Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a couple of weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from start to finish.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.02/cwt on 1,554 head.

Average price

$149.02

1,554 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$20.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.33

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	150.53	892	1,442
Medium and Large 1-2	681	129.55	882	112

One grade step is worth $20.98/cwt here — about $9 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 sale1,554 hd

149.02

—

NE average6 barns · 7,558 hd

144.69

+4.33

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	1,814	73.10	1,326	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	60.94	799	106
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,250	51.83	648	57

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	—	—	1,993	79.40/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,582	2
Bulls	—	—	1,782	71.95/cwt	69.00–76.50	1,282	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	37.76/cwt	35.00–39.00	448	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	52.76/cwt	45.00–56.00	664	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	60.34/cwt	56.00–65.00	827	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	119.40/cwt	119.00–119.50	964	26
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	79.01/cwt	70.00–85.00	869	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	193.46/cwt	193.00–194.00	724	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,137	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	150.99/cwt	147.50–153.75	1,095	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	197.73/cwt	195.00–201.00	819	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	135.13/cwt	128.50–138.50	1,035	37
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	963	95.39/cwt	89.50–103.00	919	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	123.54/cwt	123.00–124.75	1,081	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	185.73/cwt	176.50–192.00	979	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	169.30/cwt	165.00–174.25	1,067	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	189.55/cwt	178.00–194.00	898	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	155.90/cwt	149.00–162.50	1,043	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	141.69/cwt	139.00–145.00	842	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	179.86/cwt	172.00–186.50	1,034	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	143.59/cwt	138.00–145.00	991	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	160.95/cwt	151.00–168.00	913	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	892	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	167.73/cwt	161.00–175.00	790	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	139.61/cwt	132.00–145.50	927	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	156.82/cwt	154.00–161.00	886	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	145.05/cwt	139.00–150.00	899	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	786	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	177.60/cwt	176.00–182.00	655	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	139.02/cwt	129.50–139.50	1,019	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	167.47/cwt	166.50–173.00	713	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	120.88/cwt	118.50–121.25	914	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	165.45/cwt	154.00–169.00	857	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	118.79/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,041	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,000	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	450	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,193	62.12/cwt	56.00–66.00	741	36

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 Mar 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,035Last week 2,732Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 226Last week 172Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 356Year ago 0

First reported sale in a couple of weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from start to finish.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,993	78.00–81.00	79.40
11	—	1,782	69.00–76.50	71.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	35.00–39.00	37.76
53	—	1,258	45.00–56.00	52.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,371	56.00–65.00	60.34
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	45.00	45.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,193	56.00–66.00	62.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	807	119.00–119.50	119.40
159	—	471	161.00–175.00	167.73
253	—	664	132.00–145.50	139.61
265	—	565	154.00–161.00	156.82
276	—	620	139.00–150.00	145.05
41	—	369	176.00–182.00	177.60
80	—	733	129.50–139.50	139.02
89	—	426	166.50–173.00	167.47
97	—	756	118.50–121.25	120.88
146	—	518	154.00–169.00	165.45
10	—	876	118.00–120.00	118.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	594	139.00–145.00	141.69
84	—	719	124.00	124.00
8	—	499	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	374	193.00–194.00	193.46
23	—	902	126.00	126.00
25	—	725	147.50–153.75	150.99
26	—	414	195.00–201.00	197.73
37	—	766	128.50–138.50	135.13
46	—	875	123.00–124.75	123.54
66	—	527	176.50–192.00	185.73
125	—	810	134.00	134.00
128	—	630	165.00–174.25	169.30
130	—	474	178.00–194.00	189.55
132	—	669	149.00–162.50	155.90
286	—	575	172.00–186.50	179.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	647	148.00	148.00
5	—	748	139.00	139.00
54	—	690	138.00–145.00	143.59
68	—	567	151.00–168.00	160.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,100	70.00–85.00	79.01
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	963	89.50–103.00	95.39

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

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Feeder Cattle

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