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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifer and steers. Calves on the higher side compared to a month ago. Demand moderate to good. Snow falling in the area today. Next sale March 17 with a special feeder sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.97/cwt on 523 head.

Average price

$221.97

523 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$29.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.39

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	222.53	1,193	513
Medium and Large 1-2	494	193.25	955	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.28/cwt here — about $239 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 sale523 hd

221.97

—

NE average8 barns · 7,549 hd

196.58

+25.39

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

25 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	—	879	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,384	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	236.70/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,136	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	233.95/cwt	222.50–237.50	1,011	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	247.22/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,261	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,478	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	859	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	175.45/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,267	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	205.30/cwt	191.00–208.50	1,353	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,327	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	214.28/cwt	209.00–217.50	1,262	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	215.63/cwt	215.50–216.00	1,436	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	217.33/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,352	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,069	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,441	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,407	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,278	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	243.55/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,167	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,321	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	225.78/cwt	213.00–231.00	1,174	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	271.84/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,185	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	758	5

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 Mar 3, 2023

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

Receipts 1,228Last week 0Year ago 2,223

Quality sale of feeder heifer and steers. Calves on the higher side compared to a month ago. Demand moderate to good. Snow falling in the area today. Next sale March 17 with a special feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	879	157.50	157.50
116	—	480	233.00–240.00	236.70
85	—	432	222.50–237.50	233.95
10	—	361	238.00	238.00
20	—	722	165.00–180.00	175.45
28	—	659	191.00–208.50	205.30
44	—	602	220.50	220.50
52	—	589	209.00–217.50	214.28
8	—	821	175.50	175.50
5	—	784	161.00	161.00
136	—	520	213.00–231.00	225.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	604	189.00	189.00
5	—	384	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	510	239.00–252.00	247.22
58	—	760	194.50	194.50
61	—	666	215.50–216.00	215.63
5	—	808	170.00	170.00
56	—	622	208.00–220.00	217.33
24	—	572	246.00	246.00
14	—	479	239.00–246.00	243.55
66	—	436	268.00–273.00	271.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	784	172.00	172.00
11	—	662	193.00	193.00
6	—	734	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	469	228.00	228.00

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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