Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of quality feeder cattle with good attendance. Demand moderate to good. Market lower than one week ago. Next feeder calf sale Oct 29.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.99/cwt on 2,739 head.

Average price

$174.99

2,739 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$15.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	176.94	991	2,401
Medium and Large 1-2	581	161.08	936	338

One grade step is worth $15.87/cwt here — about $54 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 sale2,739 hd

174.99

—

NE average10 barns · 17,116 hd

171.81

+3.17

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	—	568	157.14/cwt	153.00–166.00	893	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	174.64/cwt	168.00–181.00	924	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	144.87/cwt	140.00–153.50	1,026	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	154.81/cwt	147.50–161.50	1,031	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	189.14/cwt	181.00–196.00	904	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,253	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	172.86/cwt	167.00–184.00	977	456
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	158.50/cwt	152.00–164.00	831	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	159.65/cwt	152.00–163.50	1,006	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	883	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	939	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	173.01/cwt	166.00–178.50	666	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	163.30/cwt	158.00–169.00	701	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	144.79/cwt	142.00–146.00	953	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	766	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	202.57/cwt	197.00–215.00	770	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	174.35/cwt	170.00–178.25	1,090	556
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	189.35/cwt	183.50–197.00	820	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	155.78/cwt	153.00–168.00	661	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.97/cwt	157.00–161.00	750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	502	189.51/cwt	186.50–190.50	951	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,142	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	971	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	160.97/cwt	153.00–168.00	763	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	161.70/cwt	151.00–166.00	939	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	145.31/cwt	141.00–147.50	740	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	145.96/cwt	140.00–150.50	833	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	147.39/cwt	140.00–153.00	921	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	154.00/cwt	145.00–158.00	750	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	159.83/cwt	153.50–165.00	838	420

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 5,244Last week 4,500Year ago 4,914

Good run of quality feeder cattle with good attendance. Demand moderate to good. Market lower than one week ago. Next feeder calf sale Oct 29.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
264	—	568	153.00–166.00	157.14
15	—	652	144.00	144.00
97	—	385	166.00–178.50	173.01
104	—	429	158.00–169.00	163.30
9	—	338	183.00	183.00
309	—	474	153.00–168.00	160.97
30	—	625	140.00–153.00	147.39
420	—	524	153.50–165.00	159.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	176.00	176.00
46	—	552	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	424	153.00–168.00	155.78
99	—	509	141.00–147.50	145.31
151	—	571	140.00–150.50	145.96
8	—	603	136.00	136.00
85	—	487	145.00–158.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
346	—	529	168.00–181.00	174.64
14	—	708	140.00–153.50	144.87
130	—	666	147.50–161.50	154.81
338	—	478	181.00–196.00	189.14
80	—	750	167.00	167.00
456	—	565	167.00–184.00	172.86
9	—	310	219.00	219.00
38	—	380	197.00–215.00	202.57
556	—	625	170.00–178.25	174.35
194	—	433	183.50–197.00	189.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	524	152.00–164.00	158.50
140	—	630	152.00–163.50	159.65
17	—	658	142.00–146.00	144.79
15	—	397	193.00	193.00
6	—	423	179.00	179.00
10	—	472	157.00–161.00	158.97
93	—	581	151.00–166.00	161.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	502	186.50–190.50	189.51
66	—	660	173.00	173.00
93	—	563	172.50	172.50

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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