Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's run of calves, this weeks supply of flyweight steers sold 5.00-8.00 lower, other weights old steady with instances 5.00 lower. Heifer calves sold mostly steady. Quite a few load lots with some packages sold. Next Thursday October 15th special weighup sale, Friday October 16th will be a special calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.03/cwt on 3,979 head.

Average price

$166.03

3,979 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$6.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	167.06	904	3,379
Medium and Large 1-2	492	160.27	789	600

One grade step is worth $6.78/cwt here — about $115 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 sale3,979 hd

166.03

—

NE average10 barns · 16,848 hd

156.60

+9.43

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

29 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	—	322	178.03/cwt	173.00–180.00	573	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	161.69/cwt	159.00–173.00	611	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	145.93/cwt	143.00–148.00	911	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	150.06/cwt	144.00–153.50	852	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	165.29/cwt	155.00–173.00	704	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	157.93/cwt	153.00–163.00	742	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	818	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	146.24/cwt	145.00–147.00	918	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	149.54/cwt	144.50–159.50	794	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	973	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	173.96/cwt	171.00–175.00	635	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	587	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	181.89/cwt	176.00–188.00	678	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	702	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	178.62/cwt	170.00–187.00	784	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	170.92/cwt	170.00–171.00	721	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	138.29/cwt	137.50–141.00	810	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	780	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	176.05/cwt	168.00–180.50	827	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	162.58/cwt	157.00–168.00	789	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	151.90/cwt	147.00–155.00	808	589
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	161.98/cwt	151.00–169.00	922	851
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	186.87/cwt	183.00–195.00	624	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	169.37/cwt	163.50–175.00	896	1,052
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	254	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	152.97/cwt	149.50–157.00	1,043	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	158.30/cwt	148.50–162.50	986	573

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 Oct 9, 2020

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

Receipts 6,800Last week 5,566Year ago 4,495

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	322	173.00–180.00	178.03
36	—	378	159.00–173.00	161.69
47	—	624	143.00–148.00	145.93
168	—	568	144.00–153.50	150.06
331	—	426	155.00–173.00	165.29
335	—	470	153.00–163.00	157.93
589	—	532	147.00–155.00	151.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	386	152.00	152.00
9	—	453	155.00	155.00
18	—	586	137.50–141.00	138.29
104	—	534	145.00–147.00	146.01
5	—	620	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	712	141.50	141.50
23	—	560	146.00	146.00
23	—	628	145.00–147.00	146.24
107	—	531	144.50–159.50	149.54
17	—	690	141.00	141.00
32	—	365	171.00–175.00	173.96
115	—	422	170.00–171.00	170.92
274	—	485	157.00–168.00	162.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	373	176.00–188.00	181.89
223	—	439	170.00–187.00	178.62
465	—	470	168.00–180.50	176.05
851	—	569	151.00–169.00	161.98
18	—	334	183.00–195.00	186.87
1,052	—	529	163.50–175.00	169.37
5	—	254	207.50	207.50
113	—	682	149.50–157.00	152.97
573	—	623	148.50–162.50	158.30

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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