Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. With a few yearling heifers and steers. Market on the lower side compared to last week. Demand moderate to good with fair attendance at sale. Next sale November 4th with a feeder calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.52/cwt on 2,070 head.

Average price

$197.52

2,070 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$13.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.31

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	200.59	1,172	1,597
Medium and Large 1-2	542	187.15	1,015	473

One grade step is worth $13.44/cwt here — about $157 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 sale2,070 hd

197.52

—

NE average10 barns · 14,175 hd

208.83

−11.31

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

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	201.00/cwt	189.00–208.75	1,164	448
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,345	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	196.42/cwt	192.00–199.00	703	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	167.90/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,120	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	168.90/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,062	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	193.75/cwt	183.00–201.00	916	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	192.92/cwt	185.00–203.50	1,204	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	225.33/cwt	217.00–237.50	834	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,364	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	229.69/cwt	219.50–238.00	988	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	189.00/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,015	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	192.82/cwt	191.00–202.00	951	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	184.17/cwt	173.00–191.00	1,322	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	217.68/cwt	209.00–226.00	1,034	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	186.33/cwt	180.00–189.50	1,252	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	204.24/cwt	198.00–216.00	1,074	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	183.48/cwt	176.00–192.00	1,048	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	528	225.68/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,192	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	179.62/cwt	171.00–186.00	1,040	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,232	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	204.31/cwt	199.00–211.00	907	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	177.96/cwt	173.50–181.00	1,086	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	171.28/cwt	169.00–173.50	995	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	175.38/cwt	175.00–177.00	830	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	920	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	195.51/cwt	189.00–206.00	839	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	187.47/cwt	177.50–195.50	969	329

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 3,803Last week 6,579Year ago 4,518

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
448	—	579	189.00–208.75	201.00
278	—	624	185.00–203.50	192.92
5	—	345	246.00	246.00
18	—	370	217.00–237.50	225.33
25	—	847	161.00	161.00
51	—	430	219.50–238.00	229.69
103	—	718	173.00–191.00	184.17
148	—	475	209.00–226.00	217.68
205	—	672	180.00–189.50	186.33
236	—	526	198.00–216.00	204.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	537	180.00–195.00	189.00
102	—	493	191.00–202.00	192.82
122	—	579	171.00–186.00	179.62
10	—	740	166.50	166.50
66	—	444	199.00–211.00	204.31
82	—	610	173.50–181.00	177.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	528	223.00–226.00	225.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	885	152.00	152.00
16	—	358	192.00–199.00	196.42
28	—	667	165.00–176.00	167.90
68	—	629	165.00–175.00	168.90
268	—	473	183.00–201.00	193.75
261	—	571	176.00–192.00	183.48
89	—	429	189.00–206.00	195.51
329	—	517	177.50–195.50	187.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	581	169.00–173.50	171.28
5	—	345	200.00	200.00
31	—	473	175.00–177.00	175.38
35	—	538	171.00	171.00

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