Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of feeder cutting bulls, heifers, and steers. Bangs vaccinated heifers for replacements if wanted. No trend will be applicable. Nice spring day with demand moderate to good on calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.54/cwt on 488 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −146.82 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$288.54

488 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$22.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs NE average

+24.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	290.39	1,614	447
Medium and Large 1-2	555	268.37	1,490	41

One grade step is worth $22.02/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.35, low $392.50, median $435.36 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale488 hd

288.54

—

NE average4 barns · 1,062 hd

290.71

−2.17

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+24.02

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−146.82

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	811	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,153	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,347	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	320.26/cwt	305.00–329.00	1,685	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	294.62/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,785	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,643	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	241.75/cwt	241.50–242.00	1,658	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,791	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	322.87/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,692	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,588	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	306.22/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,727	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	675	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	285.82/cwt	275.00–296.50	1,643	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	271.73/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,478	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	259.99/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,849	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	257.97/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,522	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	326.44/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,211	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	298.61/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,541	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	258.24/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,640	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	416.67/cwt	407.50–427.50	1,396	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	502	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	231.11/cwt	217.00–234.50	2,015	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	284.74/cwt	264.00–290.00	2,073	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	222.53/cwt	216.00–236.00	1,800	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	298.12/cwt	284.50–312.50	1,419	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	329.99/cwt	322.00–346.00	1,934	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	309.69/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,356	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	266.20/cwt	261.50–268.00	1,784	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	288.50/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,936	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	289.91/cwt	286.50–294.00	1,844	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	226.62/cwt	215.00–234.00	2,096	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	366.80/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,574	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	317.00/cwt	316.50–317.50	1,956	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	363.81/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,735	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,341	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	239.47/cwt	236.50–242.50	2,337	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,885	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	355.93/cwt	337.50–367.50	1,844	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,910	7

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 Apr 19, 2024

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

Receipts 3,016Last week 1,712Year ago 3,139

Nice sale of feeder cutting bulls, heifers, and steers. Bangs vaccinated heifers for replacements if wanted. No trend will be applicable. Nice spring day with demand moderate to good on calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	800–850	811	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	493	330.00	330.00
27	500–550	524	315.00–330.00	322.87
34	550–600	564	302.50–312.50	306.22
8	600–650	635	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	407.50–427.50	416.67
32	350–400	353	380.00	380.00
63	400–450	429	350.00–382.50	366.80
23	450–500	477	360.00–367.50	363.81
78	500–550	518	337.50–367.50	355.93
30	550–600	586	322.00–346.00	329.99
78	600–650	617	316.50–317.50	317.00
45	650–700	671	279.00–299.00	288.50
107	700–750	728	264.00–290.00	284.74
7	750–800	764	250.00	250.00
25	800–850	823	229.00	229.00
106	850–900	872	217.00–234.50	231.11
13	900–950	925	215.00–234.00	226.62
342	950–1000	976	236.50–242.50	239.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	421	320.00	320.00
27	450–500	498	330.00	330.00
42	500–550	526	305.00–329.00	320.26
72	600–650	606	279.00–299.00	294.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	448	291.00	291.00
5	450–500	497	280.00	280.00
31	500–550	544	267.50–272.50	271.73
10	550–600	590	255.00–261.00	257.97
65	600–650	635	252.00–267.00	258.24
12	650–700	686	241.50–242.00	241.75
6	700–750	722	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	675	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	371	310.00–335.00	326.44
49	400–450	438	300.00–324.00	309.69
80	450–500	476	284.50–312.50	298.12
134	500–550	516	285.00–310.00	298.61
304	550–600	575	275.00–296.50	285.82
183	600–650	636	286.50–294.00	289.91
67	650–700	670	261.50–268.00	266.20
84	700–750	711	249.00–261.00	259.99
58	800–850	809	216.00–236.00	222.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	502	322.50	322.50

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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