Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned, not weaned feeder heifers, and steers. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand was moderate to good. Good moisture in the area including some snow. They had a guest appearance from World Champion Livestock Auctioneer Jacob Massey. Next feeder sale Oct. 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $290.34/cwt on 1,979 head.

Average price

$290.34

1,979 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.32

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	290.34	1,600	1,979

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 sale1,979 hd

290.34

—

NE average10 barns · 14,254 hd

283.03

+7.32

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

30 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	—	384	318.20/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,222	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	295.67/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,274	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	286.55/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,344	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	266.86/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,628	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	261.26/cwt	250.00–268.50	1,497	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	255.14/cwt	245.50–263.00	1,352	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	244.01/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,608	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	306.74/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,279	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	282.78/cwt	282.00–283.00	1,321	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	271.92/cwt	256.00–278.00	1,460	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	255.20/cwt	246.00–261.00	1,598	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	272.80/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,574	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	253.93/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,826	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	334.60/cwt	328.00–345.00	1,435	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	292.13/cwt	280.00–296.75	1,899	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	284.05/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,795	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,227	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	266.00/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,298	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	305.88/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,450	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	300.71/cwt	281.00–307.00	1,684	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	297.35/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,561	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,021	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,681	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	246.00/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,515	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	244.18/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,409	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	449	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,212	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	286.11/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,122	22

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 3,235Last week 3,950Year ago 6,181

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	384	310.00–337.50	318.20
54	—	431	280.00–304.00	295.67
105	—	469	275.00–302.50	286.55
115	—	610	254.00–273.00	266.86
119	—	573	250.00–268.50	261.26
304	—	530	245.50–263.00	255.14
8	—	319	320.00	320.00
16	—	654	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	488	251.00–272.00	266.00
12	—	616	245.00–247.00	246.00
15	—	577	242.50–246.00	244.18
16	—	449	270.00	270.00
22	—	392	277.50–305.00	286.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	659	241.00–246.00	244.01
32	—	417	306.00–310.00	306.74
44	—	467	282.00–283.00	282.78
130	—	537	256.00–278.00	271.92
158	—	626	246.00–261.00	255.20
289	—	577	261.00–277.00	272.80
13	—	374	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	320	365.00	365.00
51	—	719	235.00–256.00	253.93
105	—	429	328.00–345.00	334.60
116	—	650	280.00–296.75	292.13
130	—	632	277.00–289.00	284.05
205	—	474	292.00–320.00	305.88
309	—	560	281.00–307.00	300.71
358	—	525	283.00–310.00	297.35
5	—	367	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	405	375.00	375.00

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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