Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-10-10

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 10

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17 →

Receipts

1,051 head

▼ 1,328 vs last sale 2,379▼ 722 vs year ago 1,773 · −40.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the bawling steer and heifer calves over 500 lbs sold unevenly steady. The groups of preg checked open heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Around 200 head of the calves had not received fall vaccinations with some of those not having vaccinations any time in their lives, all selling at a sizable discount.

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 $419.82/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 9 of 16 comparable sales and sits +0.81 against this barn's trailing median of $419.01.

Average price

$419.82

218 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$7.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.67

vs NE average

+35.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	427.00	2,233	15thin
Medium and Large 1	538	419.29	2,257	203

One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about −$23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale218 hd

419.82

—

NE average9 barns · 1,682 hd

424.49

−4.67

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

+35.43

This barn, trailing median16 sales

419.01

+0.81

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.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,513	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,895	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	576.12/cwt	541.00–582.00	2,143	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	531.13/cwt	519.00–543.00	2,252	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	492.67/cwt	486.00–498.00	2,133	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	495.09/cwt	482.00–515.00	2,446	88
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,258	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	466.78/cwt	459.00–469.00	2,479	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	435.53/cwt	431.00–438.00	2,574	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	423.35/cwt	412.00–434.00	2,587	125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	1,709	24
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,680	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	468.23/cwt	460.00–478.00	1,765	75
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	1,988	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	483.21/cwt	481.00–490.00	2,025	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	469.27/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,140	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	523	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,233	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	424.40/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,258	167
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	395.57/cwt	389.00–400.00	2,243	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,719	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,881	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,870	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,898	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,036	297.53/cwt	290.00–310.00	3,082	13
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,087	293.74/cwt	291.00–298.00	3,193	38
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,615	11

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 Oct 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,051Last week 2,379Year ago 1,773

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	309	553.00	553.00
5	350–400	383	519.00	519.00
41	400–450	419	481.00–490.00	483.21
56	450–500	456	460.00–475.00	469.27
167	500–550	532	420.00–428.00	424.40
36	550–600	567	389.00–400.00	395.57
15	750–800	795	342.00	342.00
5	800–850	845	341.00	341.00
5	850–900	862	333.00	333.00
5	900–950	920	315.00	315.00
13	1000–1050	1,036	290.00–310.00	297.53
38	1050–1100	1,087	291.00–298.00	293.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	523	427.00	427.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	500.00	500.00
75	350–400	377	460.00–478.00	468.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	585.00	585.00
50	350–400	372	541.00–582.00	576.12
32	400–450	424	519.00–543.00	531.13
88	450–500	494	482.00–515.00	495.09
44	500–550	531	459.00–469.00	466.78
62	550–600	591	431.00–438.00	435.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	470.00	470.00
24	400–450	433	486.00–498.00	492.67
22	500–550	525	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
125	600–650	611	412.00–434.00	423.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	327	494.00	494.00

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.