Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Fair winter day brought a nice crowd to sale. Been several weeks since last feeder calf sale. Was a nice bunch of weaned feeder heifers, steers, and a load of cutting bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $270.80/cwt on 2,435 head.

Average price

$270.80

2,435 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$24.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	274.92	1,666	2,028
Medium and Large 1-2	604	250.22	1,510	407

One grade step is worth $24.71/cwt here — about $156 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 sale2,435 hd

270.80

—

NE average8 barns · 9,659 hd

261.26

+9.54

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

38 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	—	589	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,490	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,653	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	316.12/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,337	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	332.67/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,284	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	583	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,860	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	620	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,814	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	325.78/cwt	311.00–343.50	1,694	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	312.36/cwt	293.00–321.00	1,780	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	249.62/cwt	238.00–258.50	1,810	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	279.44/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,618	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	367.56/cwt	346.00–376.00	1,599	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	274.47/cwt	270.00–278.50	1,757	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	340.15/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,606	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	307.37/cwt	295.00–323.00	1,503	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	378	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,206	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	266.67/cwt	257.50–283.00	1,792	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	292.01/cwt	283.00–309.00	1,834	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,610	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	239.00/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,838	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	272.84/cwt	267.50–281.00	1,307	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	254.92/cwt	244.50–258.00	1,486	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	251.24/cwt	238.00–255.00	1,741	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,372	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	226.04/cwt	219.50–228.00	1,711	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	264.38/cwt	251.50–274.50	1,761	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	257.29/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,387	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	302.42/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,131	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	442	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,540	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,314	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	241.15/cwt	225.50–246.50	1,599	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	239.33/cwt	232.50–240.75	1,534	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,273	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	267.75/cwt	252.50–276.00	1,649	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	280.06/cwt	263.50–288.00	1,591	442
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	234.01/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,671	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	292.77/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,552	153

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 Jan 5, 2024

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

Receipts 4,985Last week 0Year ago 4,250

Fair winter day brought a nice crowd to sale. Been several weeks since last feeder calf sale. Was a nice bunch of weaned feeder heifers, steers, and a load of cutting bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	253.00	253.00
83	—	665	248.50	248.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	423	305.00–322.50	316.12
52	—	386	330.00–345.00	332.67
164	—	489	295.00–323.00	307.37
213	—	757	219.50–228.00	226.04
350	—	666	251.50–274.50	264.38
343	—	616	252.50–276.00	267.75
442	—	568	263.50–288.00	280.06
60	—	714	225.00–246.00	234.01
153	—	530	285.00–303.00	292.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	583	319.00	319.00
199	—	620	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	479	267.50–281.00	272.84
82	—	583	244.50–258.00	254.92
15	—	539	251.00–267.00	257.29
20	—	374	300.00–305.00	302.42
122	—	663	225.50–246.50	241.15
6	—	732	222.00	222.00
123	—	641	232.50–240.75	239.33
15	—	445	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	520	311.00–343.50	325.78
195	—	570	293.00–321.00	312.36
366	—	725	238.00–258.50	249.62
5	—	887	217.00	217.00
17	—	435	346.00–376.00	367.56
117	—	472	337.50–355.00	340.15
305	—	672	257.50–283.00	266.67
315	—	628	283.00–309.00	292.01
338	—	769	231.00–244.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	579	260.00–283.00	279.44
17	—	640	270.00–278.50	274.47
10	—	535	301.00	301.00
118	—	693	238.00–255.00	251.24
17	—	421	326.00	326.00
8	—	461	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	378	319.00	319.00
76	—	442	348.50	348.50

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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