Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2021-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of quality feeder cattle. With a few replacements, fancy, and not weaned calves. Been several weeks on sale of feeder calves no trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good with good attendance. Next special sale Dec. 10 with bred heifers and cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.19/cwt on 1,286 head.

Average price

$192.19

1,286 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$23.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	195.33	1,068	1,111
Medium and Large 1-2	553	172.29	952	175

One grade step is worth $23.03/cwt here — about $116 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 sale1,286 hd

192.19

—

NE average7 barns · 15,640 hd

185.20

+6.99

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

33 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	—	584	166.18/cwt	166.00–166.25	970	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	157.12/cwt	148.00–162.00	958	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	158.82/cwt	148.00–163.00	901	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	145.73/cwt	145.50–146.00	987	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	159.35/cwt	155.50–164.00	1,098	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	186.81/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,078	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	215.50/cwt	209.00–222.00	802	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	542	209.87/cwt	206.00–213.50	1,137	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	211.56/cwt	208.00–216.00	990	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	152.59/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,115	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	207.19/cwt	200.00–212.00	870	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	180.78/cwt	180.00–181.50	886	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	176.15/cwt	168.00–182.00	958	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	173.70/cwt	168.50–183.00	907	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	599	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	999	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	874	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	162.24/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,024	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	782	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	169.99/cwt	159.00–175.00	996	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	182.16/cwt	174.00–188.00	681	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	158.85/cwt	157.00–163.50	836	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	197.44/cwt	182.50–201.50	1,050	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	194.94/cwt	186.00–201.00	936	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	176.34/cwt	172.50–183.00	1,106	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	183.81/cwt	176.00–193.00	785	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	182.95/cwt	171.00–187.00	864	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	683	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,236	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	197.85/cwt	197.85–197.85	1,211	103

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 Dec 3, 2021

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

Receipts 2,585Last week 2,750Year ago 3,364

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	584	166.00–166.25	166.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	306	202.00	202.00
52	—	610	148.00–162.00	157.12
89	—	567	148.00–163.00	158.82
7	—	726	141.00	141.00
30	—	677	145.50–146.00	145.73
228	—	522	168.50–183.00	173.70
44	—	374	174.00–188.00	182.16
97	—	427	176.00–193.00	183.81
198	—	472	171.00–187.00	182.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	599	166.75	166.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	546	160.00	160.00
7	—	638	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	526	157.00–163.50	158.85
5	—	436	168.50	168.50
8	—	492	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	689	155.50–164.00	159.35
105	—	577	183.00–195.00	186.81
49	—	372	209.00–222.00	215.50
23	—	731	151.00–157.00	152.59
51	—	420	200.00–212.00	207.19
323	—	532	182.50–201.50	197.44
42	—	480	186.00–201.00	194.94
127	—	627	172.50–183.00	176.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	542	206.00–213.50	209.87
123	—	468	208.00–216.00	211.56
21	—	683	181.00	181.00
103	—	612	197.85	197.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	490	180.00–181.50	180.78
36	—	544	168.00–182.00	176.15
57	—	631	160.00–163.00	162.24
26	—	431	181.50	181.50
26	—	586	159.00–175.00	169.99

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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