Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Good attendance with demand moderate to good. Prices where on the lower side. Next sale October 21 with a special feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.44/cwt on 4,137 head.

Average price

$205.44

4,137 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$16.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	207.44	1,180	3,624
Medium and Large 1-2	555	191.27	1,061	513

One grade step is worth $16.17/cwt here — about $118 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 sale4,137 hd

205.44

—

NE average9 barns · 17,582 hd

205.74

−0.30

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

32 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	—	384	198.14/cwt	193.00–208.00	761	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	171.92/cwt	166.00–181.00	1,080	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	193.31/cwt	186.00–201.50	841	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,087	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,187	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,244	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	176.40/cwt	173.50–181.50	1,281	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,133	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	200.58/cwt	187.00–207.10	1,246	634
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	212.97/cwt	202.00–222.50	1,124	522
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	193.90/cwt	184.00–196.00	1,041	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	833	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	224.60/cwt	220.50–230.00	1,159	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,390	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	225.92/cwt	221.00–239.00	962	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	185.21/cwt	173.00–189.50	1,233	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	213.25/cwt	210.50–215.00	943	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	228.30/cwt	215.00–236.50	1,100	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,032	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	517	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,029	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	204.88/cwt	194.00–213.25	1,170	1,302
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	184.14/cwt	177.00–191.00	1,053	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	178.69/cwt	168.00–185.00	951	581
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	441	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,076	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	185.58/cwt	182.00–196.00	1,065	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	187.34/cwt	181.00–198.50	895	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	205.99/cwt	196.00–213.00	993	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	179.76/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,150	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	171.82/cwt	168.00–175.50	851	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	174.55/cwt	169.50–183.50	1,002	84

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 6,181Last week 6,513Year ago 4,500

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Good attendance with demand moderate to good. Prices where on the lower side. Next sale October 21 with a special feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	384	193.00–208.00	198.14
71	—	628	166.00–181.00	171.92
121	—	435	186.00–201.50	193.31
8	—	671	162.00	162.00
9	—	700	169.50	169.50
581	—	532	168.00–185.00	178.69
242	—	574	182.00–196.00	185.58
434	—	478	181.00–198.50	187.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	637	162.00	162.00
32	—	495	168.00–175.50	171.82
84	—	574	169.50–183.50	174.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	517	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	761	163.50	163.50
73	—	726	173.50–181.50	176.40
634	—	621	187.00–207.10	200.58
522	—	528	202.00–222.50	212.97
5	—	394	247.50	247.50
8	—	323	258.00	258.00
11	—	825	168.50	168.50
84	—	426	221.00–239.00	225.92
318	—	666	173.00–189.50	185.21
340	—	482	215.00–236.50	228.30
1,302	—	571	194.00–213.25	204.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	695	163.00	163.00
166	—	537	184.00–196.00	193.90
13	—	442	210.50–215.00	213.25
112	—	572	177.00–191.00	184.14
108	—	482	196.00–213.00	205.99
102	—	640	173.00–186.00	179.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
280	—	516	220.50–230.00	224.60
32	—	441	244.00	244.00

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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