Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the higher side for most weights compared to last week. Demand moderate to good with good attendance at sale. Next sale is October 28 with a special calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $204.61/cwt on 4,071 head.

Average price

$204.61

4,071 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$17.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	207.81	1,225	3,326
Medium and Large 1-2	573	190.30	1,091	745

One grade step is worth $17.52/cwt here — about $134 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 sale4,071 hd

204.61

—

NE average10 barns · 13,467 hd

207.59

−2.98

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

36 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 1Fancy	—	437	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	961	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,266	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,620	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	201.05/cwt	197.00–212.50	750	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,440	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	227.25/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,100	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	215.69/cwt	205.50–226.00	1,141	445
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	195.62/cwt	184.00–203.00	1,293	485
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	206.13/cwt	194.00–214.50	1,183	823
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	176.27/cwt	173.50–181.00	1,213	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	202.10/cwt	200.00–202.50	956	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	186.54/cwt	174.50–192.00	1,074	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	197.63/cwt	187.00–204.00	1,055	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	241.07/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,051	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	195.42/cwt	183.00–200.00	1,419	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	475	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,183	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,195	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	575	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,268	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	185.08/cwt	177.00–191.00	1,151	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	203.61/cwt	194.00–211.25	1,262	1,026
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	204.96/cwt	192.50–211.00	871	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	187.12/cwt	182.00–198.00	803	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	203.14/cwt	192.00–208.00	951	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	181.63/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,046	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	195.89/cwt	188.00–202.50	1,046	468
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	552	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,104	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	505	204.57/cwt	204.00–207.00	1,033	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	171.97/cwt	169.00–181.00	1,059	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	158.15/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,014	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	176.94/cwt	171.00–182.00	848	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	172.08/cwt	165.00–176.00	723	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	162.75/cwt	159.50–170.50	944	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	177.62/cwt	171.00–186.00	952	170

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 6,579Last week 6,181Year ago 5,244

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	437	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	307	232.50	232.50
7	—	736	172.00	172.00
28	—	953	170.00	170.00
36	—	373	197.00–212.50	201.05
52	—	823	175.00	175.00
129	—	429	182.00–198.00	187.12
173	—	468	192.00–208.00	203.14
307	—	576	175.00–192.00	181.63
468	—	534	188.00–202.50	195.89
114	—	616	169.00–181.00	171.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	552	200.00	200.00
60	—	505	204.00–207.00	204.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	641	157.00–159.00	158.15
27	—	479	171.00–182.00	176.94
32	—	420	165.00–176.00	172.08
44	—	580	159.50–170.50	162.75
170	—	536	171.00–186.00	177.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	484	215.00–235.00	227.25
445	—	529	205.50–226.00	215.69
485	—	661	184.00–203.00	195.62
823	—	574	194.00–214.50	206.13
5	—	384	252.00	252.00
9	—	333	265.00	265.00
71	—	436	233.00–247.00	241.07
129	—	726	183.00–200.00	195.42
1,026	—	620	194.00–211.25	203.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	688	173.50–181.00	176.27
62	—	473	200.00–202.50	202.10
165	—	576	174.50–192.00	186.54
191	—	534	187.00–204.00	197.63
274	—	622	177.00–191.00	185.08
23	—	425	192.50–211.00	204.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	475	249.00	249.00
33	—	515	232.00	232.00
55	—	575	220.50	220.50

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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