Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with no other comparisons. There was a good crowd on hand today for good strings and packages of mainly preconditioned calves coming strait off the cow. Trade was good today with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale with some bidding from the internet. Crawford's next sale will be a feeder calf sale October 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.92/cwt on 3,932 head.

Average price

$157.92

3,932 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$8.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.45

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	159.03	909	3,401
Medium and Large 1-2	564	150.78	850	531

One grade step is worth $8.25/cwt here — about $59 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 sale3,932 hd

157.92

—

NE average13 barns · 23,776 hd

158.37

−0.45

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

29 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 1Replacement	—	512	154.02/cwt	151.00–158.00	789	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	167.14/cwt	165.00–169.00	552	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	159.30/cwt	155.00–161.00	605	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	150.01/cwt	143.00–156.00	627	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	141.03/cwt	135.00–145.00	798	405
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	141.65/cwt	138.00–148.00	746	446
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	145.88/cwt	139.50–152.00	686	579
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	695	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	136.40/cwt	130.00–139.75	837	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	127.72/cwt	125.00–132.00	736	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	135.21/cwt	133.00–135.50	718	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	195.94/cwt	192.00–200.00	701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	704	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	179.59/cwt	176.50–187.00	769	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	170.59/cwt	166.00–180.50	824	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	163.99/cwt	158.50–172.00	856	556
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	155.00/cwt	150.00–159.50	888	1,143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	704	152.41/cwt	143.50–156.00	1,073	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	150.66/cwt	147.00–157.50	1,011	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	155.58/cwt	149.00–158.50	960	929
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	166.66/cwt	160.00–173.50	710	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	144.06/cwt	130.00–147.00	820	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	153.24/cwt	142.00–156.50	812	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	161.85/cwt	151.00–164.00	793	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	726	137.44/cwt	136.50–138.50	998	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	138.28/cwt	136.00–140.00	857	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	658	142.94/cwt	137.00–146.50	941	125

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 18, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	512	151.00–158.00	154.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	330	165.00–169.00	167.14
56	—	380	155.00–161.00	159.30
181	—	418	143.00–156.00	150.01
405	—	566	135.00–145.00	141.03
446	—	527	138.00–148.00	141.65
579	—	470	139.50–152.00	145.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	136.00	136.00
83	—	614	130.00–139.75	136.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	390	150.00	150.00
49	—	576	125.00–132.00	127.72
69	—	531	133.00–135.50	135.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	192.00–200.00	195.94
10	—	337	209.00	209.00
179	—	428	176.50–187.00	179.59
263	—	483	166.00–180.50	170.59
556	—	522	158.50–172.00	163.99
1,143	—	573	150.00–159.50	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	704	143.50–156.00	152.41
171	—	671	147.00–157.50	150.66
929	—	617	149.00–158.50	155.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	171.00	171.00
31	—	426	160.00–173.50	166.66
86	—	569	130.00–147.00	144.06
91	—	530	142.00–156.50	153.24
132	—	490	151.00–164.00	161.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	726	136.50–138.50	137.44
33	—	620	136.00–140.00	138.28
125	—	658	137.00–146.50	142.94

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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