Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2022-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. With weaned, not weaned, natural, and NHTC calves. Prices higher and lower on certain weights compared to last week. Demand moderate to good with good attendance at sale. A little moisture of snow in the area. Next sale November 11th with a special calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $201.43/cwt on 2,320 head.

Average price

$201.43

2,320 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$13.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.72

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	204.09	1,176	1,871
Medium and Large 1-2	567	190.32	1,079	449

One grade step is worth $13.77/cwt here — about $97 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 sale2,320 hd

201.43

—

NE average10 barns · 16,921 hd

210.15

−8.72

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

45 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 1Fancy	—	426	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,022	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	942	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	496	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,111	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	223.51/cwt	210.00–231.00	970	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,406	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	213.00/cwt	203.00–224.00	1,127	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	570	204.28/cwt	194.50–210.00	1,164	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	641	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,311	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	696	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,389	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	181.87/cwt	173.00–190.50	1,326	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	429	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	901	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	525	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,024	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	536	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,099	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	208.31/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,000	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,029	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	160.08/cwt	160.00–161.00	980	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	183.43/cwt	175.00–192.00	967	405
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	168.19/cwt	165.00–171.00	868	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	193.40/cwt	185.00–204.50	923	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	206.18/cwt	191.00–210.50	882	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	196.15/cwt	189.00–206.00	1,124	472
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	231.88/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,101	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,154	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,113	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	181.58/cwt	173.50–186.50	1,028	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	497	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	865	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	200.33/cwt	187.00–206.50	1,230	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	883	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	167.42/cwt	160.00–173.50	1,127	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	174.19/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,068	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	185.88/cwt	175.00–191.00	1,264	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	182.76/cwt	171.00–186.00	1,139	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	196.36/cwt	183.00–201.00	1,033	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	551	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	865	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	163.30/cwt	162.00–168.00	950	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	813	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	180.19/cwt	175.00–182.50	1,045	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	934	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	975	104

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 Nov 4, 2022

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

Receipts 4,626Last week 3,803Year ago 5,097

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	426	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	428	220.00	220.00
5	—	381	230.00	230.00
22	—	563	205.00	205.00
41	—	508	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	496	224.00	224.00
101	—	570	194.50–210.00	204.28
90	—	641	204.50	204.50
81	—	696	199.50	199.50
12	—	536	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	434	210.00–231.00	223.51
7	—	779	180.50	180.50
275	—	529	203.00–224.00	213.00
72	—	729	173.00–190.50	181.87
472	—	573	189.00–206.00	196.15
5	—	368	235.00	235.00
130	—	475	228.00–239.00	231.88
281	—	614	187.00–206.50	200.33
130	—	680	175.00–191.00	185.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	429	210.00	210.00
26	—	525	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	480	195.00–215.00	208.31
58	—	556	185.00	185.00
17	—	433	204.00	204.00
7	—	703	171.00	171.00
209	—	623	171.00–186.00	182.76
88	—	526	183.00–201.00	196.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	612	160.00–161.00	160.08
24	—	516	165.00–171.00	168.19
6	—	486	175.00	175.00
87	—	582	162.00–168.00	163.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
405	—	527	175.00–192.00	183.43
203	—	477	185.00–204.50	193.40
37	—	428	191.00–210.50	206.18
9	—	398	200.00	200.00
388	—	566	173.50–186.50	181.58
41	—	673	160.00–173.50	167.42
108	—	613	168.00–180.00	174.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	200.00	200.00
18	—	428	190.00	190.00
62	—	580	175.00–182.50	180.19
9	—	493	189.50	189.50
104	—	523	186.50	186.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	497	174.00	174.00
13	—	551	157.00	157.00

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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