Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a few weeks. A market trend will not be applicable. Demand was moderate to good on mostly just weaned calves coming off short grass. A few load lots on the day with bulk selling in packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.99/cwt on 1,474 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −151.62 against this barn's trailing median of $468.61.

Average price

$316.99

1,474 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$16.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.17

vs NE average

+30.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	318.35	1,733	1,353
Medium and Large 1-2	538	301.69	1,624	121

One grade step is worth $16.66/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $427.00, median $468.61 across 11 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 sale1,474 hd

316.99

—

NE average5 barns · 2,435 hd

315.82

+1.17

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+30.17

This barn, trailing median11 sales

468.61

−151.62

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,057	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	243.19/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,510	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	225.67/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,483	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	340.35/cwt	321.00–347.50	1,280	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	293.70/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,395	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	273.26/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,549	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	306.37/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,461	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,782	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	342.73/cwt	327.50–347.50	1,450	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	277.30/cwt	272.50–286.00	1,861	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	302.26/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,623	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	383.68/cwt	381.00–392.50	1,450	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,162	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,260	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,395	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,162	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	305.08/cwt	295.00–308.00	2,032	542
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	324.50/cwt	304.50–336.50	1,704	850
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	283.92/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,479	485
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,336	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	459	322.64/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,481	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,117	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,063	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	307.97/cwt	296.50–322.00	1,777	503
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	342.01/cwt	327.50–353.00	1,604	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	361.44/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,569	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	324.58/cwt	312.00–339.00	1,418	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	308.97/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,903	534

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 Oct 4, 2024

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

Receipts 5,071Last week 1,612Year ago 3,950

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	350–400	376	321.00–347.50	340.35
299	400–450	437	312.00–339.00	324.58
164	450–500	475	285.00–310.00	293.70
485	500–550	521	270.00–294.00	283.92
249	550–600	567	255.00–280.00	273.26
15	600–650	621	235.00–253.00	243.19
18	650–700	657	225.00–226.00	225.67
6	1000–1050	1,044	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	409	284.00	284.00
5	450–500	492	256.00	256.00
13	550–600	558	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	459	317.50–325.00	322.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	423	327.50–347.50	342.73
24	450–500	477	300.00–310.00	306.37
116	500–550	537	300.00–304.00	302.26
5	550–600	565	288.50	288.50
29	600–650	621	287.00	287.00
52	650–700	671	272.50–286.00	277.30
9	700–750	723	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	350–400	378	381.00–392.50	383.68
273	400–450	434	350.00–380.00	361.44
204	450–500	469	327.50–353.00	342.01
850	500–550	525	304.50–336.50	324.50
503	550–600	577	296.50–322.00	307.97
534	600–650	616	290.00–318.00	308.97
542	650–700	666	295.00–308.00	305.08
49	700–750	708	299.00	299.00
72	750–800	764	283.00	283.00
41	800–850	801	257.50	257.50
33	1000–1050	1,029	227.00	227.00

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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