Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers on the seats and active buying on the internet. Several strings of top quality bawling calves on hand with most having fall precondition shots. Next Thursday, will be a special weigh up auction and Friday the 30th will be special calf auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.62/cwt on 3,137 head.

Average price

$153.62

3,137 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$27.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	155.70	880	2,337
Medium and Large 1-2	510	149.11	760	739
Large 1-2	565	128.36	725	61

One grade step is worth $27.34/cwt here — about $155 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 sale3,137 hd

153.62

—

NE average10 barns · 15,376 hd

154.38

−0.76

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

36 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	Large 1-2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	616	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	801	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	168.55/cwt	165.00–175.00	549	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	152.28/cwt	150.00–162.50	576	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	143.34/cwt	137.50–143.75	1,029	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	179.42/cwt	171.00–190.00	777	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	145.34/cwt	140.25–148.50	955	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	169.24/cwt	162.00–176.00	795	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	151.08/cwt	145.00–156.00	949	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	191.37/cwt	191.00–192.00	649	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.33/cwt	132.00–135.50	775	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	135.91/cwt	130.50–139.00	709	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	454	182.71/cwt	180.00–185.00	830	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	151.70/cwt	146.00–156.50	883	519
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	156.38/cwt	150.00–164.50	829	648
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	181.45/cwt	177.50–185.00	655	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	130.43/cwt	130.00–131.00	742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	145.79/cwt	144.00–148.00	563	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	160.06/cwt	148.00–167.50	685	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	167.01/cwt	164.00–170.00	626	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	137.63/cwt	132.00–141.50	793	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	139.10/cwt	131.00–142.00	849	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	145.48/cwt	132.00–148.50	771	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	965	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	143.36/cwt	140.00–145.00	628	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	131.92/cwt	130.00–133.00	599	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	152.60/cwt	134.50–157.00	734	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	130.32/cwt	127.75–132.00	800	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	148.73/cwt	144.00–153.50	617	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	142.31/cwt	140.00–146.00	667	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	785	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	125.44/cwt	120.00–133.50	652	45

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 4,914Last week 5,590Year ago 6,450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	525	125.00	125.00
20	—	616	130.00	130.00
21	—	555	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	295	600.00	600.00
76	—	718	137.50–143.75	143.34
82	—	433	171.00–190.00	179.42
251	—	657	140.25–148.50	145.34
296	—	470	162.00–176.00	169.24
423	—	628	145.00–156.00	151.08
8	—	339	191.00–192.00	191.37
519	—	582	146.00–156.50	151.70
648	—	530	150.00–164.50	156.38
21	—	361	177.50–185.00	181.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	454	180.00–185.00	182.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	428	148.00–167.50	160.06
86	—	375	164.00–170.00	167.01
117	—	576	132.00–141.50	137.63
123	—	610	131.00–142.00	139.10
144	—	530	132.00–148.50	145.48
5	—	734	131.50	131.50
179	—	481	134.50–157.00	152.60
5	—	333	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	713	121.00	121.00
21	—	326	165.00–175.00	168.55
43	—	378	150.00–162.50	152.28
256	—	577	132.00–135.50	134.33
379	—	522	130.50–139.00	135.91
97	—	614	127.75–132.00	130.32
115	—	415	144.00–153.50	148.73
218	—	469	140.00–146.00	142.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	569	130.00–131.00	130.43
20	—	386	144.00–148.00	145.79
46	—	438	140.00–145.00	143.36
65	—	454	130.00–133.00	131.92
20	—	618	127.00	127.00
45	—	520	120.00–133.50	125.44

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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