Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-03-06

Lexington

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 6
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849
Receipts
1,155 head
▼ 1,888 vs last sale 3,043▼ 1,424 vs year ago 2,579 · −55.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-800 lbs sold steady to 20.00 lower and heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $480.01/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 11 of 15 comparable sales and sits +13.41 against this barn's trailing median of $466.61.
Average price
$480.01
83 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−19.08
vs NE average
+4.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549480.012,63483
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 sale83 hd
480.01
—
NE average7 barns · 1,192 hd
499.10
−19.08
National average177 barns · 11,580 hd
475.56
+4.45
This barn, trailing median15 sales
466.61
+13.41
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
526489452416median 466.6103/0604/1706/1210/0910/30
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

18 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487499.00/cwt499.00–499.002,4305
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532500.30/cwt500.00–501.002,66250
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574449.28/cwt444.00–454.002,57933
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624436.03/cwt434.00–438.002,721134
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662411.35/cwt411.00–412.002,72340
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709398.75/cwt391.00–405.002,827253
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765371.01/cwt363.50–379.502,838145
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813368.50/cwt368.50–368.502,99661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383562.50/cwt562.50–562.502,1548
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477502.37/cwt500.00–507.002,39639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,31313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,50663
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625409.28/cwt400.00–419.002,55847
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664401.79/cwt381.00–409.002,668100
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726348.12/cwt348.00–348.252,52719
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,68129
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6659
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2087

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.