Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves steers steady and heifers mostly higher. Good attendance with moderate to good demand. Next sale special bred heifer and cow sale Nov. 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.62/cwt on 2,599 head.

Average price

$170.62

2,599 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$5.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	171.10	968	2,380
Medium and Large 1-2	509	165.48	843	219

One grade step is worth $5.62/cwt here — about $125 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 sale2,599 hd

170.62

—

NE average11 barns · 17,914 hd

176.00

−5.38

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 1	—	430	172.24/cwt	168.00–177.00	741	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	990	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	174.59/cwt	166.00–180.50	670	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	154.01/cwt	145.50–160.00	959	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	165.07/cwt	154.00–170.50	792	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	150.36/cwt	144.00–155.00	869	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	301	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,140	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	148.48/cwt	145.00–151.50	1,079	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	203.46/cwt	202.00–204.00	783	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	670	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,171	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	158.49/cwt	155.00–160.50	1,076	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	189.18/cwt	183.00–201.00	800	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	191.15/cwt	178.00–196.00	916	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	180.28/cwt	172.00–188.00	930	598
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	161.21/cwt	152.50–168.00	1,003	624
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	165.02/cwt	160.00–176.00	954	685
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	154.60/cwt	150.00–158.00	886	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	167.64/cwt	161.00–174.00	801	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	165.53/cwt	156.00–169.50	862	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	154.68/cwt	152.50–157.00	605	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	140.62/cwt	140.50–141.00	824	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	155.41/cwt	147.00–160.00	678	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	142.27/cwt	141.00–144.00	731	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	148.01/cwt	141.50–152.50	724	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	154.24/cwt	146.00–159.50	802	522

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 Nov 5, 2021

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

Receipts 5,097Last week 4,518Year ago 4,503

Quality run of feeder calves steers steady and heifers mostly higher. Good attendance with moderate to good demand. Next sale special bred heifer and cow sale Nov. 12.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	430	168.00–177.00	172.24
17	—	728	136.00	136.00
78	—	384	166.00–180.50	174.59
94	—	623	145.50–160.00	154.01
251	—	480	154.00–170.50	165.07
325	—	578	144.00–155.00	150.36
522	—	520	146.00–159.50	154.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	391	152.50–157.00	154.68
25	—	586	140.50–141.00	140.62
35	—	436	147.00–160.00	155.41
98	—	514	141.00–144.00	142.27
112	—	489	141.50–152.50	148.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	301	212.50	212.50
6	—	774	137.00	137.00
8	—	800	142.50	142.50
24	—	727	145.00–151.50	148.48
30	—	385	202.00–204.00	203.46
51	—	679	155.00–160.50	158.49
121	—	423	183.00–201.00	189.18
138	—	479	178.00–196.00	191.15
598	—	516	172.00–188.00	180.28
624	—	622	152.50–168.00	161.21
685	—	578	160.00–176.00	165.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	670	174.75	174.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	191.00	191.00
7	—	371	172.50	172.50
8	—	443	172.00	172.00
28	—	573	150.00–158.00	154.60
32	—	478	161.00–174.00	167.64
139	—	521	156.00–169.50	165.53

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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