Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of fall feeder, yearling steers, and heifers. Some checked open and spayed heifers. Still dry in the area demand still moderate to good. Price on the higher side compared to last week. Next sale September 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $265.96/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −166.77 against this barn's trailing median of $432.73.

Average price

$265.96

45 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.74

vs NE average

+10.37 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	265.96	1,768	45

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

10 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $474.44, low $391.89, median $432.73 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

265.96

—

NE average4 barns · 151 hd

270.70

−4.74

National average148 barns · 6,338 hd

255.59

+10.37

This barn, trailing median10 sales

432.73

−166.77

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

30 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	750–800	755	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,084	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,195	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,549	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,244	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,824	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	936	223.70/cwt	221.00–226.00	2,094	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	691	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,731	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	985	222.88/cwt	220.00–223.25	2,195	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	866	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,996	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	832	234.79/cwt	227.50–239.50	1,953	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	775	240.59/cwt	229.50–247.75	1,865	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	1,635	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	218.90/cwt	217.50–220.50	2,228	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	226.09/cwt	224.00–229.50	2,087	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	231.04/cwt	227.00–242.50	1,816	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	228.18/cwt	226.50–229.00	2,010	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	230.36/cwt	229.00–230.75	1,910	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,786	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	275.11/cwt	267.50–277.00	1,747	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	260.34/cwt	249.50–264.00	1,898	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	229.00/cwt	211.50–233.25	2,315	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	246.48/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,683	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	231.18/cwt	229.00–232.00	2,272	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	247.65/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,929	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	244.24/cwt	244.00–245.50	2,017	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	241.75/cwt	239.75–243.00	2,144	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	238.81/cwt	231.00–241.50	2,197	242

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 2,341Last week 2,163Year ago 1,529

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
138	750–800	755	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	635	267.50–277.00	275.11
21	650–700	699	255.50	255.50
37	700–750	729	249.50–264.00	260.34
126	750–800	779	235.00–252.00	247.65
128	800–850	826	244.00–245.50	244.24
183	850–900	887	239.75–243.00	241.75
242	900–950	920	231.00–241.50	238.81
123	950–1000	983	229.00–232.00	231.18
88	1000–1050	1,011	211.50–233.25	229.00
6	1050–1100	1,060	220.00	220.00
5	1100–1150	1,102	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	481	261.00	261.00
18	550–600	576	269.00	269.00
50	600–650	627	260.75	260.75
37	650–700	683	241.00–250.00	246.48
33	700–750	734	248.50	248.50
76	750–800	786	227.00–242.50	231.04
92	800–850	829	229.00–230.75	230.36
78	850–900	881	226.50–229.00	228.18
62	900–950	923	224.00–229.50	226.09
10	950–1000	993	221.00	221.00
60	1000–1050	1,018	217.50–220.50	218.90
18	1050–1100	1,051	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	691	250.50	250.50
154	750–800	775	229.50–247.75	240.59
128	800–850	832	227.50–239.50	234.79
79	850–900	866	230.50	230.50
11	900–950	936	221.00–226.00	223.70
44	950–1000	985	220.00–223.25	222.88

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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