Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder steers, heifers, and bangs vaccinated heifers. A few bred cows and heifers. Good attendance nice day with chance of snow in the forecast. Demand moderate to good. trend on the lighter side compared to four weeks ago. March 18 next special feeder sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.55/cwt on 1,183 head.

Average price

$157.55

1,183 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$12.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	158.39	1,014	1,102
Medium and Large 1-2	572	146.18	836	81

One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about $178 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 sale1,183 hd

157.55

—

NE average9 barns · 10,729 hd

162.98

−5.43

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	—	860	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	137.32/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,125	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	183.32/cwt	175.00–192.00	781	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	139.34/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,090	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	174.91/cwt	166.00–182.00	901	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	154.84/cwt	143.00–158.75	1,104	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	165.49/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,041	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	193.00/cwt	191.00–195.00	942	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	188.97/cwt	184.00–195.00	811	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	165.72/cwt	162.00–171.00	819	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	146.63/cwt	146.50–147.00	1,195	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	159.15/cwt	154.50–167.50	1,141	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,216	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	191.97/cwt	186.50–200.00	1,094	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	194.25/cwt	188.00–201.50	1,222	284
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	158.99/cwt	156.00–162.00	781	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	577	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,010	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	143.85/cwt	138.00–145.00	829	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,107	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	174.59/cwt	165.50–181.00	1,154	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	159.59/cwt	154.50–160.50	1,079	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	155.14/cwt	150.00–162.00	892	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	160.60/cwt	151.00–166.50	1,012	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	153.12/cwt	146.00–160.50	1,049	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	138.32/cwt	133.00–145.00	866	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,393	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	17,064	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,487	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	23,420	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,109	1,560.00/cwt	1,560.00–1,560.00	17,300	25

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 Mar 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,223Last week 0Year ago 2,627

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 329Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	860	128.00	128.00
14	—	819	136.00–139.00	137.32
30	—	426	175.00–192.00	183.32
77	—	782	135.00–144.00	139.34
98	—	515	166.00–182.00	174.91
150	—	713	143.00–158.75	154.84
155	—	575	150.00–162.00	155.14
236	—	630	151.00–166.50	160.60
253	—	685	146.00–160.50	153.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	491	156.00–162.00	158.99
37	—	576	138.00–145.00	143.85
7	—	438	149.00	149.00
10	—	720	141.00	141.00
11	—	626	133.00–145.00	138.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	577	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	629	161.00–172.00	165.49
11	—	429	184.00–195.00	188.97
46	—	494	162.00–171.00	165.72
33	—	676	154.50–160.50	159.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	488	191.00–195.00	193.00
31	—	815	146.50–147.00	146.63
43	—	717	154.50–167.50	159.15
11	—	795	153.00	153.00
81	—	570	186.50–200.00	191.97
284	—	629	188.00–201.50	194.25
54	—	521	212.50	212.50
27	—	661	165.50–181.00	174.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,393	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,487	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,109	1,560.00	1,560.00

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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