Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2020-08-14

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
1,700 head
596 vs last sale 1,104 1,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale, yearling steers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher and yearling heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Yearlings came off of short, dry grass pastures as moderate to severe drought conditions prevail in the trade area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.75/cwt on 764 head.
Average price
$143.75
764 head · 866 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,245
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.25
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1851145.261,237651
Medium and Large 1-2792142.851,13127
Large 11,002132.531,32886
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale764 hd
143.75
NE average4 barns · 3,789 hd
145.99
−2.25
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

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1917131.83/cwt130.00–133.001,20924
HeifersMedium and Large 1605157.13/cwt151.50–160.0095130
HeifersMedium and Large 1669151.97/cwt145.50–156.501,01731
HeifersMedium and Large 1710144.74/cwt140.00–148.001,02878
HeifersMedium and Large 1976127.69/cwt125.50–129.501,24686
HeifersMedium and Large 1810137.22/cwt133.50–138.501,111137
SteersMedium and Large 1793143.66/cwt135.00–151.301,139107
SteersMedium and Large 1901143.96/cwt139.25–144.501,297138
SteersMedium and Large 1884143.76/cwt139.75–146.001,271233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2738150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2823143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1779
SteersMedium and Large 1-2791140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,10713
SteersLarge 11,023132.37/cwt127.00–133.101,35468
SteersMedium and Large 1623162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0126
SteersMedium and Large 1731155.87/cwt154.00–156.501,13920
SteersMedium and Large 1968134.25/cwt130.75–134.751,30024
SteersMedium and Large 1685160.34/cwt157.50–161.001,09832
SteersMedium and Large 1830147.12/cwt145.00–149.501,22191
HeifersMedium and Large 1888134.91/cwt134.00–136.501,198149
HeifersMedium and Large 1783139.48/cwt135.25–140.251,092168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774126.00/cwt126.00–126.009755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740133.00/cwt133.00–133.009846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695143.62/cwt142.25–145.0099810
SteersLarge 1924133.14/cwt131.50–133.751,23018

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.