Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice fall day with a nice crowd for feeder calf sale. Some of the calves were weaned and not weaned calves. Good demand on calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $258.16/cwt on 949 head.

Average price

$258.16

949 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$34.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	264.18	1,443	784
Medium and Large 1-2	582	229.57	1,336	165

One grade step is worth $34.61/cwt here — about $107 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 sale949 hd

258.16

—

NE average7 barns · 6,223 hd

241.17

+16.99

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

36 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	—	337	294.38/cwt	292.50–300.00	992	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,347	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	280.00/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,324	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	272.26/cwt	263.50–288.50	1,443	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	244.32/cwt	231.00–245.25	1,603	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	255.12/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,617	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	334	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	283.26/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,340	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	277.89/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,573	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	257.64/cwt	248.50–264.00	1,337	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	278.07/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,207	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,464	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,142	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,300	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	301.48/cwt	301.00–304.00	1,670	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	219.07/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,590	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	290.54/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,554	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,226	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	311.11/cwt	307.50–322.00	1,456	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	250.82/cwt	231.00–255.50	1,708	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	272.60/cwt	266.50–283.00	1,701	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,507	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	247.56/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,433	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	249.74/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,176	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	259.44/cwt	246.00–268.00	1,492	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	262.63/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,145	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	243.63/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,264	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	246.62/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,167	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	241.81/cwt	227.00–249.50	1,543	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	249.43/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,344	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,206	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	208.80/cwt	208.50–210.00	1,437	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	225.27/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,424	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,404	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	229.31/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,222	51

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 Dec 1, 2023

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

Receipts 2,049Last week 0Year ago 3,275

Nice fall day with a nice crowd for feeder calf sale. Some of the calves were weaned and not weaned calves. Good demand on calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	337	292.50–300.00	294.38
61	—	436	309.00	309.00
69	—	473	270.00–286.00	280.00
74	—	530	263.50–288.50	272.26
94	—	656	231.00–245.25	244.32
100	—	634	245.00–256.00	255.12
256	—	575	246.00–268.00	259.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	436	255.00–267.00	262.63
29	—	519	237.00–254.00	243.63
44	—	473	246.00–247.00	246.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	257.00	257.00
11	—	473	255.00	255.00
25	—	688	208.50–210.00	208.80
35	—	632	219.00–230.00	225.27
37	—	595	236.00	236.00
51	—	533	225.00–233.00	229.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	334	312.00	312.00
11	—	473	275.00–290.00	283.26
20	—	566	272.50–283.00	277.89
46	—	519	248.50–264.00	257.64
48	—	434	275.00–282.50	278.07
6	—	388	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	561	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	336	340.00	340.00
15	—	416	312.50	312.50
44	—	554	301.00–304.00	301.48
45	—	726	213.00–227.00	219.07
57	—	535	270.00–297.00	290.54
94	—	468	307.50–322.00	311.11
123	—	681	231.00–255.50	250.82
134	—	624	266.50–283.00	272.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	682	221.00	221.00
18	—	579	245.00–254.00	247.56
24	—	471	240.00–260.00	249.74
38	—	638	227.00–249.50	241.81
41	—	539	240.00–255.00	249.43

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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