Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago for an adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate to good for the short supply of feeders coming off of summer range.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.94/cwt on 291 head.

Average price

$145.94

291 head · 816 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$13.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	146.21	1,192	285
Medium and Large 1-2	825	133.00	1,097	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.21/cwt here — about $95 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 sale291 hd

145.94

—

NE average3 barns · 1,581 hd

148.36

−2.43

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

13 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	—	885	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,243	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,083	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,257	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	146.53/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,073	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	136.64/cwt	130.85–140.00	1,387	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	142.44/cwt	140.50–143.00	1,098	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,451	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	142.55/cwt	140.00–144.00	818	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	155.40/cwt	155.25–156.25	1,058	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	148.63/cwt	137.00–150.25	1,204	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 Jul 30, 2021

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

Receipts 525Last week 855Year ago 0

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago for an adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate to good for the short supply of feeders coming off of summer range.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	885	140.50	140.50
16	—	677	160.00	160.00
14	—	835	150.50	150.50
12	—	732	144.00–149.00	146.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	851	133.00	133.00
7	—	420	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	825	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,015	130.85–140.00	136.64
32	—	771	140.50–143.00	142.44
22	—	1,067	136.00	136.00
16	—	574	140.00–144.00	142.55
82	—	681	155.25–156.25	155.40
77	—	810	137.00–150.25	148.63

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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