Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-01-23

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 23

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

1,118 head

▼ 4,453 vs last sale 5,571▼ 1,542 vs year ago 2,660 · −58.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower all on a thin test of the market. Demand was moderate to good from a smaller number of buyers in the crowd.

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 $455.46/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 8 of 15 comparable sales and sits −11.15 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.

Average price

$455.46

113 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−50.91

vs NE average

−9.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	455.46	2,448	113

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 sale113 hd

455.46

—

NE average7 barns · 2,666 hd

506.37

−50.91

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−9.87

This barn, trailing median15 sales

466.61

−11.15

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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	490.62/cwt	487.50–501.00	2,134	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	459.91/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,433	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	437.06/cwt	429.00–440.00	2,500	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	451.80/cwt	441.00–464.00	2,801	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,648	65
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,605	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,485	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	709	377.67/cwt	376.00–379.00	2,678	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	401.68/cwt	392.00–403.50	2,884	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	773	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,806	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	375.56/cwt	369.00–379.00	2,918	53
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	823	346.90/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,855	45
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,971	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,967	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,073	15
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,051	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,321	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,980	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,204	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	509	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,189	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,329	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,296	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,247	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	602	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,492	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	385.13/cwt	380.00–390.50	2,372	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	694	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,707	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	356.04/cwt	350.00–360.50	2,553	63
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	783	326.25/cwt	323.50–327.00	2,555	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,677	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	826	317.73/cwt	314.50–319.00	2,624	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,768	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,676	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 Jan 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,118Last week 5,571Year ago 2,660

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	509	430.00	430.00
14	550–600	550	417.50	417.50
42	750–800	783	323.50–327.00	326.25
18	800–850	826	314.50–319.00	317.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	542.50	542.50
5	450–500	468	471.00	471.00
10	500–550	521	447.00	447.00
58	600–650	616	380.00–390.50	385.13
63	700–750	717	350.00–360.50	356.04
20	750–800	785	341.00	341.00
27	850–900	893	310.00	310.00
6	900–950	939	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	593	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	602	414.00	414.00
31	650–700	694	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	435	487.50–501.00	490.62
91	500–550	529	450.00–467.50	459.91
22	550–600	572	429.00–440.00	437.06
65	600–650	632	419.00	419.00
33	650–700	691	377.00	377.00
7	700–750	700	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	620	441.00–464.00	451.80
84	700–750	718	392.00–403.50	401.68
53	750–800	777	369.00–379.00	375.56
21	800–850	838	354.50	354.50
6	850–900	870	341.00	341.00
15	900–950	912	337.00	337.00
8	1050–1100	1,051	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	700–750	709	376.00–379.00	377.67
10	750–800	773	363.00	363.00
45	800–850	823	345.00–347.50	346.90

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.