Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2019-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was Crawford's first calf sale of the year so no trend will be given. There was a good crowd on hand today for good strings and packages of mainly preconditioned calves coming straight off the cow. Trade today was good with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale with some bidding from the internet. Crawford's next sale will be a special calf sale, expecting over 7000 head October 11 with weigh up cattle selling on Thursday October 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.70/cwt on 3,400 head.

Average price

$160.70

3,400 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$9.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	161.52	967	3,116
Medium and Large 1-2	585	151.68	887	284

One grade step is worth $9.84/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3,400 hd

160.70

—

NE average8 barns · 11,313 hd

155.42

+5.27

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,820	74.36	1,353	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,715	67.60	1,159	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,442	57.89	834	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,215	53.21	646	10

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	532	147.59/cwt	146.00–155.00	785	339
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	312	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,049	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	164.48/cwt	162.00–168.00	623	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	156.14/cwt	153.00–161.00	671	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	154.88/cwt	151.00–160.00	720	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	146.33/cwt	144.00–152.50	833	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	143.90/cwt	140.00–147.25	888	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	144.62/cwt	144.00–146.00	712	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	146.91/cwt	146.00–147.50	608	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	139.10/cwt	134.00–142.00	807	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	141.48/cwt	136.00–144.00	760	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,207	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	182.14/cwt	177.00–187.00	676	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	677	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	174.06/cwt	169.00–180.00	736	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	166.45/cwt	163.00–171.50	797	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	165.66/cwt	160.00–171.00	871	554
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	158.33/cwt	155.00–166.50	920	832
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	780	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,190	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	156.81/cwt	150.00–160.25	1,140	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	161.47/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,077	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	162.27/cwt	154.00–167.75	1,001	739
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	145.79/cwt	144.50–148.00	1,039	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	882	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	157.61/cwt	155.00–159.00	753	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	144.54/cwt	141.00–148.00	899	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	157.27/cwt	156.00–160.00	808	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	150.41/cwt	145.00–152.50	933	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	677	147.84/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,001	54
Bulls	—	—	2,065	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,704	1
Bulls	—	—	1,621	67.19/cwt	66.00–68.50	1,089	4
Bulls	—	—	1,881	76.64/cwt	72.50–79.50	1,442	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,483	54.48/cwt	52.50–56.50	808	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	50.21/cwt	45.50–53.00	602	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,292	55.77/cwt	54.00–58.00	721	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	689	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,117	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,190	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	1,270	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,468	60.14/cwt	58.00–63.50	883	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,381	56.22/cwt	55.50–57.00	776	4

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 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,112Last week 3,147Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 0Last week 148Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
339	—	532	146.00–155.00	147.59
10	—	813	129.00	129.00
37	—	379	162.00–168.00	164.48
63	—	430	153.00–161.00	156.14
181	—	465	151.00–160.00	154.88
193	—	569	144.00–152.50	146.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	617	140.00–147.25	143.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	609	132.50	132.50
23	—	492	144.00–146.00	144.62
26	—	414	146.00–147.50	146.91
44	—	580	134.00–142.00	139.10
120	—	537	136.00–144.00	141.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	312	165.00	165.00
11	—	411	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	865	139.50	139.50
26	—	371	177.00–187.00	182.14
78	—	423	169.00–180.00	174.06
157	—	479	163.00–171.50	166.45
554	—	526	160.00–171.00	165.66
832	—	581	155.00–166.50	158.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	418	162.00	162.00
16	—	713	144.50–148.00	145.79
20	—	588	150.00	150.00
26	—	478	155.00–159.00	157.61
44	—	622	141.00–148.00	144.54
73	—	514	156.00–160.00	157.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	780	152.50	152.50
189	—	727	150.00–160.25	156.81
383	—	667	152.00–165.00	161.47
739	—	617	154.00–167.75	162.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	620	145.00–152.50	150.41
54	—	677	146.00–150.00	147.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,065	82.50	82.50
4	—	1,621	66.00–68.50	67.19
9	—	1,881	72.50–79.50	76.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	52.50–56.50	54.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	45.50–53.00	50.21
3	—	1,292	54.00–58.00	55.77
1	—	1,085	63.50	63.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,596	70.00	70.00
1	—	2,190	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,468	58.00–63.50	60.14
4	—	1,381	55.50–57.00	56.22

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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