Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.48/cwt on 837 head.

Average price

$139.48

837 head · 857 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$429

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

$3.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.41

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	539	143.00	771	9thin
Medium and Large 1	860	139.45	1,200	828

One grade step is worth $3.55/cwt here — about −$429 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 sale837 hd

139.48

—

NE average6 barns · 6,451 hd

152.89

−13.41

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

9 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 1-2	—	539	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	138.52/cwt	136.50–139.50	1,213	591
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,080	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,166	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,307	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,105	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	161.55/cwt	161.00–163.00	945	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	848	19

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 May 21, 2021

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

Receipts 870Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported feeder sale in several weeks a market 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	539	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
591	—	876	136.50–139.50	138.52
71	—	766	141.00	141.00
70	—	814	143.25	143.25
60	—	998	131.00	131.00
18	—	713	155.00	155.00
18	—	585	161.00–163.00	161.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	577	147.00	147.00

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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