Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads with rest packages of heifers and steers. Some coming off dry short grass. With heifers being preg. checked open plus a few spayed, and a few weaned fall calves. Prices on the mixed side prices higher on some weights while lower on others from three weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.00/cwt on 12 head, down $57.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −60.30 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$427.00

▼ 57.17 vs prior sale

12 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+25.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	427.00	2,302	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.56, low $427.00, median $487.30 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

427.00

—

NE average1 barns · 12 hd

427.00

+0.00

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+25.12

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−60.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 lots · USDA AMS · Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,147	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	3,014	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	333.89/cwt	331.00–339.00	2,561	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	316.18/cwt	315.50–317.50	3,048	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	332.66/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,957	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	348.15/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,521	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	306.25/cwt	299.00–309.50	3,323	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	359.17/cwt	353.50–363.50	2,776	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	327.79/cwt	323.00–328.50	3,196	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,302	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	337.10/cwt	331.50–339.00	3,081	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	341.41/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,759	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	274.74/cwt	262.50–282.50	2,937	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	322.70/cwt	317.00–323.00	3,240	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,861	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	337.83/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,905	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	793	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	330.63/cwt	325.00–336.50	3,052	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,592	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,429	16

How this sale compares

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.

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Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	416	432.50	432.50
12	500–550	547	392.50	392.50
6	600–650	646	365.00	365.00
14	750–800	767	331.00–339.00	333.89
37	800–850	808	338.00–343.00	341.41
37	850–900	889	332.00–337.00	332.66
93	900–950	923	325.00–336.50	330.63
29	950–1000	964	315.50–317.50	316.18
51	1050–1100	1,069	262.50–282.50	274.74
13	1100–1150	1,106	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	793	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	736	330.00	330.00
8	800–850	823	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	472.50	472.50
12	500–550	539	427.00	427.00
5	600–650	624	417.50	417.50
7	650–700	664	387.50	387.50
37	700–750	724	340.00–358.00	348.15
52	750–800	773	353.50–363.50	359.17
5	800–850	831	339.00	339.00
56	850–900	860	337.00–340.00	337.83
169	900–950	914	331.50–339.00	337.10
71	950–1000	975	323.00–328.50	327.79
165	1000–1050	1,004	317.00–323.00	322.70
16	1050–1100	1,085	299.00–309.50	306.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	894	320.00	320.00

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.

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