Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2025-10-24

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 24

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

Receipts

2,687 head

▲ 1,628 vs last sale 1,059▼ 669 vs year ago 3,356 · −19.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to as much as 30.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Not enough comparable offerings for six weight steer and heifer calves nor the yearling steers and heifers to establish a trend. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Nearly all the bawling calves had received 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 $450.70/cwt on 355 head. That ranks 8 of 15 comparable sales and sits −15.91 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$450.70

355 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$51.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.74

vs NE average

−7.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	451.42	2,492	350
Medium and Large 1-2	580	400.00	2,320	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.42/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale355 hd

450.70

—

NE average11 barns · 6,504 hd

478.43

−27.74

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−7.44

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−15.91

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,107	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	523.21/cwt	520.00–526.00	2,286	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,110	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	513.76/cwt	500.00–526.00	2,435	82
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,246	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	511	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,637	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	473.27/cwt	467.00–490.00	2,523	145
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	430.55/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,450	192
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,320	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	397.56/cwt	379.00–412.00	2,509	387
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	381.33/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,559	204
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	690	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,436	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	370.58/cwt	369.00–371.00	2,624	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,716	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,829	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,315	240
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,152	12
Steers	950–1000	Large 1Fleshy	968	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,952	17
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	991	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,280	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,931	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	481.12/cwt	470.00–493.00	2,011	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	454.72/cwt	450.00–477.00	2,178	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,045	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	417.31/cwt	406.00–436.00	2,203	211
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	375.50/cwt	372.00–380.00	2,092	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	572	380.44/cwt	379.00–381.00	2,176	68
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	406.20/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,348	211
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	379.96/cwt	368.00–393.00	2,333	267
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,456	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,527	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,685	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	333.08/cwt	331.00–334.50	2,771	124
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	890	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,617	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,045	19

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,687Last week 1,059Year ago 3,356

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	968	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	950–1000	991	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	539.00	539.00
16	400–450	437	520.00–526.00	523.21
82	450–500	474	500.00–526.00	513.76
145	500–550	533	467.00–490.00	473.27
192	550–600	569	420.00–446.00	430.55
240	850–900	896	370.00	370.00
12	900–950	927	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
387	600–650	631	379.00–412.00	397.56
204	650–700	671	375.00–389.00	381.33
30	700–750	708	369.00–371.00	370.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	690	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	471.00	471.00
8	450–500	498	451.00	451.00
5	550–600	580	400.00	400.00
12	750–800	785	346.00	346.00
12	800–850	832	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	511	516.00	516.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	426.00	426.00
68	550–600	572	379.00–381.00	380.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	522.00	522.00
53	400–450	418	470.00–493.00	481.12
47	450–500	479	450.00–477.00	454.72
211	500–550	528	406.00–436.00	417.31
211	550–600	578	397.00–419.00	406.20
16	700–750	739	342.00	342.00
9	750–800	767	350.00	350.00
124	800–850	832	331.00–334.50	333.08
19	1000–1050	1,015	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
267	600–650	614	368.00–393.00	379.96
13	650–700	684	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	890	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	557	372.00–380.00	375.50

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.