Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-10-09

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 9

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Receipts

5,817 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 5,824▲ 858 vs year ago 4,959 · +17.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Several lot loads the rest was packages of heifers and steers. Calves mostly made up of just weaned and a few long weaned. Most of the calves had precondition shots, with a few just spring shots. Prices looked like higher on a few weights, while lower on others. Demand moderate to good.

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 $468.71/cwt on 2,066 head, up $4.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +1.48 against this barn's trailing median of $467.23.

Average price

$468.71

▲ 4.88 vs prior sale

2,066 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$36.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.92

vs NE average

+38.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	474.98	2,598	1,713
Medium and Large 1-2	563	438.29	2,466	353

One grade step is worth $36.69/cwt here — about $131 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 sale2,066 hd

468.71

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NE average10 barns · 5,022 hd

457.79

+10.92

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+38.35

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.23

+1.48

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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $427.00, median $467.23 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

28 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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	695.17/cwt	690.00–700.00	2,211	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,047	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	591.38/cwt	572.50–620.00	2,241	56
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,444	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	496.60/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,120	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	549.36/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,351	297
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	528.38/cwt	510.00–562.50	2,531	433
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	476.75/cwt	458.00–502.50	2,303	91
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	503	520.71/cwt	519.00–521.00	2,619	70
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	493.48/cwt	468.00–514.00	2,581	813
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	449.34/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,417	182
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	453.00/cwt	440.00–482.00	2,600	830
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	426.53/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,512	171
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	425.56/cwt	408.00–436.00	2,638	451
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,488	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	415.74/cwt	387.50–425.00	2,756	456
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,707	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,791	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	579.48/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,947	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	539.10/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,962	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	523.62/cwt	497.00–548.00	2,199	280
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	487.75/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,073	54
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	472.17/cwt	452.50–486.00	2,252	345
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	439.70/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,150	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	447.54/cwt	423.00–462.00	2,318	333
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	412.80/cwt	397.50–417.50	2,221	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	412.40/cwt	382.50–423.00	2,359	299
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,118	12

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Fri Oct 9, 2026

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

Receipts 5,817Last week 5,824Year ago 4,959

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	318	690.00–700.00	695.17
56	350–400	379	572.50–620.00	591.38
297	400–450	428	530.00–575.00	549.36
433	450–500	479	510.00–562.50	528.38
813	500–550	523	468.00–514.00	493.48
830	550–600	574	440.00–482.00	453.00
451	600–650	620	408.00–436.00	425.56
456	650–700	663	387.50–425.00	415.74
6	700–750	703	385.00	385.00
31	750–800	769	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	595.00	595.00
23	400–450	427	495.00–500.00	496.60
91	450–500	483	458.00–502.50	476.75
182	500–550	538	447.50–465.00	449.34
171	550–600	589	420.00–430.00	426.53
5	600–650	642	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	404	605.00	605.00
70	500–550	503	519.00–521.00	520.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	336	570.00–610.00	579.48
57	350–400	364	520.00–550.00	539.10
280	400–450	420	497.00–548.00	523.62
345	450–500	477	452.50–486.00	472.17
333	500–550	518	423.00–462.00	447.54
299	550–600	572	382.50–423.00	412.40
12	650–700	662	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	400–450	425	480.00–495.00	487.75
59	450–500	489	438.00–440.00	439.70
29	500–550	538	397.50–417.50	412.80

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.