Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Reported sale of bawler calves coming off short grass. A lower under tone was noted. Demand moderate to good on load lots and bulk of sale selling in packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.86/cwt on 1,644 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −172.44 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$314.86

1,644 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$28.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.00

vs NE average

+20.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	319.78	1,735	1,364
Medium and Large 1-2	558	290.91	1,622	280

One grade step is worth $28.87/cwt here — about $113 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 500–600 lb

8 sales

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 sale1,644 hd

314.86

—

NE average10 barns · 5,148 hd

311.86

+3.00

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+20.55

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−172.44

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

29 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 1-2	650–700	669	250.44/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,675	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	273.09/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,718	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	309.96/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,469	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	350.18/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,352	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	288.89/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,239	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	302.00/cwt	287.50–306.00	1,546	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	247.22/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,444	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,952	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	283.73/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,665	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	306.31/cwt	294.00–324.00	1,743	458
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	297.62/cwt	283.00–304.00	1,405	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	268.97/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,396	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	357.20/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,632	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	577	326.28/cwt	325.50–328.00	1,883	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	338.46/cwt	322.50–352.50	1,117	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	336.62/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,249	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	280.35/cwt	267.00–293.00	1,595	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	268.88/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,291	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	314.08/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,322	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	284.51/cwt	274.00–301.00	1,488	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	326.63/cwt	313.00–339.00	1,705	790
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	348.68/cwt	342.00–367.50	1,510	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	332.18/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,601	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	303.12/cwt	281.00–311.00	1,879	623
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	391.69/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,281	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	280.87/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,882	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	372.12/cwt	352.50–385.00	1,596	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	377.52/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,427	150

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 5,252Last week 5,071Year ago 3,235

Reported sale of bawler calves coming off short grass. A lower under tone was noted. Demand moderate to good on load lots and bulk of sale selling in packages.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	386	345.00–352.50	350.18
40	400–450	433	342.00–367.50	348.68
33	450–500	474	307.00–315.00	309.96
110	500–550	512	287.50–306.00	302.00
170	550–600	587	281.00–293.00	283.73
84	600–650	629	265.00–279.00	273.09
36	650–700	669	247.00–251.00	250.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	327	380.00–417.50	391.69
150	350–400	378	365.00–390.00	377.52
305	400–450	429	352.50–385.00	372.12
421	450–500	482	320.00–346.00	332.18
790	500–550	522	313.00–339.00	326.63
458	550–600	569	294.00–324.00	306.31
623	600–650	620	281.00–311.00	303.12
120	650–700	670	270.00–297.00	280.87
7	700–750	734	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	457	352.50–360.00	357.20
116	550–600	577	325.50–328.00	326.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	400–450	429	282.50–292.50	288.89
64	450–500	480	265.00–272.50	268.88
70	500–550	519	262.00–273.00	268.97
30	550–600	584	245.00–258.00	247.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	300–350	330	322.50–352.50	338.46
56	350–400	371	320.00–350.00	336.62
193	400–450	421	300.00–327.50	314.08
232	450–500	472	283.00–304.00	297.62
201	500–550	523	274.00–301.00	284.51
151	550–600	569	267.00–293.00	280.35
13	600–650	620	265.00	265.00

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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