Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of spring calves, fall calves, and yearlings. Demand moderate to good. Prices little on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Next sale will be October 7th with a special feeder calf.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.02/cwt on 457 head.

Average price

$184.02

457 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,369

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$2.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.66

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	748	184.05	1,376	449
Medium and Large 1-2	540	182.00	983	8thin

One grade step is worth $2.05/cwt here — about $393 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 sale457 hd

184.02

—

NE average8 barns · 9,540 hd

201.68

−17.66

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

26 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	—	973	161.60/cwt	160.50–162.50	1,572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,606	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	174.01/cwt	173.00–175.50	1,432	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,276	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	182.14/cwt	177.00–184.00	976	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,047	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,123	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,875	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	557	180.08/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,003	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	205.92/cwt	200.00–212.00	968	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,441	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,540	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,590	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	181.99/cwt	176.00–191.50	1,119	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,434	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	208.86/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,086	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	194.05/cwt	185.00–198.00	929	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,163	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	186.76/cwt	174.00–188.00	1,225	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	156.80/cwt	155.00–159.00	991	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	164.88/cwt	161.00–168.00	945	46

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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 900Last week 1,132Year ago 5,291

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	973	160.50–162.50	161.60
16	—	1,015	158.25	158.25
17	—	823	173.00–175.50	174.01
23	—	742	172.00	172.00
25	—	536	177.00–184.00	182.14
28	—	551	190.00	190.00
46	—	479	185.00–198.00	194.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	405	176.00	176.00
10	—	383	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	632	155.00–159.00	156.80
46	—	573	161.00–168.00	164.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,123	167.00	167.00
10	—	470	200.00–212.00	205.92
7	—	821	175.50	175.50
5	—	953	166.00	166.00
10	—	1,008	152.75	152.75
74	—	893	178.00	178.00
68	—	615	176.00–191.50	181.99
5	—	792	181.00	181.00
40	—	520	201.00–217.00	208.86
5	—	395	238.00	238.00
37	—	554	210.00	210.00
71	—	656	174.00–188.00	186.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	557	178.00–181.00	180.08
8	—	686	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	182.00	182.00

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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