Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-06-21

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Jun 21
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
528 head
189 vs last sale 717 98 vs year ago 430 · +22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Small run of nice yearling steers,fall heifers, and fall steers. A little moisture in the area. With demand moderate to good. No trend will be applicable it's been several weeks from last sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.50/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 149.80 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.
Average price
$337.50
8 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
2.35
vs NE average
+36.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507337.501,7118thin
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
526488451413median 487.3001/0902/0604/1705/2908/14
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 sale8 hd
337.50
NE average3 barns · 183 hd
339.85
−2.35
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
+36.84
This barn, trailing median8 sales
487.30
−149.80
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

7 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950921264.24/cwt261.00–267.502,434353
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,013254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,57357
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000996254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,53057
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650609296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,80320
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550507337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7118
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,60912
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4425

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.