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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. With weaned, not weaned, and fancy calves. Some weights were on the higher side. While a few weights were on the lower side. With the colder weather in the area still had good attendance at the sale. Demand was moderate to good. Next sale November 18th with a Tri-State Bred Heifer and Cow Sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.77/cwt on 1,379 head.

Average price

$205.77

1,379 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$17.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.72

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	207.63	1,167	1,232
Medium and Large 1-2	584	190.16	1,110	147

One grade step is worth $17.48/cwt here — about $57 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 sale1,379 hd

205.77

—

NE average10 barns · 11,857 hd

202.05

+3.72

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

39 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	—	488	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	165.98/cwt	162.00–168.50	1,125	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	190.34/cwt	186.00–194.00	1,077	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	202.28/cwt	197.00–203.50	1,054	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	925	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	490	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	956	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	468	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	641	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,195	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	524	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,166	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	183.31/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,250	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	238.54/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,011	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	211.68/cwt	197.00–216.00	1,175	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	229.93/cwt	222.00–231.00	848	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	203.46/cwt	195.50–214.00	1,156	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	220.24/cwt	213.00–227.50	1,194	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	180.09/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,304	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	219.59/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,118	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	194.38/cwt	183.00–199.00	1,324	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	604	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,063	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	582	184.42/cwt	181.00–187.00	1,073	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	204.24/cwt	201.00–207.00	1,074	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	179.46/cwt	169.50–186.00	1,102	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	200.61/cwt	189.00–205.00	923	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	218.64/cwt	214.00–221.00	813	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,114	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	231.76/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,085	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	219.56/cwt	216.00–232.00	944	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	412	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	618	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	894	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	177.54/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,211	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	189.12/cwt	180.00–192.50	1,176	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	189.50/cwt	180.00–195.50	1,175	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	200.60/cwt	192.00–208.00	1,023	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	182.85/cwt	178.00–187.50	1,042	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	192.50/cwt	181.00–200.00	810	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	385	198.48/cwt	196.00–201.00	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	181.34/cwt	171.00–186.00	967	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	35

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 11, 2022

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

Receipts 2,364Last week 4,626Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	186.00	186.00
13	—	678	162.00–168.50	165.98
44	—	566	186.00–194.00	190.34
145	—	521	197.00–203.50	202.28
44	—	436	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	514	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	490	195.00	195.00
6	—	412	195.00	195.00
7	—	618	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	614	169.50–186.00	179.46
102	—	460	189.00–205.00	200.61
21	—	372	214.00–221.00	218.64
116	—	510	192.00–208.00	200.60
27	—	570	178.00–187.50	182.85
28	—	421	181.00–200.00	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	385	196.00–201.00	198.48
41	—	533	171.00–186.00	181.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	230.00	230.00
6	—	641	186.50	186.50
23	—	524	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	682	182.00–184.00	183.31
43	—	369	222.00–231.00	229.93
118	—	568	195.50–214.00	203.46
127	—	542	213.00–227.50	220.24
54	—	468	225.00–239.00	231.76
92	—	430	216.00–232.00	219.56
147	—	620	180.00–195.50	189.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	424	232.00–241.00	238.54
163	—	555	197.00–216.00	211.68
41	—	724	177.00–185.00	180.09
68	—	509	214.00–226.00	219.59
114	—	681	183.00–199.00	194.38
153	—	622	180.00–192.50	189.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	176.00	176.00
43	—	582	181.00–187.00	184.42
53	—	526	201.00–207.00	204.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	192.00	192.00
30	—	682	176.00–179.00	177.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	465	250.00	250.00

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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