Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. NHTC, fancy, and not weaned steers. Bangs and non bangs vaccinated heifers. No trend will be applicable since four weeks or more on last sale. Good amount of snow in the area. Good attendance at sale with demand moderate to good. Next sale January 13 with a special bred heifer and cow.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.92/cwt on 2,053 head.

Average price

$191.92

2,053 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$12.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	194.42	1,211	1,650
Medium and Large 1-2	563	181.68	1,022	403

One grade step is worth $12.74/cwt here — about $189 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 sale2,053 hd

191.92

—

NE average8 barns · 9,428 hd

188.76

+3.16

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	—	446	223.75/cwt	223.00–224.50	998	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	216.18/cwt	208.00–224.00	1,031	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	172.37/cwt	168.75–175.50	1,332	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	182.26/cwt	175.50–186.50	1,239	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	212.11/cwt	202.50–222.50	1,133	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	194.51/cwt	192.00–200.00	852	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	450	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	556	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	867	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	186.49/cwt	170.50–187.50	1,525	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	869	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	189.22/cwt	181.00–190.50	1,446	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	665	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,416	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	227.05/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,083	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,041	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	196.40/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,347	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	191.52/cwt	189.00–194.00	1,128	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	194.30/cwt	183.00–200.75	1,391	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	219.58/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,164	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	760	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,550	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	584	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,299	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	163.22/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,110	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	675	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	718	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,389	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,088	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	177.33/cwt	176.50–182.50	1,225	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	182.61/cwt	172.00–187.50	1,072	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	193.85/cwt	182.00–198.00	1,025	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	176.60/cwt	173.50–183.50	1,256	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	221.46/cwt	210.50–226.50	1,289	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	193.03/cwt	184.00–194.50	1,183	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	911	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	816	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	193.16/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,211	400
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	205.06/cwt	196.50–215.00	1,173	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	173.73/cwt	163.00–180.00	1,084	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,244	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	210.55/cwt	202.00–215.50	1,312	291

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 Jan 6, 2023

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

Receipts 4,250Last week 0Year ago 6,227

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	446	223.00–224.50	223.75
104	—	477	208.00–224.00	216.18
133	—	773	168.75–175.50	172.37
203	—	680	175.50–186.50	182.26
213	—	534	202.50–222.50	212.11
237	—	711	173.50–183.50	176.60
400	—	627	189.00–200.00	193.16
346	—	572	196.50–215.00	205.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	438	192.00–200.00	194.51
38	—	680	159.00–165.00	163.22
14	—	326	207.00	207.00
13	—	386	186.00	186.00
144	—	587	172.00–187.50	182.61
40	—	529	182.00–198.00	193.85
23	—	451	181.00	181.00
96	—	624	163.00–180.00	173.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	194.00	194.00
5	—	556	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	428	202.50	202.50
32	—	526	198.00	198.00
16	—	589	189.00–194.00	191.52
16	—	832	167.00	167.00
71	—	691	176.50–182.50	177.33
90	—	613	184.00–194.50	193.03
8	—	450	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	818	170.50–187.50	186.49
20	—	378	230.00	230.00
38	—	764	181.00–190.50	189.22
45	—	477	220.00–229.00	227.05
180	—	686	186.00–200.00	196.40
249	—	716	183.00–200.75	194.30
78	—	530	212.00–225.00	219.58
19	—	444	245.00	245.00
269	—	582	210.50–226.50	221.46
291	—	623	202.00–215.50	210.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	665	213.00	213.00
24	—	760	204.00	204.00
27	—	584	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	515	241.50	241.50

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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