Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good crowd of people demand good to moderate. Good supply of quality yearling heifers, yearling steers, and feeder calves. Prices up compared to two weeks ago. Special feeder sale in two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.95/cwt on 1,284 head.

Average price

$152.95

1,284 head · 849 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$6.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	850	152.99	1,300	1,276
Medium and Large 1-2	773	146.00	1,129	8thin

One grade step is worth $6.99/cwt here — about $171 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 sale1,284 hd

152.95

—

NE average7 barns · 6,491 hd

153.46

−0.51

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

31 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	—	1,068	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,188	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,467	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,435	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,439	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,047	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	153.78/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,115	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,158	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	156.99/cwt	148.50–162.50	1,460	477
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	986	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	167.92/cwt	160.00–173.25	1,211	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	162.19/cwt	155.00–165.25	1,332	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	150.23/cwt	149.00–154.50	1,450	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	151.28/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,552	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,008	145.82/cwt	145.00–146.25	1,470	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	169.90/cwt	166.50–171.00	1,137	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	155.74/cwt	152.50–160.00	1,369	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,313	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	165.00/cwt	155.50–167.50	1,285	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,209	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	153.71/cwt	150.00–155.75	1,327	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,150	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	773	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,129	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	722	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,090	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	932	141.08/cwt	137.50–142.00	1,315	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	777	151.48/cwt	149.00–156.00	1,177	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	152.69/cwt	152.50–153.00	1,232	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	826	154.53/cwt	151.00–156.50	1,276	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	161.41/cwt	149.00–163.00	1,254	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	865	150.62/cwt	146.00–151.50	1,303	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	146.77/cwt	144.50–148.75	1,418	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	163.37/cwt	157.00–169.75	1,117	147

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 Aug 27, 2021

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Good crowd of people demand good to moderate. Good supply of quality yearling heifers, yearling steers, and feeder calves. Prices up compared to two weeks ago. Special feeder sale in two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	139.50	139.50
11	—	1,188	123.50	123.50
13	—	1,007	142.50	142.50
13	—	1,107	130.00	130.00
18	—	623	168.00	168.00
30	—	725	148.00–160.00	153.78
75	—	863	150.00–155.75	153.71
34	—	807	152.50–153.00	152.69
199	—	777	149.00–163.00	161.41
71	—	966	144.50–148.75	146.77
147	—	684	157.00–169.75	163.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,008	145.00–146.25	145.82
8	—	722	151.00	151.00
29	—	932	137.50–142.00	141.08
42	—	777	149.00–156.00	151.48
99	—	826	151.00–156.50	154.53
305	—	865	146.00–151.50	150.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	773	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	767	151.00	151.00
18	—	915	143.50	143.50
12	—	817	148.00	148.00
5	—	737	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
477	—	930	148.50–162.50	156.99
10	—	539	183.00	183.00
76	—	721	160.00–173.25	167.92
139	—	821	155.00–165.25	162.19
28	—	965	149.00–154.50	150.23
175	—	1,026	144.00–153.00	151.28
25	—	669	166.50–171.00	169.90
255	—	879	152.50–160.00	155.74
43	—	779	155.50–167.50	165.00

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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