Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of a few spring calves, fall calves, and yearlings. Demand moderate to good. Prices are some lower and higher on certain weights. Next sale will be September 30 with a special calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.28/cwt on 481 head.

Average price

$192.28

481 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$14.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.07

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	772	192.64	1,487	469
Medium and Large 1-2	712	178.29	1,270	12thin

One grade step is worth $14.35/cwt here — about $217 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 sale481 hd

192.28

—

NE average6 barns · 4,317 hd

216.35

−24.07

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

25 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 1-2	—	354	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	165.83/cwt	163.00–167.50	1,527	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	174.66/cwt	161.00–178.25	1,439	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	199.30/cwt	193.00–203.00	1,327	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	173.40/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,351	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,059	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	178.88/cwt	172.50–180.00	1,626	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,477	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	177.05/cwt	171.00–180.50	1,278	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	198.40/cwt	182.50–200.75	1,548	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,219	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	204.75/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,163	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	191.89/cwt	183.00–193.75	1,357	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,077	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	168.54/cwt	167.50–170.00	1,680	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,594	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,116	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	160.86/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,644	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,479	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	164.43/cwt	163.50–165.50	1,605	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,055	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,209	5

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 Sep 16, 2022

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

Receipts 1,132Last week 1,028Year ago 0

Quality sale of a few spring calves, fall calves, and yearlings. Demand moderate to good. Prices are some lower and higher on certain weights. Next sale will be September 30 with a special calf sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	354	184.00	184.00
6	—	542	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	921	163.00–167.50	165.83
92	—	824	161.00–178.25	174.66
83	—	779	170.00–177.50	173.40
66	—	722	171.00–180.50	177.05
42	—	638	191.00	191.00
28	—	1,022	158.00–162.00	160.86
25	—	871	169.75	169.75
24	—	976	163.50–165.50	164.43
13	—	544	194.00	194.00
8	—	1,063	157.00	157.00
5	—	691	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	666	193.00–203.00	199.30
13	—	475	223.00	223.00
80	—	909	172.50–180.00	178.88
10	—	839	176.00	176.00
141	—	780	182.50–200.75	198.40
53	—	568	190.00–207.00	204.75
35	—	707	183.00–193.75	191.89
12	—	997	167.50–170.00	168.54
63	—	858	185.75	185.75
6	—	1,116	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	605	178.00	178.00
7	—	789	178.50	178.50

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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