Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a few weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was good for front end kind of one iron ranched raised bawling calves. Most calves had precondition shots. Cooler temperatures in the local trade area overnight with the first hard freeze in the forecast for over the weekend. Special anniversary calf sale is slated for next Friday October 13th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $289.89/cwt on 2,371 head.

Average price

$289.89

2,371 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$24.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	632	292.49	1,849	2,121
Medium and Large 1-2	586	267.84	1,569	250

One grade step is worth $24.66/cwt here — about $280 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 sale2,371 hd

289.89

—

NE average9 barns · 9,108 hd

285.36

+4.53

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,410	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,493	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,159	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	722	234.72/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,695	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	343.52/cwt	329.00–360.00	1,467	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	341.83/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,600	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	283.07/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,891	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	278.55/cwt	262.00–281.00	2,017	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,454	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	261.67/cwt	242.00–267.00	2,012	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	282.94/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,633	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	256.50/cwt	254.25–258.00	2,124	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	262.33/cwt	260.00–268.50	1,626	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	251.31/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,671	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	254.77/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,495	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	289.61/cwt	278.00–297.50	1,793	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	292.48/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,378	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,336	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	769	237.89/cwt	230.50–240.50	1,829	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	693	240.39/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,666	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	319.54/cwt	299.00–325.00	1,681	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,514	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	280.12/cwt	263.00–291.00	1,476	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	245.79/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,512	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	246.74/cwt	233.50–257.00	1,414	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	260.01/cwt	249.50–269.00	1,287	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	320.75/cwt	307.50–333.00	1,341	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	242.76/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,296	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	883	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,810	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	266.68/cwt	254.00–279.00	1,400	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	323.07/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,215	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,385	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	280.92/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,230	20

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 Oct 6, 2023

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

Receipts 3,950Last week 4,239Year ago 6,513

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	335.00	335.00
7	—	357	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	553	270.00	270.00
126	—	455	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	322	360.00	360.00
141	—	471	275.00–302.00	292.48
12	—	685	221.00	221.00
144	—	615	242.00–255.00	245.79
153	—	573	233.50–257.00	246.74
20	—	418	307.50–333.00	320.75
177	—	525	254.00–279.00	266.68
29	—	376	316.00–325.00	323.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	722	233.00–235.00	234.72
58	—	769	230.50–240.50	237.89
34	—	693	238.00–241.00	240.39
15	—	883	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	495	249.50–269.00	260.01
44	—	534	240.00–247.00	242.76
31	—	605	229.00	229.00
20	—	438	275.00–288.00	280.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	427	329.00–360.00	343.52
122	—	468	322.50–350.00	341.83
465	—	668	270.00–293.00	283.07
312	—	724	262.00–281.00	278.55
50	—	1,067	230.00	230.00
24	—	769	242.00–267.00	261.67
321	—	577	273.00–294.00	282.94
121	—	828	254.25–258.00	256.50
313	—	619	278.00–297.50	289.61
5	—	334	400.00	400.00
212	—	526	299.00–325.00	319.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	474	316.00	316.00
92	—	620	260.00–268.50	262.33
36	—	665	242.50–255.00	251.31
27	—	587	245.00–261.00	254.77
87	—	527	263.00–291.00	280.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	510	340.00	340.00

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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