Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale for a month. No comparables.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.67/cwt on 909 head.

Average price

$141.67

909 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$14.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	142.45	895	858
Medium and Large 1-2	650	128.42	835	51

One grade step is worth $14.04/cwt here — about $60 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 sale909 hd

141.67

—

NE average4 barns · 2,146 hd

131.02

+10.64

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	—	Low	1,598	75.28	1,203	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,308	61.68	807	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,262	54.21	684	40

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	726	137.13/cwt	125.50–138.25	996	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	148.91/cwt	142.50–154.50	785	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	589	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	809	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,084	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	714	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,075	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	132.01/cwt	130.00–135.00	785	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	895	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	129.20/cwt	125.00–132.00	813	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	978	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	152.05/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,019	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	191.86/cwt	181.00–194.00	806	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,055	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	172.99/cwt	168.00–177.00	818	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	164.50/cwt	156.00–167.50	941	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	167.60/cwt	156.50–173.50	1,027	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	125.29/cwt	124.00–125.50	1,061	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	138.17/cwt	134.50–144.25	1,000	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	166.29/cwt	156.00–170.00	866	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	153.60/cwt	153.00–155.50	978	37
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	911	95.42/cwt	88.00–104.00	869	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	78.73/cwt	68.50–87.00	821	14
Bulls	—	—	1,045	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	585	1
Bulls	—	—	1,662	83.81/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,393	3
Bulls	—	—	1,670	74.02/cwt	71.50–78.00	1,236	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	61.68/cwt	57.00–67.00	807	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	40.51/cwt	37.00–45.50	410	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	55.32/cwt	46.00–58.00	709	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	643	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	150.93/cwt	140.00–154.25	981	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	927	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	149.39/cwt	145.00–156.00	726	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	154.93/cwt	151.00–158.00	685	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	925	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	142.60/cwt	141.00–150.00	821	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	147.47/cwt	142.00–150.50	933	97

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 Apr 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,873Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 0Year ago 0

No sale for a month. No comparables.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	726	125.50–138.25	137.13
151	—	527	142.50–154.50	148.91
6	—	338	177.50	177.50
13	—	375	171.50	171.50
43	—	650	140.00–154.25	150.93
43	—	789	117.50	117.50
56	—	486	145.00–156.00	149.39
69	—	442	151.00–158.00	154.93
76	—	849	109.00	109.00
85	—	576	141.00–150.00	142.60
97	—	633	142.00–150.50	147.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	589	168.50	168.50
10	—	809	134.00	134.00
71	—	714	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	689	132.00	132.00
10	—	595	130.00–135.00	132.01
10	—	740	121.00	121.00
26	—	629	125.00–132.00	129.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	182.50	182.50
6	—	307	225.00	225.00
9	—	931	105.00	105.00
27	—	670	148.00–154.00	152.05
42	—	420	181.00–194.00	191.86
45	—	787	134.00	134.00
47	—	473	168.00–177.00	172.99
61	—	572	156.00–167.50	164.50
77	—	613	156.50–173.50	167.60
87	—	847	124.00–125.50	125.29
107	—	724	134.50–144.25	138.17
165	—	521	156.00–170.00	166.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	720	118.00	118.00
37	—	637	153.00–155.50	153.60

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	911	88.00–104.00	95.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,043	68.50–87.00	78.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	56.00	56.00
3	—	1,662	83.00–85.00	83.81
5	—	1,670	71.50–78.00	74.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,308	57.00–67.00	61.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,013	37.00–45.50	40.51
37	—	1,282	46.00–58.00	55.32

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle