Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago lighter test. Steers under 1000 lbs sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower and heifers sold 8.00 to 14.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Next Special Fall Calf and Yearling Sale Sept. 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.27/cwt on 795 head.

Average price

$154.27

795 head · 851 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,312

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$15.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	854	155.78	1,331	716
Medium and Large 1-2	818	140.53	1,149	79

One grade step is worth $15.26/cwt here — about $182 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 sale795 hd

154.27

—

NE average6 barns · 5,944 hd

157.26

−3.00

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	132.65/cwt	129.50–136.50	1,287	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	154.86/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,115	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	149.97/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,159	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	144.77/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,216	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	141.92/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,233	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	150.04/cwt	148.25–150.25	1,457	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,277	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	153.09/cwt	152.00–155.00	888	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	147.65/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,375	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	159.77/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,002	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,405	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,014	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	136.29/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,257	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	136.58/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,191	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	152.69/cwt	149.00–160.50	1,209	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	164.72/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,188	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	141.44/cwt	139.00–143.50	950	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	885	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	157.69/cwt	154.25–158.25	1,362	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	159.45/cwt	149.50–161.00	1,309	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,082	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,561	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,134	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,247	9

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 Sep 10, 2021

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 2,824Year ago 1,275

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	970	129.50–136.50	132.65
61	—	720	146.00–156.00	154.86
83	—	773	143.00–153.00	149.97
95	—	840	137.00–148.00	144.77
134	—	869	136.00–145.00	141.92
173	—	922	132.00–139.00	136.29
9	—	1,134	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	136.00	136.00
7	—	724	140.00	140.00
8	—	587	140.00	140.00
13	—	672	139.00–143.50	141.44
14	—	623	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	971	148.25–150.25	150.04
110	—	931	140.00–154.00	147.65
5	—	1,030	135.00	135.00
24	—	627	155.00–162.00	159.77
37	—	792	149.00–160.50	152.69
121	—	721	156.00–166.00	164.72
147	—	864	154.25–158.25	157.69
159	—	821	149.50–161.00	159.45
48	—	1,082	144.25	144.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	971	131.50	131.50
17	—	580	152.00–155.00	153.09
6	—	516	152.00	152.00
8	—	829	145.00	145.00
8	—	1,081	130.00	130.00
25	—	872	135.00–138.00	136.58

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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