Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a few weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a steady to lower undertone was noted. Demand was moderate to good for the light supply of native yearlings coming off short dry grass. Few, load lots on the day with the bulk of the sale selling in packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $267.93/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −164.79 against this barn's trailing median of $432.73.

Average price

$267.93

50 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$23.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.44

vs NE average

+16.48 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	272.67	1,826	40
Medium and Large 1-2	675	249.00	1,681	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.67/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale50 hd

267.93

—

NE average6 barns · 323 hd

277.38

−9.44

National average174 barns · 11,721 hd

251.45

+16.48

This barn, trailing median10 sales

432.73

−164.79

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

27 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 1	850–900	864	239.42/cwt	234.50–245.00	2,069	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	831	224.42/cwt	222.50–225.50	1,865	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	901	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,014	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	258.83/cwt	250.50–266.00	1,869	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,775	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	248.66/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,688	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	244.68/cwt	231.50–248.75	1,781	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	215.08/cwt	210.00–218.50	2,093	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	227.04/cwt	219.00–230.75	1,864	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	777	240.90/cwt	240.00–241.50	1,872	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	728	239.22/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,742	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	869	225.38/cwt	224.50–226.00	1,959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,681	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	650–700	678	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	1,990	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	218.83/cwt	213.50–228.00	2,228	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	270.54/cwt	268.00–271.00	1,840	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	227.76/cwt	220.00–229.00	2,237	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	242.75/cwt	235.50–245.50	2,000	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	236.68/cwt	231.00–241.50	2,170	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	219.58/cwt	217.00–221.25	2,018	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	221.90/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,751	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,575	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,153	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	246.94/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,556	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,136	8

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 Sep 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,612Last week 2,341Year ago 4,239

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	634	280.00	280.00
31	650–700	680	268.00–271.00	270.54
21	700–750	722	250.50–266.00	258.83
41	750–800	792	251.25	251.25
153	800–850	824	235.50–245.50	242.75
249	850–900	864	234.50–245.00	239.42
132	900–950	917	231.00–241.50	236.68
156	950–1000	982	220.00–229.00	227.76
33	1000–1050	1,018	213.50–228.00	218.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	675	249.00	249.00
6	800–850	834	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	700–750	728	234.00–242.00	239.22
74	750–800	777	240.00–241.50	240.90
25	800–850	831	222.50–225.50	224.42
30	850–900	869	224.50–226.00	225.38
22	900–950	901	223.50	223.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	599	263.00	263.00
14	600–650	630	241.00–250.00	246.94
51	650–700	679	234.00–254.00	248.66
38	700–750	728	231.50–248.75	244.68
22	750–800	789	221.00–225.00	221.90
87	800–850	821	219.00–230.75	227.04
29	900–950	919	217.00–221.25	219.58
34	950–1000	973	210.00–218.50	215.08
8	1000–1050	1,037	206.00	206.00
14	1050–1100	1,093	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	678	230.00	230.00

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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