Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of fall heifer and steer calves. With yearling heifers and steers. Demand moderate to good. No trend will be applicable first sale in awhile.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $234.45/cwt on 737 head.

Average price

$234.45

737 head · 874 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.48

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	874	234.45	2,050	737

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale737 hd

234.45

—

NE average7 barns · 4,991 hd

243.92

−9.48

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,402	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	868	232.45/cwt	232.00–233.00	2,018	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	909	223.67/cwt	221.50–228.50	2,033	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	931	224.98/cwt	218.00–229.50	2,095	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	260.50/cwt	244.00–263.00	1,860	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	677	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,026	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,052	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	775	242.39/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,879	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,055	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	242.16/cwt	232.50–247.50	2,109	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	239.22/cwt	226.00–244.50	2,232	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	234.02/cwt	229.50–236.50	2,263	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,074	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,320	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	983	227.40/cwt	221.00–229.50	2,235	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,878	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,801	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	805	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,956	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	1,031	214.54/cwt	212.50–220.00	2,212	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	865	230.98/cwt	228.00–234.50	1,998	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	698	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,773	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	983	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,172	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	1,079	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,190	7

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 Aug 25, 2023

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

Receipts 1,529Last week 430Year ago 2,687

Quality run of fall heifer and steer calves. With yearling heifers and steers. Demand moderate to good. No trend will be applicable first sale in awhile.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,049	229.00	229.00
10	—	579	298.00	298.00
23	—	816	251.50	251.50
68	—	764	269.00	269.00
67	—	871	232.50–247.50	242.16
170	—	933	226.00–244.50	239.22
115	—	967	229.50–236.50	234.02
20	—	693	271.00	271.00
11	—	621	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	868	232.00–233.00	232.45
45	—	909	221.50–228.50	223.67
11	—	677	252.00	252.00
12	—	643	250.00	250.00
10	—	1,074	216.00	216.00
159	—	983	221.00–229.50	227.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	931	218.00–229.50	224.98
92	—	775	241.00–243.00	242.39
42	—	805	243.00	243.00
41	—	1,031	212.50–220.00	214.54
22	—	865	228.00–234.50	230.98
13	—	698	254.00	254.00
11	—	983	221.00	221.00
7	—	1,079	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	714	244.00–263.00	260.50
9	—	817	248.00	248.00
7	—	600	260.00	260.00

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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