Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of quality feeder cattle. No trend not enough from two weeks ago to do. Demand good to moderate. Next feeder sale Oct. 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.28/cwt on 3,244 head.

Average price

$174.28

3,244 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$13.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	175.85	1,046	2,875
Medium and Large 1-2	541	162.08	876	369

One grade step is worth $13.76/cwt here — about $170 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 sale3,244 hd

174.28

—

NE average6 barns · 8,153 hd

172.14

+2.14

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

35 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	—	384	170.93/cwt	160.00–175.00	656	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	132.51/cwt	131.00–134.00	837	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	171.95/cwt	164.50–180.00	990	671
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	153.74/cwt	150.00–158.50	864	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	787	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,283	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,276	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	514	190.66/cwt	189.50–194.00	980	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	201.14/cwt	193.00–210.00	939	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	142.63/cwt	138.00–149.00	820	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	167.85/cwt	161.00–171.00	789	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	128.74/cwt	124.00–133.00	843	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	140.38/cwt	139.00–141.00	729	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	146.15/cwt	145.00–148.00	678	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	150.05/cwt	142.00–157.00	798	505
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	160.31/cwt	150.00–165.00	741	428
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	571	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	948	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	148.62/cwt	140.00–152.50	936	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	161.58/cwt	156.00–167.00	706	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	179.22/cwt	172.50–185.50	959	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	170.74/cwt	161.00–175.50	1,071	520
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	170.81/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,150	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,080	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	190.32/cwt	180.00–195.00	832	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,250	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	202.89/cwt	198.00–207.00	799	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	161.98/cwt	157.00–163.50	927	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,147	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	183.70/cwt	175.00–191.00	856	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	160.81/cwt	156.00–166.00	852	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,087	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	155.39/cwt	155.00–157.00	949	26

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 Oct 1, 2021

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

Receipts 5,291Last week 1,619Year ago 5,566

Good run of quality feeder cattle. No trend not enough from two weeks ago to do. Demand good to moderate. Next feeder sale Oct. 8.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	384	160.00–175.00	170.93
197	—	562	150.00–158.50	153.74
19	—	655	124.00–133.00	128.74
505	—	532	142.00–157.00	150.05
428	—	462	150.00–165.00	160.31
12	—	330	170.00	170.00
49	—	630	140.00–152.50	148.62
92	—	437	156.00–167.00	161.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	632	131.00–134.00	132.51
90	—	575	138.00–149.00	142.63
28	—	519	139.00–141.00	140.38
5	—	335	148.00	148.00
19	—	464	145.00–148.00	146.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	571	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
671	—	576	164.50–180.00	171.95
6	—	331	207.00	207.00
279	—	535	172.50–185.50	179.22
520	—	627	161.00–175.50	170.74
323	—	673	160.00–174.00	170.81
20	—	766	141.00	141.00
27	—	437	180.00–195.00	190.32
63	—	880	142.00	142.00
89	—	394	198.00–207.00	202.89
39	—	717	160.00	160.00
246	—	466	175.00–191.00	183.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	787	163.00	163.00
162	—	713	179.00	179.00
120	—	514	189.50–194.00	190.66
162	—	467	193.00–210.00	201.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	470	161.00–171.00	167.85
119	—	572	157.00–163.50	161.98
6	—	361	175.00	175.00
148	—	530	156.00–166.00	160.81
9	—	697	156.00	156.00
26	—	611	155.00–157.00	155.39

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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