Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Small run of nice feeder heifers and steers. With a few cow and calf pairs. No trend will be applicable.Nice spring day with some rain in the area. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.00/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −153.30 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$334.00

11 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.44

vs NE average

+28.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	334.00	1,743	11thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.56, low $427.00, median $487.30 across 8 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 sale11 hd

334.00

—

NE average4 barns · 333 hd

352.44

−18.44

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

+28.86

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−153.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,366	$2,741	26

Every lot, as filed

13 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	1000–1050	1,023	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,581	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,783	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	2,063	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,743	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	309.75/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,933	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,195	148
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,413	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,336	2,641.74/head	2,325.00–2,925.00	2,642	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	263.50/cwt	263.00–264.00	2,292	397

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 May 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 717Last week 3,016Year ago 680

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Small run of nice feeder heifers and steers. With a few cow and calf pairs. No trend will be applicable.Nice spring day with some rain in the area. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	506	312.50	312.50
8	550–600	576	279.00	279.00
11	650–700	683	261.00	261.00
49	850–900	892	231.25	231.25
5	1000–1050	1,023	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	461	357.50	357.50
11	500–550	522	334.00	334.00
17	600–650	624	308.00–313.00	309.75
9	700–750	739	264.50	264.50
148	800–850	807	272.00	272.00
397	850–900	870	263.00–264.00	263.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,413	2,900.00	2,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,336	2,325.00–2,925.00	2,641.74

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Crawford