Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, flyweight feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower while heavier steers traded 5.00-10.00 lower. All feeder heifer calves sold mostly 10.00-15.00 lower. Buyer attendance and participation good, though activity trailed off towards the end of the sale. Friday's sale consisted mostly of bawling calves with precondition shots. A number of good quality load lots and packages coming out of dry country on offer. Next special calf sale is October 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.81/cwt on 3,719 head.

Average price

$155.81

3,719 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$9.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.44

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	157.14	879	3,215
Medium and Large 1-2	533	147.36	786	504

One grade step is worth $9.77/cwt here — about $93 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 sale3,719 hd

155.81

—

NE average10 barns · 17,453 hd

156.25

−0.44

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

30 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	—	378	153.14/cwt	149.00–155.50	579	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	131.24/cwt	126.00–135.00	869	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	131.19/cwt	125.00–136.00	807	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	148.23/cwt	141.00–155.50	646	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	138.96/cwt	134.00–145.50	659	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	136.05/cwt	129.00–144.50	770	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	712	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	145.03/cwt	139.00–149.50	982	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	185.72/cwt	179.00–187.50	589	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	138.44/cwt	135.50–141.00	1,013	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	138.29/cwt	129.00–144.50	726	554
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	175.30/cwt	168.00–183.00	773	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	171.23/cwt	166.00–181.50	822	502
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	158.64/cwt	151.00–165.75	849	712
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	151.53/cwt	140.00–157.50	943	862
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	151.20/cwt	141.00–156.50	872	931
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.24/cwt	128.00–142.00	642	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	128.87/cwt	125.00–133.00	747	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	127.54/cwt	123.00–131.00	782	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	150.39/cwt	141.00–156.00	495	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	143.66/cwt	135.00–147.00	546	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	137.31/cwt	136.00–138.00	604	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	156.03/cwt	146.00–162.50	751	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	161.26/cwt	154.00–166.00	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.62/cwt	123.00–133.50	661	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	165.98/cwt	161.00–169.00	621	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	870	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	139.61/cwt	129.50–146.00	871	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	137.38/cwt	130.00–142.00	793	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	145.54/cwt	131.00–147.50	771	109

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 5,590Last week 6,800Year ago 6,469

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	378	149.00–155.50	153.14
27	—	662	126.00–135.00	131.24
95	—	615	125.00–136.00	131.19
176	—	436	141.00–155.50	148.23
194	—	474	134.00–145.50	138.96
194	—	566	129.00–144.50	136.05
554	—	525	129.00–144.50	138.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	475	128.00–142.00	135.24
77	—	580	125.00–133.00	128.87
15	—	613	123.00–131.00	127.54
24	—	329	141.00–156.00	150.39
43	—	380	135.00–147.00	143.66
43	—	440	136.00–138.00	137.31
49	—	526	123.00–133.50	125.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	187.00	187.00
25	—	677	139.00–149.50	145.03
27	—	317	179.00–187.50	185.72
32	—	732	135.50–141.00	138.44
116	—	441	168.00–183.00	175.30
502	—	480	166.00–181.50	171.23
712	—	535	151.00–165.75	158.64
862	—	622	140.00–157.50	151.53
931	—	577	141.00–156.50	151.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	481	146.00–162.50	156.03
13	—	422	154.00–166.00	161.26
25	—	374	161.00–169.00	165.98
41	—	664	131.00	131.00
68	—	624	129.50–146.00	139.61
75	—	577	130.00–142.00	137.38
109	—	530	131.00–147.50	145.54

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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