Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was good, steady to higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.79/cwt on 733 head.

Average price

$142.79

733 head · 885 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$11.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.55

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	888	143.21	1,272	707
Medium and Large 1-2	803	131.35	1,055	26

One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $217 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 sale733 hd

142.79

—

NE average5 barns · 8,107 hd

150.34

−7.55

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,215	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	151.30/cwt	151.00–152.00	1,154	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	151.38/cwt	150.50–151.50	996	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	137.63/cwt	135.00–138.25	1,058	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	134.36/cwt	128.75–135.00	1,161	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	135.10/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,109	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	144.04/cwt	136.50–147.00	1,030	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,085	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,259	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	127.90/cwt	127.00–128.50	1,159	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,253	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,064	110.76/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,178	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	140.11/cwt	134.00–143.50	944	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	147.27/cwt	144.50–147.75	900	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,395	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	155.25/cwt	147.00–155.75	1,141	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	144.49/cwt	137.50–146.00	1,260	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,331	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,049	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	138.68/cwt	136.00–141.00	933	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	999	21

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 1,275Year ago 3,147

Not enough to show a comparison to last week. Demand was good, steady to higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,107	114.50	114.50
9	—	634	154.00	154.00
19	—	824	147.50	147.50
40	—	763	151.00–152.00	151.30
45	—	658	150.50–151.50	151.38
58	—	1,065	131.00	131.00
86	—	735	147.00–155.75	155.25
95	—	872	137.50–146.00	144.49
348	—	951	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,049	117.50	117.50
17	—	673	136.00–141.00	138.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	769	135.00–138.25	137.63
78	—	864	128.75–135.00	134.36
124	—	821	132.00–136.00	135.10
222	—	715	136.50–147.00	144.04
14	—	1,011	124.50	124.50
15	—	906	127.00–128.50	127.90
22	—	981	127.75	127.75
22	—	1,064	105.00–113.00	110.76
30	—	674	134.00–143.50	140.11
58	—	611	144.50–147.75	147.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	987	118.00	118.00
7	—	893	121.50	121.50
21	—	826	121.00	121.00

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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