Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Prices sharply lower. Weather turned cold with a little freezing mist. Demand moderate to good. Next feeder sale November 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $280.07/cwt on 3,369 head.

Average price

$280.07

3,369 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$17.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	281.60	1,640	3,067
Medium and Large 1-2	548	264.53	1,450	302

One grade step is worth $17.07/cwt here — about $190 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 sale3,369 hd

280.07

—

NE average11 barns · 17,641 hd

287.06

−6.99

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

32 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	—	525	270.47/cwt	262.00–285.00	1,420	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	275.35/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,313	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	270.99/cwt	253.00–278.00	1,520	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	251.37/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,340	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,082	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	322.24/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,212	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	298.25/cwt	287.00–315.00	1,438	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,711	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	273.33/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,695	771
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	261.43/cwt	247.00–269.00	1,741	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	279.38/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,335	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	272.14/cwt	256.00–277.50	1,434	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	581	294.17/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,709	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	241.56/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,592	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	252.51/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,467	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	251.02/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,549	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	302.91/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,293	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	255.84/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,586	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	247.08/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,436	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	295.80/cwt	279.00–307.00	1,547	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	272.06/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,570	710
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,626	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	690	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,939	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	252.35/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,209	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	327.45/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,408	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	281.20/cwt	262.00–289.00	1,209	109

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 27, 2023

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

Receipts 5,032Last week 5,834Year ago 3,803

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Prices sharply lower. Weather turned cold with a little freezing mist. Demand moderate to good. Next feeder sale November 3.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	525	262.00–285.00	270.47
248	—	477	267.00–285.00	275.35
266	—	561	253.00–278.00	270.99
5	—	321	292.50	292.50
129	—	620	247.00–267.00	255.84
6	—	359	272.50	272.50
109	—	430	262.00–289.00	281.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	533	248.00–258.00	251.37
11	—	420	257.50	257.50
63	—	581	243.00–249.00	247.08
89	—	479	242.00–257.00	252.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	376	317.50–330.00	322.24
223	—	482	287.00–315.00	298.25
14	—	774	221.00	221.00
15	—	704	253.00	253.00
771	—	620	260.00–284.00	273.33
258	—	666	247.00–269.00	261.43
454	—	523	279.00–307.00	295.80
710	—	577	260.00–282.00	272.06
51	—	430	315.00–340.00	327.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	478	271.00–285.00	279.38
71	—	527	256.00–277.50	272.14
36	—	659	241.00–242.00	241.56
71	—	581	240.00–256.00	252.51
39	—	617	245.00–256.00	251.02
17	—	427	300.00–305.00	302.91
6	—	371	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
284	—	581	292.50–295.00	294.17
47	—	512	317.50	317.50
179	—	690	281.00	281.00
16	—	485	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	227.50	227.50

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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