Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the seats along with active internet buying.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.39/cwt on 1,123 head.

Average price

$149.39

1,123 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$2.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.50

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	149.53	879	1,043
Medium and Large 1-2	557	147.50	822	80

One grade step is worth $2.03/cwt here — about $57 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 sale1,123 hd

149.39

—

NE average9 barns · 12,420 hd

143.89

+5.50

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

25 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 1Fancy	—	619	146.74/cwt	144.75–149.00	908	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	669	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,005	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	960	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	158.79/cwt	158.00–160.00	661	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	132.37/cwt	126.50–135.00	940	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	185.62/cwt	185.50–186.00	950	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	136.61/cwt	132.00–139.50	922	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	162.78/cwt	159.00–165.50	842	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.73/cwt	136.00–142.00	866	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.56/cwt	150.50–158.75	875	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	623	145.82/cwt	144.50–147.00	908	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	148.64/cwt	147.50–149.50	800	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	173.32/cwt	170.50–178.00	848	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	171.70/cwt	167.00–176.00	896	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,098	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	145.60/cwt	141.00–149.00	858	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	168.04/cwt	161.00–173.50	968	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	150.12/cwt	142.50–154.00	928	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	163.17/cwt	158.00–166.50	986	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	173.37/cwt	172.00–175.00	745	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	147.51/cwt	141.00–149.60	1,012	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,014	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	160.26/cwt	153.00–163.75	782	96

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 Feb 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,306Last week 4,983Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good from the seats along with active internet buying.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	619	144.75–149.00	146.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	396	164.00	164.00
15	—	416	158.00–160.00	158.79
20	—	710	126.50–135.00	132.37
105	—	675	132.00–139.50	136.61
139	—	517	159.00–165.50	162.78
128	—	620	136.00–142.00	139.73
189	—	566	150.50–158.75	154.56
96	—	488	153.00–163.75	160.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	623	144.50–147.00	145.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	538	147.50–149.50	148.64
30	—	589	141.00–149.00	145.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	669	150.25	150.25
32	—	504	190.50	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	512	185.50–186.00	185.62
6	—	709	143.00	143.00
21	—	489	170.50–178.00	173.32
27	—	796	138.00	138.00
186	—	576	161.00–173.50	168.04
114	—	604	158.00–166.50	163.17
243	—	686	141.00–149.60	147.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	522	167.00–176.00	171.70
61	—	618	142.50–154.00	150.12
11	—	430	172.00–175.00	173.37
8	—	777	130.50	130.50

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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