Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.11/cwt on 1,319 head.

Average price

$139.11

1,319 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$150

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

$2.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	141.37	745	79
Medium and Large 1	644	138.97	895	1,240

One grade step is worth $2.40/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale1,319 hd

139.11

—

NE average7 barns · 8,560 hd

140.02

−0.91

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

28 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 1	—	855	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,056	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	175.67/cwt	163.00–180.00	993	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	130.36/cwt	123.00–133.50	997	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	127.57/cwt	120.00–132.00	930	443
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	134.99/cwt	129.50–139.75	967	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	140.57/cwt	138.00–145.00	745	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	732	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	122.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	813	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	776	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	189.55/cwt	181.00–196.50	891	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	198.67/cwt	195.00–207.50	838	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	141.61/cwt	135.50–143.00	971	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	168.27/cwt	162.00–170.00	604	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	948	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	145.23/cwt	142.00–147.00	913	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	119.82/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,034	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	120.17/cwt	120.00–120.50	949	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	161.00/cwt	151.00–163.00	789	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	131.48/cwt	128.00–138.00	902	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	168.30/cwt	157.00–170.00	741	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	140.73/cwt	135.00–148.00	820	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	155.79/cwt	148.50–160.00	821	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	141.89/cwt	136.00–146.00	868	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,151	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	161.10/cwt	150.00–165.50	1,013	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	149.23/cwt	145.00–158.50	1,010	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	702	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	990	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	129.95/cwt	124.50–130.75	1,067	77

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 Mar 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,627Last week 0Year ago 3,035

First reported sale in several weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	855	123.50	123.50
77	—	565	163.00–180.00	175.67
54	—	765	123.00–133.50	130.36
69	—	716	129.50–139.75	134.99
64	—	470	181.00–196.50	189.55
33	—	422	195.00–207.50	198.67
10	—	932	123.50	123.50
230	—	629	150.00–165.50	161.10
243	—	677	145.00–158.50	149.23
77	—	821	124.50–130.75	129.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	509	152.50	152.50
27	—	686	135.50–143.00	141.61
44	—	589	161.00	161.00
22	—	629	142.00–147.00	145.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
443	—	729	120.00–132.00	127.57
11	—	863	116.00–123.00	119.82
29	—	790	120.00–120.50	120.17
39	—	490	151.00–163.00	161.00
61	—	686	128.00–138.00	131.48
76	—	440	157.00–170.00	168.30
119	—	583	135.00–148.00	140.73
121	—	527	148.50–160.00	155.79
261	—	612	136.00–146.00	141.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	530	138.00–145.00	140.57
13	—	559	131.00	131.00
25	—	663	120.00–125.00	122.59
23	—	359	162.00–170.00	168.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	702	141.00	141.00

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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