Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with instances of 400 to 600 lbs steers 10.00 higher. Large crowd of buyers bid readily from start to finish along with active bidding from the internet on grass and feeder cattle. Many are hopeful the drought is over as Mother Nature through heavy amounts of snow in the trade area. Cattlemen think maybe the weather pattern has changed and the spring rains will arrive aiding in greening up pastures and hay ground.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.96/cwt on 972 head.

Average price

$205.96

972 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$23.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.85

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	208.19	1,250	879
Medium and Large 1-2	611	184.89	1,129	93

One grade step is worth $23.30/cwt here — about $121 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 sale972 hd

205.96

—

NE average7 barns · 6,483 hd

194.11

+11.85

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

35 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	—	713	169.00/cwt	163.00–179.00	1,205	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,134	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	226.20/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,192	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	187.05/cwt	179.00–192.50	1,160	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	229.17/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,018	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	257.58/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,046	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,100	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	265.28/cwt	262.50–268.00	1,295	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,469	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,569	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	172.48/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,330	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,331	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	212.08/cwt	211.00–213.25	1,523	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,406	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	213.93/cwt	202.00–221.50	1,318	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	244.27/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,270	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	737	170.39/cwt	169.00–173.00	1,256	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	217.18/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,431	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	242.07/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,399	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	238.25/cwt	237.00–239.50	1,489	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	209.26/cwt	197.00–216.00	1,201	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,371	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	199.38/cwt	191.00–206.50	1,316	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	691	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,413	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	582	228.04/cwt	222.00–232.50	1,327	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	768	176.12/cwt	174.00–187.00	1,353	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	189.19/cwt	186.00–194.00	1,080	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	171.51/cwt	166.00–174.50	1,408	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	234.32/cwt	230.50–235.00	881	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	181.49/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,234	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,392	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	155.72/cwt	154.50–166.00	1,187	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	227.48/cwt	218.00–236.00	1,094	56

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 2,030Last week 1,228Year ago 1,020

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	713	163.00–179.00	169.00
145	—	527	220.00–232.00	226.20
41	—	444	228.00–231.00	229.17
122	—	616	202.00–221.50	213.93
124	—	574	197.00–216.00	209.26
46	—	660	191.00–206.50	199.38
48	—	376	230.50–235.00	234.32
52	—	884	157.50	157.50
60	—	762	154.50–166.00	155.72
56	—	481	218.00–236.00	227.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	206.00	206.00
7	—	741	153.00	153.00
18	—	620	179.00–192.50	187.05
30	—	571	186.00–194.00	189.19
26	—	680	180.00–185.00	181.49
5	—	542	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	691	204.50	204.50
103	—	582	222.00–232.50	228.04
31	—	768	174.00–187.00	176.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	406	252.00–269.00	257.58
10	—	488	262.50–268.00	265.28
15	—	791	185.75	185.75
126	—	837	187.50	187.50
53	—	718	211.00–213.25	212.08
32	—	520	240.00–252.00	244.27
57	—	659	210.00–231.00	217.18
91	—	578	235.00–244.00	242.07
103	—	625	237.00–239.50	238.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	489	225.00	225.00
44	—	771	171.00–182.00	172.48
10	—	802	166.00	166.00
16	—	748	188.00	188.00
40	—	632	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	737	169.00–173.00	170.39
73	—	821	166.00–174.50	171.51

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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