Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and bulls. Some calves coming into sale lack of grass and moisture. Trend higher on certain weights compared to five weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.26/cwt on 1,099 head.

Average price

$168.26

1,099 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$12.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	168.87	999	1,047
Medium and Large 1-2	539	155.98	841	52

One grade step is worth $12.88/cwt here — about $158 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 sale1,099 hd

168.26

—

NE average5 barns · 4,431 hd

163.67

+4.59

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	171.08/cwt	161.00–177.00	1,153	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	187.99/cwt	179.00–195.00	806	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	716	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	193.08/cwt	187.00–194.00	855	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	173.61/cwt	168.00–176.00	931	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	188.84/cwt	185.00–196.50	1,184	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,277	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	169.45/cwt	158.50–174.00	968	216
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	970	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,213	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,036	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,151	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,056	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,068	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	212.43/cwt	206.50–217.00	1,103	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	212.86/cwt	209.00–215.50	1,026	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	914	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	167.19/cwt	161.00–177.00	1,037	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	175.68/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,093	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	182.23/cwt	175.00–188.00	891	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	194.94/cwt	185.00–201.00	1,131	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	178.87/cwt	168.00–183.75	1,282	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	184.70/cwt	181.00–191.00	972	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	157.25/cwt	151.50–163.00	1,127	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	183.04/cwt	177.00–193.50	860	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	157.12/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,076	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,361	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	159.58/cwt	159.00–160.00	830	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	959	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	847	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 Apr 22, 2022

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

Receipts 2,420Last week 1,020Year ago 0

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and bulls. Some calves coming into sale lack of grass and moisture. Trend higher on certain weights compared to five weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	674	161.00–177.00	171.08
125	—	627	185.00–196.50	188.84
11	—	869	147.00	147.00
41	—	519	206.50–217.00	212.43
105	—	482	209.00–215.50	212.86
49	—	423	216.00	216.00
100	—	580	185.00–201.00	194.94
104	—	717	168.00–183.75	178.87
72	—	820	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	429	179.00–195.00	187.99
79	—	622	173.00–178.00	175.68
21	—	489	175.00–188.00	182.23
44	—	526	181.00–191.00	184.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	375	191.00	191.00
60	—	443	187.00–194.00	193.08
152	—	536	168.00–176.00	173.61
216	—	571	158.50–174.00	169.45
10	—	805	143.00	143.00
13	—	760	139.00	139.00
15	—	913	117.00	117.00
321	—	620	161.00–177.00	167.19
69	—	717	151.50–163.00	157.25
77	—	470	177.00–193.50	183.04
93	—	685	147.00–161.00	157.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	520	159.00–160.00	159.58
6	—	442	151.00	151.00
7	—	705	136.00	136.00
8	—	489	174.00	174.00
10	—	561	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	174.00	174.00
12	—	970	125.00	125.00
13	—	735	141.00	141.00

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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