Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of fall heifer, fall steer calves, and yearlings. Prices on the higher side compared to about a month ago. Demand moderate to good. A little moisture in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.54/cwt on 1,948 head.

Average price

$253.54

1,948 head · 869 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$556

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

$1.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.26

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	657	255.34	1,678	109
Medium and Large 1	882	253.44	2,234	1,839

One grade step is worth $1.91/cwt here — about −$556 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 sale1,948 hd

253.54

—

NE average7 barns · 7,255 hd

260.80

−7.26

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	276.60/cwt	264.50–290.00	1,557	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	232.51/cwt	222.00–235.50	2,146	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	237.80/cwt	230.00–243.50	1,971	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	252.15/cwt	233.00–256.00	1,848	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	237.17/cwt	223.00–242.50	2,063	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	263.72/cwt	259.00–265.50	1,643	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	241.90/cwt	237.00–243.75	2,342	521
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	271.26/cwt	255.00–282.50	2,100	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	242.57/cwt	230.00–245.00	2,249	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	240.91/cwt	235.00–242.00	2,431	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	292.20/cwt	267.00–294.50	1,969	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	245.66/cwt	239.50–250.00	2,174	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	296.63/cwt	282.00–303.00	1,851	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	237.07/cwt	228.50–237.75	2,560	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	250.57/cwt	247.50–254.00	1,812	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	280.71/cwt	262.00–286.50	2,018	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,449	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,656	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	967	230.58/cwt	224.50–239.00	2,230	520
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	252.26/cwt	238.00–260.00	2,101	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	771	244.50/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,885	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	720	238.33/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,716	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	838	239.28/cwt	238.25–241.00	2,005	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	879	235.68/cwt	235.25–237.00	2,072	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	214.41/cwt	210.50–220.00	2,283	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,662	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	905	236.98/cwt	221.50–239.75	2,145	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	224.58/cwt	220.00–226.00	2,266	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	265.16/cwt	247.00–271.00	1,816	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,021	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,246	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	696	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,754	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,084	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,369	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	231.77/cwt	230.25–232.75	2,244	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,587	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	247.65/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,919	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	257.08/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,499	16

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 Sep 15, 2023

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

Receipts 4,239Last week 1,529Year ago 1,132

Quality sale of fall heifer, fall steer calves, and yearlings. Prices on the higher side compared to about a month ago. Demand moderate to good. A little moisture in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	563	264.50–290.00	276.60
56	—	923	222.00–235.50	232.51
83	—	829	230.00–243.50	237.80
104	—	733	233.00–256.00	252.15
121	—	870	223.00–242.50	237.17
50	—	623	259.00–265.50	263.72
12	—	1,065	210.50–220.00	214.41
33	—	1,009	220.00–226.00	224.58
156	—	685	247.00–271.00	265.16
40	—	968	230.25–232.75	231.77
166	—	775	241.00–260.00	247.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
520	—	967	224.50–239.00	230.58
53	—	771	241.00–250.00	244.50
21	—	720	234.00–252.00	238.33
63	—	838	238.25–241.00	239.28
102	—	879	235.25–237.00	235.68
81	—	905	221.50–239.75	236.98
60	—	1,021	220.00	220.00
12	—	696	252.00	252.00
9	—	1,084	218.50	218.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	684	232.00	232.00
16	—	583	251.00–262.00	257.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
521	—	968	237.00–243.75	241.90
250	—	774	255.00–282.50	271.26
352	—	927	230.00–245.00	242.57
66	—	1,009	235.00–242.00	240.91
60	—	674	267.00–294.50	292.20
75	—	885	239.50–250.00	245.66
87	—	624	282.00–303.00	296.63
106	—	1,080	228.50–237.75	237.07
73	—	719	262.00–286.50	280.71
230	—	833	238.00–260.00	252.26
19	—	570	291.50	291.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	768	252.00	252.00
49	—	723	247.50–254.00	250.57
33	—	574	252.50	252.50
22	—	611	271.00	271.00

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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