Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of fall calves, yearlings, P.O.heifers, spayed heifers, and a few bulls. No trend will be applicable. Dry in the area with moderate to good demand on cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $310.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −246.32 against this barn's trailing median of $556.32.

Average price

$310.00

6 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−39.95

vs NE average

+19.35 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	463	310.00	1,435	6thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

5 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $564.10, low $546.22, median $556.32 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

310.00

—

NE average5 barns · 218 hd

349.95

−39.95

National average160 barns · 4,904 hd

290.65

+19.35

This barn, trailing median5 sales

556.32

−246.32

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

24 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	600–650	629	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,207	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	2,221	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	216.37/cwt	210.00–219.00	2,125	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	221.58/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,930	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	224.56/cwt	222.50–226.75	2,371	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	837	228.85/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,915	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	935	219.03/cwt	218.00–220.00	2,048	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	865	226.84/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,962	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	226.93/cwt	220.00–231.50	2,201	164
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	243.16/cwt	235.00–244.75	1,865	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	247.47/cwt	239.00–248.50	1,648	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	225.50/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,878	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	233.34/cwt	229.00–236.00	2,037	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	240.77/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,977	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	760	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,859	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,337	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,378	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	250.96/cwt	238.00–258.00	1,812	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	225.90/cwt	223.50–230.00	2,123	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	243.59/cwt	237.00–245.50	1,805	128

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 Aug 23, 2024

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

Receipts 2,163Last week 528Year ago 1,529

Nice sale of fall calves, yearlings, P.O.heifers, spayed heifers, and a few bulls. No trend will be applicable. Dry in the area with moderate to good demand on cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	629	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	650–700	666	239.00–248.50	247.47
128	700–750	741	237.00–245.50	243.59
132	750–800	767	235.00–244.75	243.16
61	800–850	833	221.00–227.00	225.50
48	850–900	871	215.00–225.00	221.58
41	950–1000	982	210.00–219.00	216.37
15	1000–1050	1,017	217.00	217.00
21	1050–1100	1,081	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	760	237.00	237.00
91	800–850	837	228.00–229.00	228.85
229	850–900	865	225.00–227.00	226.84
155	900–950	935	218.00–220.00	219.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	700–750	722	238.00–258.00	250.96
26	750–800	781	238.00	238.00
113	800–850	821	236.00–244.00	240.77
235	850–900	873	229.00–236.00	233.34
189	900–950	940	223.50–230.00	225.90
164	950–1000	970	220.00–231.50	226.93
52	1000–1050	1,032	226.50	226.50
105	1050–1100	1,056	222.50–226.75	224.56
53	1100–1150	1,101	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	310.00	310.00

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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