Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Good attendance with a moderate to good demand for calves. Cooler weather in the area. Prices on the higher side compared to last weeks sale. Next sale will be October 14 with a feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.05/cwt on 3,945 head.

Average price

$205.05

3,945 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$24.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	210.77	1,257	3,024
Medium and Large 1-2	599	186.29	1,116	921

One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about $141 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 sale3,945 hd

205.05

—

NE average9 barns · 15,435 hd

206.83

−1.78

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

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,141	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	963	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	443	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	921	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	752	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	207.70/cwt	199.00–213.00	764	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	173.36/cwt	172.00–174.00	758	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	228.83/cwt	223.50–238.00	970	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	190.49/cwt	179.00–195.50	1,080	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	262.80/cwt	253.00–273.00	841	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	178.51/cwt	168.00–184.50	1,110	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,376	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,626	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	196.62/cwt	192.00–206.00	1,213	433
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,240	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	191.86/cwt	183.50–202.00	1,278	481
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	202.21/cwt	193.00–207.50	1,470	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	193.26/cwt	187.00–205.00	1,024	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	178.87/cwt	174.00–181.50	1,213	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	212.44/cwt	205.50–215.00	877	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,254	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	219.18/cwt	208.50–229.00	1,133	435
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	249.14/cwt	246.50–250.50	1,171	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	207.03/cwt	197.00–217.00	1,197	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	199.33/cwt	198.00–201.00	975	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	214.19/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,017	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	193.49/cwt	188.50–204.00	1,004	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	262.15/cwt	256.00–268.50	1,041	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	188.05/cwt	182.00–195.00	795	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	171.95/cwt	165.00–174.50	1,070	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	186.13/cwt	175.00–193.50	1,143	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	183.01/cwt	175.00–192.00	875	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	187.67/cwt	179.00–195.00	1,088	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	650	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,401	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	175.07/cwt	169.50–183.00	917	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	170.39/cwt	165.00–175.00	993	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	163.02/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,087	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	191.50/cwt	186.00–205.50	910	222

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 Oct 7, 2022

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

Receipts 6,513Last week 900Year ago 6,667

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	669	170.50	170.50
11	—	563	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	443	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	342	220.00	220.00
48	—	368	199.00–213.00	207.70
328	—	519	188.50–204.00	193.49
113	—	423	182.00–195.00	188.05
136	—	614	175.00–193.50	186.13
253	—	580	179.00–195.00	187.67
20	—	667	161.00–165.00	163.02
222	—	475	186.00–205.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	437	172.00–174.00	173.36
133	—	622	165.00–174.50	171.95
62	—	478	175.00–192.00	183.01
301	—	524	169.50–183.00	175.07
171	—	583	165.00–175.00	170.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	424	223.50–238.00	228.83
15	—	320	253.00–273.00	262.80
37	—	760	181.00	181.00
181	—	849	191.50	191.50
433	—	617	192.00–206.00	196.62
481	—	666	183.50–202.00	191.86
287	—	727	193.00–207.50	202.21
435	—	517	208.50–229.00	219.18
396	—	578	197.00–217.00	207.03
101	—	475	210.00–226.00	214.19
102	—	397	256.00–268.50	262.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	567	179.00–195.50	190.49
119	—	622	168.00–184.50	178.51
11	—	723	171.50	171.50
155	—	530	187.00–205.00	193.26
296	—	678	174.00–181.50	178.87
20	—	413	205.50–215.00	212.44
38	—	489	198.00–201.00	199.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	556	225.50	225.50
240	—	470	246.50–250.50	249.14
54	—	650	215.50	215.50

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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