

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	229	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	427	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,161	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,270	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,474	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,515	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,585	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	375.72/cwt	364.75–378.00	3,092	156
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	357.51/cwt	344.75–367.00	3,103	192
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	352.28/cwt	334.00–354.00	3,185	61
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,181	11
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,451	178
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	324	490.73/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,590	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	454	461.39/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,095	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,435	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	359.23/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,644	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	780	352.22/cwt	351.50–353.00	2,747	41
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,545	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,722	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	334.50/cwt	327.00–341.50	2,786	365
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,900	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	890	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,928	83
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	330.63/cwt	325.00–335.00	3,062	98
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	944	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,096	20
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	944	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,841	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	975	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,988	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	326.62/cwt	321.00–328.50	3,191	35
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,180	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	598	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,272	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,436	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,357	3,242.79/head	3,150.00–3,325.00	3,243	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,435	2,885.00/head	2,885.00–2,885.00	2,885	27

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 Sep 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,659Last week 2,148Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	641	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	460.00	460.00
18	550–600	598	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	590	390.00	390.00
78	700–750	736	359.00–361.00	359.23
7	750–800	796	342.00	342.00
365	800–850	833	327.00–341.50	334.50
19	850–900	853	340.00	340.00
98	900–950	926	325.00–335.00	330.63
35	950–1000	977	321.00–328.50	326.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	324	485.00–515.00	490.73
5	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	454	455.00–470.00	461.39
7	550–600	550	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	750–800	780	351.50–353.00	352.22
83	850–900	890	329.00	329.00
20	900–950	944	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	944	301.00	301.00
11	950–1000	975	306.50	306.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
10	600–650	645	377.50	377.50
11	750–800	789	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	800–850	823	364.75–378.00	375.72
192	850–900	868	344.75–367.00	357.51
61	900–950	904	334.00–354.00	352.28
11	950–1000	958	332.00	332.00
178	1000–1050	1,030	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	200–250	229	1,425.00	1,425.00
6	400–450	427	506.00	506.00
20	450–500	473	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	589	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	621	405.00	405.00
9	700–750	747	346.00	346.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	1,435	2,885.00	2,885.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,357	3,150.00–3,325.00	3,242.79

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.