Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers, steers, and a few cow/calf pairs. Some prices on the higher side while some on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Nice rain shower while doing the sale. Demand moderate to good. Next sale May 12 with a special bred cow, heifer, and pair sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.88/cwt on 1,338 head.

Average price

$218.88

1,338 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$335

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

$2.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	639	221.41	1,414	66
Medium and Large 1	800	218.75	1,749	1,272

One grade step is worth $2.66/cwt here — about −$335 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 sale1,338 hd

218.88

—

NE average6 barns · 5,544 hd

230.91

−12.03

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,329	$2,619	39
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,469	$1,667	29
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,175	$2,535	14

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	206.06/cwt	203.00–209.50	1,797	726
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,589	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	288.62/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,250	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	528	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,220	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	409	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,010	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	255.66/cwt	238.00–263.25	1,496	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	244.54/cwt	229.00–250.00	1,289	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	210.11/cwt	201.00–213.50	1,332	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,340	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,004	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	963	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,550	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	602	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,522	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,765	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,353	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,883	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	233.59/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,553	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,217	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	864	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,439	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,446	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	181.75/cwt	181.00–183.00	1,405	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	210.62/cwt	210.00–211.00	1,196	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	216.52/cwt	212.00–227.50	1,676	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	246.86/cwt	231.00–252.00	1,034	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,284	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	251.77/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,234	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	232.21/cwt	227.00–234.00	1,321	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	29
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	2,535.00/head	2,535.00–2,535.00	2,535	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,469	1,667.41/head	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,667	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	2,310.00/head	2,310.00–2,310.00	2,310	10

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 May 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,008Last week 3,139Year ago 1,509

Replacement CattleReceipts 116Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
726	—	872	203.00–209.50	206.06
35	—	433	280.00–291.00	288.62
70	—	585	238.00–263.25	255.66
80	—	706	250.00	250.00
124	—	963	195.50	195.50
8	—	641	234.00	234.00
25	—	665	233.00–236.00	233.59
57	—	512	281.00	281.00
101	—	774	212.00–227.50	216.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	706	225.00	225.00
6	—	378	264.00	264.00
10	—	555	235.00	235.00
11	—	841	181.00	181.00
12	—	641	211.00	211.00
9	—	520	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	528	231.00	231.00
12	—	409	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	527	229.00–250.00	244.54
18	—	634	201.00–213.50	210.11
11	—	342	252.50	252.50
5	—	397	240.00	240.00
6	—	726	191.00	191.00
15	—	887	163.00	163.00
13	—	773	181.00–183.00	181.75
46	—	419	231.00–252.00	246.86
10	—	672	191.00	191.00
71	—	490	244.00–253.00	251.77
35	—	569	227.00–234.00	232.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	568	210.00–211.00	210.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	832	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	238.00	238.00
12	—	963	161.00	161.00
10	—	602	201.00	201.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,310	2,725.00	2,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,385	2,310.00	2,310.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,469	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,667.41
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,175	2,535.00	2,535.00

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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