Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand good to moderate. Nice wet snow in the area Thursday and Friday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.84/cwt on 1,527 head.

Average price

$149.84

1,527 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$12.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	613	150.61	923	1,431
Medium and Large 1-2	638	138.36	883	96

One grade step is worth $12.25/cwt here — about $40 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 sale1,527 hd

149.84

—

NE average8 barns · 9,132 hd

147.69

+2.16

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

33 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 1	—	724	138.74/cwt	134.00–142.25	1,004	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	568	197.60/cwt	195.50–198.00	1,122	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	158.36/cwt	153.00–162.00	686	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	160.83/cwt	157.00–163.00	978	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	157.52/cwt	150.00–161.00	827	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	140.62/cwt	136.00–149.00	946	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	583	163.95/cwt	163.00–164.50	956	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	182.76/cwt	174.00–190.00	970	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,033	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,049	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	888	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	140.65/cwt	140.00–142.00	892	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	611	153.39/cwt	151.00–155.50	937	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	203.78/cwt	200.00–212.00	791	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,153	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	660	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	151.94/cwt	150.00–165.00	720	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	167.66/cwt	154.00–169.50	1,110	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	184.47/cwt	177.00–188.00	1,042	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	197.20/cwt	194.00–210.00	860	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	164.84/cwt	161.00–168.00	839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	190.93/cwt	182.00–192.00	916	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	155.16/cwt	147.00–160.00	900	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	130.46/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,024	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,092	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	143.23/cwt	137.50–145.00	1,117	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	181.17/cwt	176.00–189.00	1,125	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	730	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,060	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	489	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	839	25

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 Apr 16, 2021

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

Receipts 2,974Last week 0Year ago 1,873

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand good to moderate. Nice wet snow in the area Thursday and Friday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	724	134.00–142.25	138.74
85	—	433	153.00–162.00	158.36
97	—	608	157.00–163.00	160.83
207	—	525	150.00–161.00	157.52
212	—	673	136.00–149.00	140.62
10	—	813	127.00	127.00
41	—	474	150.00–165.00	151.94
303	—	580	147.00–160.00	155.16
30	—	785	127.00–136.00	130.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	583	163.00–164.50	163.95
84	—	730	145.25	145.25
25	—	489	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	678	131.00	131.00
67	—	634	140.00–142.00	140.65
6	—	458	144.00	144.00
6	—	748	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	611	151.00–155.50	153.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	568	195.50–198.00	197.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	531	174.00–190.00	182.76
50	—	388	200.00–212.00	203.78
11	—	713	161.75	161.75
69	—	662	154.00–169.50	167.66
131	—	565	177.00–188.00	184.47
67	—	436	194.00–210.00	197.20
63	—	480	182.00–192.00	190.93
22	—	815	134.00	134.00
38	—	780	137.50–145.00	143.23
7	—	926	125.25	125.25
173	—	621	176.00–189.00	181.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	628	167.00	167.00
9	—	661	147.00	147.00
7	—	583	170.00	170.00
11	—	509	161.00–168.00	164.84

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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