Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice winter day in the mid 40's with quality yearlings and feeder cattle. Moderate to good demand on cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $264.91/cwt on 1,558 head.

Average price

$264.91

1,558 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$396

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

$7.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.39

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	272.42	1,516	59
Medium and Large 1	723	264.61	1,912	1,499

One grade step is worth $7.81/cwt here — about −$396 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 sale1,558 hd

264.91

—

NE average12 barns · 23,276 hd

271.30

−6.39

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	246.11/cwt	231.00–252.50	1,403	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	237.88/cwt	223.50–239.50	2,055	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	238.92/cwt	226.00–243.00	2,002	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,429	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,130	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	253.02/cwt	243.00–265.50	1,576	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	294.07/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,567	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	249.42/cwt	231.00–252.00	1,926	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	302.60/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,794	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	264.30/cwt	259.00–266.50	1,792	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,090	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	286.53/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,252	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,793	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,663	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	288.91/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,517	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	297.49/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,422	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	228.46/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,677	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	292.28/cwt	281.00–309.00	1,815	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,259	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,155	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	271.70/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,562	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	523	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,624	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	491	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,556	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	268.30/cwt	253.00–273.00	1,902	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,170	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	635	281.24/cwt	277.00–283.00	1,786	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	276.12/cwt	264.00–289.00	1,596	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,489	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 Jan 26, 2024

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

Receipts 2,793Last week 2,591Year ago 4,137

Nice winter day in the mid 40's with quality yearlings and feeder cattle. Moderate to good demand on cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	570	231.00–252.50	246.11
14	—	452	250.00	250.00
22	—	619	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	623	243.00–265.50	253.02
20	—	437	280.00–290.00	286.53
25	—	852	210.50	210.50
29	—	668	249.00	249.00
38	—	525	273.00–292.00	288.91
73	—	478	288.00–310.00	297.49
90	—	734	220.00–237.00	228.46
215	—	578	264.00–289.00	276.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	523	310.50	310.50
22	—	491	317.00	317.00
88	—	635	277.00–283.00	281.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	864	223.50–239.50	237.88
191	—	838	226.00–243.00	238.92
14	—	443	322.50	322.50
79	—	533	285.00–310.00	294.07
230	—	772	231.00–252.00	249.42
214	—	593	291.00–309.00	302.60
244	—	678	259.00–266.50	264.30
9	—	316	345.00	345.00
85	—	621	281.00–309.00	292.28
67	—	937	230.00	230.00
226	—	709	253.00–273.00	268.30
61	—	954	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	644	265.00	265.00
5	—	680	247.00	247.00
5	—	448	281.00	281.00
34	—	575	262.00–277.00	271.70
8	—	392	292.50	292.50

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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