Sale reports / Nebraska / Lexington / 2026-10-02

Lexington

Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2026-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Lexington, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 2

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1849

← Sep 18Oct 2Oct 9 →

Receipts

657 head

▼ 1,052 vs last sale 1,709▼ 1,722 vs year ago 2,379 · −72.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Short consignment sheet of bawling spring calves and pregnancy checked open yearling heifers on offer. Compared to two weeks ago steer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and feeder heifers 800-1000 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from a smaller than normal number of buyers in the seats.

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 $371.26/cwt on 54 head, down $43.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −47.75 against this barn's trailing median of $419.01.

Average price

$371.26

▼ 43.75 vs prior sale

54 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−52.18

vs NE average

+18.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	371.26	1,908	54

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 sale54 hd

371.26

—

NE average5 barns · 892 hd

423.44

−52.18

National average184 barns · 12,638 hd

352.66

+18.60

This barn, trailing median16 sales

419.01

−47.75

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

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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	1,773	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,964	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,238	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,010	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,354	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,478	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,486	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,377	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,322	8
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,032	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,972	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,558	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,682	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	419.03/cwt	418.00–421.00	1,781	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,056	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	371.26/cwt	364.00–377.00	1,908	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,201	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,571	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	298.49/cwt	298.00–299.00	2,824	44
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,868	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	985	274.99/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,709	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,028	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,673	34
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,071	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,870	29

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 2, 2026

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

Receipts 657Last week 1,709Year ago 2,379

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	461.00	461.00
8	350–400	368	457.00	457.00
49	450–500	463	444.00	444.00
8	800–850	836	307.50	307.50
44	900–950	946	298.00–299.00	298.49
7	950–1000	979	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	425	418.00–421.00	419.03
5	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
54	500–550	514	364.00–377.00	371.26
12	650–700	662	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	985	270.00–280.00	274.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1000–1050	1,028	260.00	260.00
29	1050–1100	1,071	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	511.00	511.00
10	350–400	392	501.00	501.00
26	400–450	438	511.00	511.00
29	450–500	469	502.00	502.00
53	500–550	547	453.00	453.00
45	550–600	550	452.00	452.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	438	459.00	459.00
54	550–600	566	420.00	420.00
8	600–650	600	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,032	288.00	288.00

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.