Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago prices on the lower side. Demand on cattle moderate to good. Bulk of offering was bawling calves with a handful of weaned calves and a few bulls in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $276.90/cwt on 814 head.

Average price

$276.90

814 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$20.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.84

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	279.72	1,555	702
Medium and Large 1-2	543	259.22	1,406	112

One grade step is worth $20.49/cwt here — about $148 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 sale814 hd

276.90

—

NE average11 barns · 16,880 hd

287.74

−10.84

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	—	613	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,134	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	597	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,269	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,260	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,256	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	478	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,362	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	260.70/cwt	241.00–267.00	1,603	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	237.55/cwt	231.00–247.00	1,599	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	221.80/cwt	216.50–230.00	1,606	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,126	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	232.65/cwt	229.00–236.50	1,426	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	307.30/cwt	301.00–314.00	1,484	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,246	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,219	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	264.35/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,459	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	275.34/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,322	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,548	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	285.65/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,497	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	255.92/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,221	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,264	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	240.81/cwt	228.00–252.00	1,257	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	225.69/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,438	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	312.85/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,358	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	271.58/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,162	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	287.14/cwt	269.50–296.00	1,596	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	244.79/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,373	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	219.68/cwt	215.00–224.50	1,474	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 Nov 10, 2023

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 3,918Year ago 2,364

Compared to a week ago prices on the lower side. Demand on cattle moderate to good. Bulk of offering was bawling calves with a handful of weaned calves and a few bulls in the mix.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	185.00	185.00
8	—	597	212.50	212.50
12	—	542	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	407	308.50	308.50
38	—	478	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	346	309.00	309.00
82	—	477	250.00–270.00	255.92
172	—	522	228.00–252.00	240.81
50	—	637	224.00–231.00	225.69
66	—	428	260.00–281.00	271.58
62	—	561	235.00–251.00	244.79
22	—	671	215.00–224.50	219.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	218.50	218.50
5	—	519	232.00	232.00
5	—	499	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	615	241.00–267.00	260.70
43	—	673	231.00–247.00	237.55
34	—	724	216.50–230.00	221.80
93	—	483	301.00–314.00	307.30
10	—	341	357.50	357.50
114	—	524	270.00–297.50	285.65
6	—	383	330.00	330.00
79	—	434	300.00–329.00	312.85
113	—	556	269.50–296.00	287.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	349	322.50	322.50
31	—	613	229.00–236.50	232.65
5	—	531	250.00	250.00
7	—	442	282.00	282.00
28	—	552	262.00–265.00	264.35
24	—	480	271.00–281.00	275.34
9	—	694	223.00	223.00

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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