Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-10-17

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 17

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

1,059 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 1,051▼ 1,213 vs year ago 2,272 · −53.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold sharply higher and heifer calves sold steady to 10.00 lower with yearling heifers selling steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd. Most all of the bawling calves had received one round of fall vaccinations.

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 $472.92/cwt on 319 head. That ranks 10 of 15 comparable sales and sits +6.31 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$472.92

319 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$78.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.92

vs NE average

+3.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	483.79	2,705	275
Medium and Large 1-2	589	404.96	2,385	44

One grade step is worth $78.83/cwt here — about $319 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale319 hd

472.92

—

NE average10 barns · 5,692 hd

496.84

−23.92

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+3.88

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

+6.31

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.

Every lot

23 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	512.22/cwt	505.00–527.00	2,213	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	561.65/cwt	555.00–564.00	2,449	69
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	524.77/cwt	518.00–535.00	2,540	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	500.98/cwt	496.00–506.00	2,450	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	517.84/cwt	508.00–524.00	2,631	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	465.82/cwt	445.00–476.00	2,730	180
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	404.96/cwt	404.00–413.00	2,385	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	456.52/cwt	416.00–469.00	2,794	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	387.57/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,635	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,147	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,941	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,989	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	450.34/cwt	436.00–476.00	2,157	78
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,907	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	416.59/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,258	141
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,082	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	398.76/cwt	398.00–403.00	2,345	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,201	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,352	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,859	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,009	10
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,070	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,296	6

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 1,059Last week 1,051Year ago 2,272

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	590.00	590.00
12	350–400	397	501.00	501.00
20	400–450	435	470.00	470.00
78	450–500	479	436.00–476.00	450.34
141	500–550	542	400.00–425.00	416.59
38	550–600	588	398.00–403.00	398.76
16	800–850	841	340.00	340.00
10	900–950	933	322.50	322.50
6	1050–1100	1,070	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	489	390.00	390.00
7	550–600	572	364.00	364.00
10	600–650	620	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	674	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	400–450	436	555.00–564.00	561.65
46	450–500	484	518.00–535.00	524.77
95	500–550	508	508.00–524.00	517.84
180	550–600	586	445.00–476.00	465.82
54	800–850	837	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	612	416.00–469.00	456.52
25	650–700	680	380.00–392.00	387.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	432	505.00–527.00	512.22
10	450–500	489	496.00–506.00	500.98
44	550–600	589	404.00–413.00	404.96

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.