Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves with bangs vaccinated heifers, some not weaned calves, and NHTC steers. No trend will be applicable since several weeks from last feeder sale. Good attendance warmer weather. Demand moderate to good. Next sale Jan. 14 with a special bred cow and heifer sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.67/cwt on 2,978 head.

Average price

$166.67

2,978 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$13.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.72

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	627	167.82	1,052	2,719
Medium and Large 1-2	627	154.67	970	259

One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about $81 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 sale2,978 hd

166.67

—

NE average11 barns · 16,997 hd

165.95

+0.72

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	721	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,150	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	183.90/cwt	175.50–189.00	977	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,216	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	181.59/cwt	175.00–192.00	868	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	785	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,380	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	174.38/cwt	167.50–176.75	1,256	445
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	578	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,179	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	188.26/cwt	182.00–199.00	1,175	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	211.48/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,129	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	172.31/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,358	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	531	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,120	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	942	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	617	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,178	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	151.77/cwt	143.00–152.50	1,282	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	168.21/cwt	157.00–169.00	1,391	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	178.17/cwt	171.50–188.50	1,204	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	709	179.61/cwt	177.50–182.75	1,273	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	193.14/cwt	191.00–194.00	1,045	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	197.59/cwt	188.00–207.00	1,128	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,099	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	166.32/cwt	158.00–170.00	1,131	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,231	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	163.84/cwt	155.00–169.75	1,106	523
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	209.15/cwt	200.00–220.50	996	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	161.18/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,149	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	515	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	989	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	826	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	947	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	900	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	171.68/cwt	163.00–180.50	1,078	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	148.73/cwt	147.00–151.00	999	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	162.81/cwt	156.00–170.00	1,026	754
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	144.14/cwt	143.50–149.00	1,049	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	175.75/cwt	166.00–183.00	1,019	759
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,046	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	163.17/cwt	158.00–165.50	974	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	162.00/cwt	155.00–169.00	731	10

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 Jan 7, 2022

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

Receipts 6,227Last week 0Year ago 6,593

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	721	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	191.00	191.00
61	—	804	143.00	143.00
88	—	531	175.50–189.00	183.90
130	—	783	155.25	155.25
167	—	478	175.00–192.00	181.59
523	—	675	155.00–169.75	163.84
176	—	713	154.00–168.00	161.18
754	—	630	156.00–170.00	162.81
759	—	580	166.00–183.00	175.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	515	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	507	163.00	163.00
25	—	592	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	145.00	145.00
8	—	412	170.00	170.00
8	—	527	160.00	160.00
59	—	672	147.00–151.00	148.73
43	—	728	143.50–149.00	144.14
22	—	750	139.50	139.50
8	—	307	180.00	180.00
92	—	597	158.00–165.50	163.17
10	—	451	155.00–169.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	785	175.75	175.75
12	—	578	204.00	204.00
20	—	531	211.00	211.00
43	—	617	191.00	191.00
187	—	709	177.50–182.75	179.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
445	—	720	167.50–176.75	174.38
392	—	624	182.00–199.00	188.26
109	—	534	206.00–216.00	211.48
211	—	788	169.00–175.00	172.31
140	—	827	157.00–169.00	168.21
10	—	347	214.00	214.00
428	—	676	171.50–188.50	178.17
339	—	571	188.00–207.00	197.59
5	—	879	140.00	140.00
75	—	476	200.00–220.50	209.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	198.00	198.00
64	—	845	143.00–152.50	151.77
51	—	541	191.00–194.00	193.14
12	—	591	186.00	186.00
189	—	680	158.00–170.00	166.32
42	—	628	163.00–180.50	171.68

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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