Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifer, steers, and a few bred heifers. Feeder heifers and steers mostly on the higher side. Bred heifers where on the higher side also. Demand was moderate to good. Weather started to warm up around the area. Next sale February 17 with a feeders, bred heifers, and bred cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $196.33/cwt on 553 head.

Average price

$196.33

553 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$22.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.67

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	198.38	1,113	502
Medium and Large 1-2	610	176.12	1,073	51

One grade step is worth $22.26/cwt here — about $39 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 sale553 hd

196.33

—

NE average10 barns · 13,858 hd

192.66

+3.67

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,139	$1,982	99

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	380	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	779	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	195.21/cwt	184.00–202.50	1,160	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	205.24/cwt	201.00–206.00	911	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	167.85/cwt	166.00–173.50	1,195	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	210.92/cwt	206.00–212.50	993	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	181.07/cwt	173.50–184.50	1,190	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,357	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	241.27/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,187	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,416	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	210.08/cwt	198.00–211.50	1,237	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	207.66/cwt	206.00–211.00	876	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	208.16/cwt	198.00–212.50	1,313	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	192.14/cwt	185.50–199.00	1,172	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	209.01/cwt	203.00–212.00	1,099	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,135	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,382	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,001	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	173.10/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,236	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	567	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,077	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	223.40/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,193	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	232.10/cwt	230.50–232.50	1,309	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,082	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	980	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,139	1,981.80/head	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,982	99

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 Feb 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,198Last week 4,137Year ago 1,408

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	380	205.00	205.00
23	—	594	184.00–202.50	195.21
38	—	444	201.00–206.00	205.24
39	—	712	166.00–173.50	167.85
41	—	471	206.00–212.50	210.92
54	—	657	173.50–184.50	181.07
106	—	610	185.50–199.00	192.14
188	—	526	203.00–212.00	209.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	620	174.50	174.50
5	—	513	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	670	202.50	202.50
24	—	492	231.00–244.00	241.27
8	—	828	171.00	171.00
86	—	631	198.00–212.50	208.16
7	—	768	180.00	180.00
13	—	714	170.00–175.00	173.10
83	—	534	215.00–231.00	223.40
56	—	564	230.50–232.50	232.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	203.00	203.00
45	—	589	198.00–211.50	210.08
25	—	422	206.00–211.00	207.66
9	—	607	187.00	187.00
27	—	458	218.50	218.50
5	—	396	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	190.00	190.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	99	—	1,139	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,981.80

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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