Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of quality feeder calves. Prices steady to higher in some weights. Demand moderate to good with a good attendance at sale. Next feeder calf sale Nov. 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.06/cwt on 2,594 head.

Average price

$173.06

2,594 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$10.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.12

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	174.55	983	2,227
Medium and Large 1-2	521	164.02	855	367

One grade step is worth $10.53/cwt here — about $129 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 sale2,594 hd

173.06

—

NE average11 barns · 18,703 hd

176.17

−3.12

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

32 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
Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	595	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	182.17/cwt	172.00–190.00	674	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	146.17/cwt	140.00–151.00	830	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	623	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	145.64/cwt	141.00–155.00	897	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	183.63/cwt	175.00–189.50	957	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	151.68/cwt	148.50–155.00	946	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	161.35/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,163	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	150.43/cwt	150.00–151.00	883	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	181.54/cwt	177.50–188.50	784	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	178.69/cwt	173.50–188.00	849	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	203.34/cwt	198.00–217.00	787	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	170.44/cwt	163.00–174.50	1,132	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	169.99/cwt	160.50–175.00	1,047	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	572	175.85/cwt	174.50–176.50	1,006	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	601	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	167.42/cwt	162.50–171.00	775	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	200.05/cwt	193.50–210.00	874	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,031	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	164.16/cwt	160.50–170.50	880	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	151.37/cwt	142.00–153.00	736	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	360	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	819	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	195.03/cwt	191.00–196.50	911	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	153.39/cwt	152.50–153.50	689	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	151.86/cwt	146.00–160.00	794	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	162.65/cwt	156.00–170.00	937	514
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	161.13/cwt	154.50–170.00	686	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	158.42/cwt	154.00–169.00	770	136

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 4,518Last week 5,244Year ago 3,360

Good run of quality feeder calves. Prices steady to higher in some weights. Demand moderate to good with a good attendance at sale. Next feeder calf sale Nov. 5.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	595	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	306	200.00	200.00
28	—	370	172.00–190.00	182.17
217	—	568	140.00–151.00	146.17
115	—	616	141.00–155.00	145.64
463	—	523	146.00–160.00	151.86
116	—	426	154.50–170.00	161.13
136	—	486	154.00–169.00	158.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	346	180.00	180.00
155	—	486	142.00–153.00	151.37
5	—	616	137.50	137.50
53	—	449	152.50–153.50	153.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
434	—	521	175.00–189.50	183.63
5	—	330	189.00	189.00
69	—	721	160.00–168.00	161.35
199	—	475	173.50–188.00	178.69
44	—	387	198.00–217.00	203.34
204	—	664	163.00–174.50	170.44
372	—	616	160.50–175.00	169.99
71	—	437	193.50–210.00	200.05
514	—	576	156.00–170.00	162.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	624	148.50–155.00	151.68
28	—	587	150.00–151.00	150.43
48	—	432	177.50–188.50	181.54
18	—	364	165.00	165.00
65	—	463	162.50–171.00	167.42
11	—	731	141.00	141.00
157	—	536	160.50–170.50	164.16
5	—	683	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
261	—	572	174.50–176.50	175.85
6	—	360	227.50	227.50
48	—	467	191.00–196.50	195.03

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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