Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of fall/spring heifers and steers. Prices on the higher side compared to a month ago. Demand moderate to good. Good moisture in the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.55/cwt on 375 head.

Average price

$232.55

375 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$11.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.55

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	233.38	1,522	348
Medium and Large 1-2	497	221.86	1,102	27

One grade step is worth $11.52/cwt here — about $420 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 sale375 hd

232.55

—

NE average3 barns · 1,622 hd

236.09

−3.55

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

21 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 1Guaranteed Open	—	861	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,606	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	620	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,544	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	528	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	1,382	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,522	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,055	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	258.31/cwt	254.00–262.50	948	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,256	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,566	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	227.79/cwt	222.50–232.50	1,077	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	587	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,456	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	256.30/cwt	242.50–261.00	1,251	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,579	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,454	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	281.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,354	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,142	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	756	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,633	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	807	211.65/cwt	203.75–213.00	1,708	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	547	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	458	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,294	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	300.88/cwt	299.00–302.00	1,234	19

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 Jun 2, 2023

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

Receipts 680Last week 0Year ago 774

Quality run of fall/spring heifers and steers. Prices on the higher side compared to a month ago. Demand moderate to good. Good moisture in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	861	186.50	186.50
71	—	620	249.00	249.00
20	—	528	261.75	261.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	692	220.00	220.00
16	—	435	242.50	242.50
19	—	367	254.00–262.50	258.31
24	—	488	242.50–261.00	256.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	485	259.00	259.00
29	—	587	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	473	222.50–232.50	227.79
9	—	544	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	756	216.00	216.00
82	—	807	203.75–213.00	211.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	742	220.00	220.00
10	—	593	264.00	264.00
13	—	503	289.00	289.00
33	—	481	280.00–285.00	281.54
19	—	410	299.00–302.00	300.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	618	255.50	255.50
6	—	547	270.00	270.00
8	—	458	282.50	282.50

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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