Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves. NHTC , not weaned, bang vaccinated heifers, and replacement heifers. Trend prices some higher and lower in certain weights in both heifers and steers. Good attendance at sale with a little moisture in the area. Demand moderate to good. Next special feeder sale will be Feb. 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.21/cwt on 2,346 head.

Average price

$185.21

2,346 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$21.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.28

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	187.05	1,163	2,149
Medium and Large 1-2	635	165.19	1,049	197

One grade step is worth $21.86/cwt here — about $114 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 sale2,346 hd

185.21

—

NE average9 barns · 20,357 hd

178.93

+6.28

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	750	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,296	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	799	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,328	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	173.71/cwt	160.00–175.50	1,164	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,340	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	821	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,310	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	170.95/cwt	169.00–172.00	1,043	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	205.26/cwt	195.00–214.50	1,071	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	158.72/cwt	154.25–166.50	1,227	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,030	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	212.63/cwt	205.00–217.00	891	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	178.55/cwt	172.00–186.00	1,036	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	157.34/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,064	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	977	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	228.60/cwt	217.00–233.00	736	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	138.62/cwt	136.00–140.00	945	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	174.32/cwt	165.00–179.00	999	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	191.75/cwt	189.50–198.00	807	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	189.41/cwt	175.00–193.50	905	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	142.74/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,035	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,058	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	163.22/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,169	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	213.20/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,017	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,023	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	151.43/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,108	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	795	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,189	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	166.40/cwt	155.00–169.50	1,025	558
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	200.21/cwt	189.00–209.25	1,157	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	184.76/cwt	174.00–191.00	1,166	451
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	656	168.15/cwt	165.50–169.00	1,103	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	723	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,178	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	158.27/cwt	157.00–159.50	920	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	171.16/cwt	165.00–177.00	914	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	147.48/cwt	147.00–150.00	936	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	187.63/cwt	179.00–194.00	979	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	575	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	689	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,144	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	614	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,028	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	152.07/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,043	244

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 4,730Last week 0Year ago 4,983

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	750	172.75	172.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	670	160.00–175.50	173.71
70	—	843	159.00	159.00
49	—	391	210.00	210.00
24	—	865	151.50	151.50
247	—	522	195.00–214.50	205.26
226	—	773	154.25–166.50	158.72
54	—	419	205.00–217.00	212.63
23	—	322	217.00–233.00	228.60
145	—	716	158.00–169.00	163.22
179	—	477	201.00–220.00	213.20
399	—	578	189.00–209.25	200.21
451	—	631	174.00–191.00	184.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	610	169.00–172.00	170.95
10	—	449	192.50	192.50
57	—	580	172.00–186.00	178.55
51	—	676	154.00–159.00	157.34
15	—	769	133.00	133.00
38	—	732	148.00–153.00	151.43
6	—	328	208.00	208.00
6	—	528	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	624	165.00	165.00
9	—	651	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	799	166.25	166.25
116	—	656	165.50–169.00	168.15
24	—	723	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	682	136.00–140.00	138.62
14	—	581	157.00–159.50	158.27
84	—	534	165.00–177.00	171.16
30	—	635	147.00–150.00	147.48
6	—	482	169.00	169.00
26	—	311	185.00	185.00
10	—	378	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	573	165.00–179.00	174.32
126	—	421	189.50–198.00	191.75
124	—	478	175.00–193.50	189.41
32	—	725	138.00–148.00	142.74
25	—	750	141.00	141.00
558	—	616	155.00–169.50	166.40
342	—	522	179.00–194.00	187.63
244	—	686	143.00–158.00	152.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	795	149.50	149.50
79	—	689	166.00	166.00
24	—	614	167.50	167.50

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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