Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.92/cwt on 452 head.

Average price

$131.92

452 head · 788 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$6.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.65

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	804	132.84	1,068	389
Medium and Large 1-2	685	126.25	865	63

One grade step is worth $6.59/cwt here — about $203 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 sale452 hd

131.92

—

NE average5 barns · 4,429 hd

138.57

−6.65

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

23 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 1-2	—	510	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	682	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,039	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	139.32/cwt	138.25–140.00	1,213	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	142.19/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,180	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	135.34/cwt	134.00–137.25	1,058	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	129.73/cwt	127.00–133.50	1,138	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	130.14/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,068	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	137.39/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,000	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	824	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,177	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	726	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	823	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,126	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	923	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	129.11/cwt	128.75–129.50	1,199	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	142.28/cwt	142.00–142.50	1,108	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	146.41/cwt	139.50–149.00	893	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	136.91/cwt	134.50–140.00	1,012	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,282	14

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 Sep 11, 2020

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

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No comparison due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	510	133.75	133.75
5	—	694	125.50	125.50
10	—	556	130.50	130.50
9	—	633	130.00	130.00
8	—	988	114.00	114.00
6	—	1,088	105.00	105.00
6	—	721	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	782	134.00–137.25	135.34
106	—	877	127.00–133.50	129.73
65	—	821	124.00–134.00	130.14
64	—	728	134.00–139.00	137.39
20	—	597	138.00	138.00
19	—	953	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	520	151.00	151.00
6	—	871	113.50	113.50
6	—	812	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	871	138.25–140.00	139.32
56	—	830	139.00–145.00	142.19
32	—	929	128.75–129.50	129.11
29	—	779	142.00–142.50	142.28
26	—	610	139.50–149.00	146.41
18	—	739	134.50–140.00	136.91
14	—	966	132.75	132.75

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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