Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market on lighter weight steer and heifer calves steady to higher. Quality run of feeder calves. Demand was moderate to good. Next sale Oct 22. expecting a run of 7000 plus head because of cancellations this week because of snow.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.34/cwt on 2,824 head.

Average price

$178.34

2,824 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.86

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	179.74	1,025	2,490
Medium and Large 1-2	545	167.94	916	334

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $109 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 sale2,824 hd

178.34

—

NE average11 barns · 16,768 hd

172.48

+5.86

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

30 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 1Fancy	—	619	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,049	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	957	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	957	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	178.87/cwt	170.00–182.00	644	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,000	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,399	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	182.63/cwt	174.50–189.25	1,043	597
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	168.56/cwt	160.50–172.00	1,048	653
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	186.61/cwt	178.00–192.75	993	672
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	149.39/cwt	145.00–152.00	929	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,073	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	200.20/cwt	190.00–208.00	855	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	175.17/cwt	170.00–181.00	841	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	184.74/cwt	180.00–188.00	802	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	167.96/cwt	162.50–173.00	878	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	167.27/cwt	165.25–172.50	957	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	196.28/cwt	185.00–202.50	928	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	163.67/cwt	154.00–169.75	1,087	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	173.51/cwt	171.00–174.00	748	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	172.05/cwt	167.00–180.50	807	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	151.71/cwt	146.50–158.75	925	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	157.27/cwt	149.00–164.00	907	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	211.92/cwt	206.00–218.00	761	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	146.47/cwt	145.00–147.50	1,003	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	162.29/cwt	154.50–169.00	847	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	167.67/cwt	167.00–168.00	703	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	147.53/cwt	145.00–149.00	836	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	160.08/cwt	156.00–164.50	776	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	877	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	151.60/cwt	150.50–153.00	820	16

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 4,500Last week 6,667Year ago 5,590

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	619	169.50	169.50
35	—	558	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	709	135.00	135.00
23	—	360	170.00–182.00	178.87
25	—	670	149.25	149.25
62	—	968	144.50	144.50
78	—	431	171.00–174.00	173.51
128	—	469	167.00–180.50	172.05
202	—	610	146.50–158.75	151.71
234	—	577	149.00–164.00	157.27
317	—	522	154.50–169.00	162.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	419	167.00–168.00	167.67
44	—	567	145.00–149.00	147.53
60	—	485	156.00–164.50	160.08
9	—	622	141.00	141.00
16	—	541	150.50–153.00	151.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
597	—	571	174.50–189.25	182.63
653	—	622	160.50–172.00	168.56
672	—	532	178.00–192.75	186.61
20	—	735	146.00	146.00
85	—	427	190.00–208.00	200.20
210	—	473	185.00–202.50	196.28
243	—	664	154.00–169.75	163.67
10	—	359	206.00–218.00	211.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	622	145.00–152.00	149.39
35	—	480	170.00–181.00	175.17
55	—	434	180.00–188.00	184.74
55	—	523	162.50–173.00	167.96
135	—	572	165.25–172.50	167.27
30	—	685	145.00–147.50	146.47

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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