Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week flyweight steers sold sharply higher. Steer calves over 450 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Large crowd of order buyers were on the seats with most staying to the end of the sale filling loads. Bulk of the calves were right off the cow, clean eyed, long eared and open haired. Most calves had pre-condition shots with a few weaned calves in the mix. Calves continue to come to town several pounds lighter than last year. On this sale last year, 16% of the calves weighed over 600 lbs. Only 10% of the similar consignment sheet weighed over 600 lbs on Friday. With the dry summer and possible shortness of winter feed, most producers did not keep any replacement heifers from there longtime genetic base in there cow herds. Over 2300 head of slaughter, feeding cows, preg checked open heifers and bulls have made there way to town in the last two weeks because of the short feed supply. Next Thursday, weigh-up cows and bulls. Friday, Nov 13, Tri-State Bred Heifer and Cow sale with several complete dispersion's on the books.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.34/cwt on 2,181 head.

Average price

$166.34

2,181 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$5.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	167.11	882	1,885
Medium and Large 1-2	493	161.43	796	296

One grade step is worth $5.68/cwt here — about $86 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 sale2,181 hd

166.34

—

NE average11 barns · 15,661 hd

165.38

+0.96

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

40 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 1Fancy	—	653	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,012	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	836	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	468	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	777	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	442	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	177.02/cwt	170.00–180.00	850	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	158.19/cwt	153.00–163.00	902	443
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	164.56/cwt	158.00–174.00	867	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	154.73/cwt	148.00–158.00	944	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	187.74/cwt	180.00–193.00	792	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	468	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	725	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	165.56/cwt	165.00–166.00	517	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	146.40/cwt	139.00–151.00	764	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	154.48/cwt	149.00–158.00	735	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,036	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	142.36/cwt	137.00–148.00	804	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	131.13/cwt	126.00–135.00	886	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	144.33/cwt	144.00–144.50	889	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	160.73/cwt	154.50–165.50	669	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	204.29/cwt	204.00–205.00	750	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	147.97/cwt	145.00–150.00	996	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.76/cwt	159.50–167.00	610	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	140.40/cwt	139.00–141.00	720	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	156.92/cwt	154.00–159.00	585	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	135.04/cwt	132.00–136.00	766	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	832	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	144.79/cwt	142.00–146.50	902	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	154.81/cwt	148.00–158.00	830	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	160.67/cwt	155.00–165.00	768	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	145.64/cwt	141.00–148.00	690	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	147.71/cwt	141.00–157.00	480	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	188.71/cwt	184.00–193.00	702	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	378.67/cwt	360.00–410.00	996	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	154.24/cwt	145.00–159.00	646	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	657	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	148.19/cwt	146.00–150.50	831	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	168.67/cwt	160.50–175.00	744	68

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 Nov 6, 2020

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

Receipts 4,503Last week 3,360Year ago 4,285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	653	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	468	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	555	141.00	141.00
9	—	468	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
350	—	480	170.00–180.00	177.02
443	—	570	153.00–163.00	158.19
486	—	527	158.00–174.00	164.56
232	—	610	148.00–158.00	154.73
245	—	422	180.00–193.00	187.74
13	—	717	144.50	144.50
6	—	312	207.00	207.00
24	—	367	204.00–205.00	204.29
38	—	673	145.00–150.00	147.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	623	142.00–146.50	144.79
91	—	536	148.00–158.00	154.81
51	—	478	155.00–165.00	160.67
14	—	372	184.00–193.00	188.71
16	—	335	196.00	196.00
43	—	561	146.00–150.50	148.19
68	—	441	160.50–175.00	168.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	624	134.00	134.00
20	—	545	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	442	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	312	165.00–166.00	165.56
358	—	522	139.00–151.00	146.40
409	—	476	149.00–158.00	154.48
294	—	565	137.00–148.00	142.36
17	—	676	126.00–135.00	131.13
39	—	616	144.00–144.50	144.33
185	—	416	154.50–165.50	160.73
65	—	370	159.50–167.00	164.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	513	139.00–141.00	140.40
29	—	373	154.00–159.00	156.92
30	—	567	132.00–136.00	135.04
14	—	693	120.00	120.00
46	—	474	141.00–148.00	145.64
33	—	325	141.00–157.00	147.71
11	—	263	360.00–410.00	378.67
41	—	419	145.00–159.00	154.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	404	162.50	162.50

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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