Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago for an adequate market comparison. However, a lower undertone prevailed throughout the day. Demand was light to moderate with a small crowd of buyers on hand Friday. Offering comprised of late summer, fall calves, and feeder cattle. Most were weaned with a few non-weaned calves in the mix. Most consignments were light fleshed and could be turned out to summer grass.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.15/cwt on 429 head.

Average price

$138.15

429 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$5.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.51

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	139.81	946	290
Medium and Large 1-2	524	134.69	706	139

One grade step is worth $5.12/cwt here — about $240 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 sale429 hd

138.15

—

NE average6 barns · 3,635 hd

139.66

−1.51

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

27 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	623	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	700	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	939	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	796	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	905	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	142.46/cwt	141.50–149.00	899	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	863	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	126.99/cwt	126.00–128.00	621	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	135.44/cwt	134.00–137.00	780	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	133.03/cwt	128.00–140.00	476	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	128.61/cwt	125.00–132.00	556	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	999	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	149.43/cwt	147.00–152.50	719	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	154.82/cwt	152.00–160.00	799	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	821	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	750	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	135.58/cwt	134.50–137.00	964	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,033	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	927	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	664	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	806	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,084	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	147.07/cwt	144.00–156.00	869	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	153.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	888	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	155.79/cwt	148.50–159.00	974	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	141.76/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,084	17

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 30, 2021

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	458	136.00	136.00
17	—	543	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	846	111.00	111.00
19	—	502	158.50	158.50
24	—	797	113.50	113.50
47	—	631	141.50–149.00	142.46
90	—	711	134.50–137.00	135.58
66	—	578	150.00–155.00	153.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	747	115.50	115.50
10	—	489	126.00–128.00	126.99
21	—	576	134.00–137.00	135.44
12	—	358	128.00–140.00	133.03
19	—	432	125.00–132.00	128.61
10	—	644	127.50	127.50
61	—	532	140.00–142.00	140.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	806	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	679	140.00	140.00
20	—	481	147.00–152.50	149.43
20	—	516	152.00–160.00	154.82
5	—	784	118.50	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	675	148.00	148.00
10	—	857	120.50	120.50
11	—	730	127.00	127.00
13	—	423	157.00	157.00
28	—	591	144.00–156.00	147.07
24	—	625	148.50–159.00	155.79
17	—	765	134.00–145.00	141.76

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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