Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with flyweight heifers 10.00 higher. Bulk of the sale comprised of packages of top quality, bawling calves with fall precondition shots. Very few loads lots sold on the day. Several of the calves endured moderate to heavy snow the last few weeks, taking some condition and weight off. Thursday, November 5th special weigh-up sale; Friday, November 6th special calf auction with early estimates around 4000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.63/cwt on 2,060 head.

Average price

$157.63

2,060 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	159.56	870	1,697
Medium and Large 1-2	533	150.53	803	283
Large 1	624	141.77	884	80

One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale2,060 hd

157.63

—

NE average9 barns · 13,978 hd

154.91

+2.72

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

37 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	—	698	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	949	15
Steers	Large 1	—	510	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	757	11
Steers	Large 1	—	626	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	889	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	643	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	829	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	427	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	150.17/cwt	144.00–153.50	931	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	160.29/cwt	155.00–170.50	848	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	157.43/cwt	153.25–164.00	900	525
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	138.47/cwt	134.00–142.00	796	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	162.99/cwt	156.50–169.25	626	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	137.82/cwt	136.00–142.50	861	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	140.86/cwt	135.50–146.50	955	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	196.36/cwt	190.00–205.00	636	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	517.98/cwt	510.00–525.00	1,414	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	175.54/cwt	169.00–180.50	727	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	147.96/cwt	143.00–156.50	715	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	179.22/cwt	178.00–189.50	710	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	142.54/cwt	139.00–147.50	738	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.92/cwt	139.00–141.00	658	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	148.78/cwt	140.00–159.00	719	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	165.63/cwt	151.50–170.00	687	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	169.50/cwt	162.00–179.00	810	333
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.15/cwt	146.00–162.50	673	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	617	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	944	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	141.00/cwt	138.00–145.00	877	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	153.47/cwt	151.00–154.00	586	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	149.80/cwt	146.50–153.50	788	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	559	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	562	151.82/cwt	151.00–152.50	853	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	691	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	864	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	170.33/cwt	169.00–172.50	560	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	148.56/cwt	137.50–152.50	850	101

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 3,360Last week 4,914Year ago 5,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	698	136.00	136.00
11	—	510	148.50	148.50
54	—	626	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	151.00	151.00
13	—	562	151.00–152.50	151.82
24	—	691	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
231	—	620	144.00–153.50	150.17
299	—	529	155.00–170.50	160.29
525	—	572	153.25–164.00	157.43
115	—	678	135.50–146.50	140.86
17	—	324	190.00–205.00	196.36
108	—	414	169.00–180.50	175.54
27	—	396	178.00–189.50	179.22
333	—	478	162.00–179.00	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	483	140.00–159.00	148.78
57	—	415	151.50–170.00	165.63
6	—	675	130.50	130.50
59	—	622	138.00–145.00	141.00
6	—	368	168.00	168.00
11	—	526	146.50–153.50	149.80
101	—	572	137.50–152.50	148.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	520	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	643	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	575	134.00–142.00	138.47
86	—	384	156.50–169.25	162.99
54	—	625	136.00–142.50	137.82
6	—	273	510.00–525.00	517.98
151	—	483	143.00–156.50	147.96
185	—	518	139.00–147.50	142.54
155	—	428	146.00–162.50	157.15
15	—	329	169.00–172.50	170.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	470	139.00–141.00	139.92
12	—	445	148.00	148.00
5	—	500	135.00	135.00
27	—	382	151.00–154.00	153.47
7	—	345	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	617	153.00	153.00

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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