Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks. A market 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 $140.40/cwt on 440 head.

Average price

$140.40

440 head · 847 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$8.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	860	141.46	1,217	384
Medium and Large 1-2	758	133.10	1,009	56

One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about $208 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 sale440 hd

140.40

—

NE average5 barns · 1,724 hd

143.64

−3.24

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

19 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 1Spayed	—	843	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,189	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,420	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,297	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	136.89/cwt	136.50–138.50	1,272	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,366	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	160.02/cwt	157.75–161.10	1,311	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	144.15/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,260	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	688	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,046	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,057	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	911	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	830	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	996	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	723	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	866	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,176	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	781	148.69/cwt	146.25–150.75	1,161	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	765	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,044	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	164.22/cwt	162.50–166.00	1,122	37

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 Jul 16, 2021

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

Receipts 855Last week 100Year ago 0

First reported 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	843	141.00	141.00
26	—	688	152.00	152.00
11	—	911	132.50	132.50
69	—	866	135.75	135.75
129	—	781	146.25–150.75	148.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	968	134.00	134.00
55	—	929	136.50–138.50	136.89
62	—	1,008	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	830	120.00	120.00
6	—	723	143.00	143.00
27	—	765	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	934	152.00	152.00
188	—	819	157.75–161.10	160.02
25	—	874	142.00–146.50	144.15
6	—	628	158.00	158.00
37	—	683	162.50–166.00	164.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	729	145.00	145.00
8	—	514	157.00	157.00

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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