Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers, feeder steers, and a few bulls. Mostly not weaned but a few weaned calves. A little rain in the area with warmer weather compared to a week ago. Prices higher on the a few weights while lower on others. Demand moderate to good. Next sale will be November 10 with a special calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $287.77/cwt on 2,180 head.

Average price

$287.77

2,180 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$5.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.35

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	288.37	1,613	1,945
Medium and Large 1-2	503	282.81	1,423	235

One grade step is worth $5.56/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 sale2,180 hd

287.77

—

NE average10 barns · 14,843 hd

295.12

−7.35

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

31 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	—	539	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	566	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,585	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	296.80/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,143	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	237.90/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,577	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	241.58/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,503	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	303.01/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,279	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	261.90/cwt	251.00–276.00	1,637	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	299.78/cwt	285.00–313.00	1,592	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	260.08/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,722	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,781	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	274.06/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,277	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	295.08/cwt	287.50–301.00	1,263	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	308.60/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,475	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	257.45/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,519	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,325	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	325.70/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,241	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	291.41/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,652	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	246.54/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,738	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	322.23/cwt	302.50–333.00	1,379	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	277.09/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,491	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	271.02/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,393	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	273.14/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,311	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,740	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	251.94/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,595	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	264.55/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,108	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,121	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	250.00/cwt	237.00–258.00	1,438	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	241.71/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,281	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	259.77/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,221	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	233.22/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,311	39

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 Nov 3, 2023

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

Receipts 3,918Last week 5,032Year ago 4,626

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	566	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	385	295.00–300.00	296.80
30	—	663	232.00–240.00	237.90
43	—	622	230.00–254.00	241.58
79	—	422	285.00–306.00	303.01
231	—	514	263.00–278.00	271.02
304	—	480	260.00–287.00	273.14
342	—	575	237.00–258.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	275.00	275.00
16	—	419	255.00–275.00	264.55
72	—	530	230.00–249.00	241.71
26	—	470	253.00–266.00	259.77
39	—	562	232.00–236.00	233.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
500	—	625	251.00–276.00	261.90
357	—	531	285.00–313.00	299.78
136	—	662	241.00–265.00	260.08
10	—	758	235.00	235.00
196	—	478	290.00–318.00	308.60
33	—	351	377.50	377.50
455	—	567	280.00–308.00	291.41
31	—	705	240.00–255.00	246.54
193	—	428	302.50–333.00	322.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	466	260.00–285.00	274.06
46	—	428	287.50–301.00	295.08
37	—	590	252.50–267.50	257.45
28	—	381	325.00–327.50	325.70
75	—	538	265.00–283.00	277.09
25	—	633	251.00–255.00	251.94
10	—	337	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	602	289.00	289.00

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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