Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-10-16

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 16

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

4,883 head

▼ 934 vs last sale 5,817▼ 374 vs year ago 5,257 · −7.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale made up mostly packages of heifers and steer calves. Most calves were just weaned and some long weaned. Precondition shots on most calves while some just spring shots. Prices on the lower side. 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 $453.73/cwt on 1,618 head, down $14.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −13.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.23.

Average price

$453.73

▼ 14.98 vs prior sale

1,618 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$26.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.56

vs NE average

+21.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	456.98	2,534	1,416
Medium and Large 1-2	531	430.92	2,288	202

One grade step is worth $26.06/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,618 hd

453.73

—

NE average9 barns · 5,181 hd

456.29

−2.56

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+21.44

This barn, trailing median12 sales

467.23

−13.50

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

30 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	349	667.50/cwt	667.50–667.50	2,330	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	597.24/cwt	575.00–608.00	2,216	74
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,136	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	540.26/cwt	520.00–565.00	2,291	109
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	494.69/cwt	465.00–511.00	2,142	67
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	508.30/cwt	482.50–531.00	2,394	416
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	453.28/cwt	444.00–480.00	2,139	77
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	477.59/cwt	452.50–497.50	2,493	481
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	432.56/cwt	410.00–449.00	2,288	196
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	567	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,620	161
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	443.13/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,535	774
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,257	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	415.24/cwt	395.00–432.00	2,554	262
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	628	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,663	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	382.29/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,435	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	391.60/cwt	370.00–409.00	2,596	187
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	364.14/cwt	362.00–366.00	2,436	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	389.94/cwt	389.00–396.00	2,749	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,581	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	464.45/cwt	460.00–467.50	1,644	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	515.16/cwt	480.00–522.00	1,978	53
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,862	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	478.78/cwt	457.50–493.00	2,059	204
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	446.81/cwt	425.00–467.50	2,109	253
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	408.30/cwt	394.00–420.00	1,984	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	395.93/cwt	385.00–407.50	2,051	132
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	425.36/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,216	350
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	400.06/cwt	372.50–412.00	2,256	140
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	357.04/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,107	68
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	360.37/cwt	355.00–368.00	2,220	20

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 4,883Last week 5,817Year ago 5,257

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
161	550–600	567	462.00	462.00
45	600–650	628	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	667.50	667.50
74	350–400	371	575.00–608.00	597.24
109	400–450	424	520.00–565.00	540.26
416	450–500	471	482.50–531.00	508.30
481	500–550	522	452.50–497.50	477.59
774	550–600	572	420.00–455.00	443.13
262	600–650	615	395.00–432.00	415.24
187	650–700	663	370.00–409.00	391.60
52	700–750	705	389.00–396.00	389.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	545.00	545.00
67	400–450	433	465.00–511.00	494.69
77	450–500	472	444.00–480.00	453.28
196	500–550	529	410.00–449.00	432.56
6	550–600	598	377.50	377.50
97	600–650	637	375.00–385.00	382.29
11	650–700	669	362.00–366.00	364.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	313	505.00	505.00
15	350–400	354	460.00–467.50	464.45
23	400–450	428	435.00	435.00
60	450–500	486	394.00–420.00	408.30
132	500–550	518	385.00–407.50	395.93
68	550–600	590	352.50–365.00	357.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	384	480.00–522.00	515.16
204	400–450	430	457.50–493.00	478.78
253	450–500	472	425.00–467.50	446.81
350	500–550	521	415.00–450.00	425.36
140	550–600	564	372.50–412.00	400.06
20	600–650	616	355.00–368.00	360.37

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.