Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale of mostly bawler calves with a few weaned calves coming of short grass. Heifers a little on the higher side while steers on the lower side in some weights. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.94/cwt on 1,423 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −145.67 against this barn's trailing median of $468.61.

Average price

$322.94

1,423 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$31.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.23

vs NE average

+23.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	327.08	1,792	1,237
Medium and Large 1-2	554	295.41	1,636	186

One grade step is worth $31.67/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale1,423 hd

322.94

—

NE average11 barns · 7,036 hd

313.72

+9.23

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+23.61

This barn, trailing median11 sales

468.61

−145.67

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

28 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	400–450	403	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,572	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	484	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	1,716	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	580	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	348.90/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,176	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	336.65/cwt	326.00–347.50	1,316	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	264.93/cwt	255.00–266.50	1,688	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,411	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	285.75/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,666	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,187	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	280.93/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,230	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	303.20/cwt	294.00–308.00	1,607	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	250.73/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,351	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	299.94/cwt	289.00–314.00	1,434	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	320.51/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,830	564
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	270.12/cwt	262.50–278.00	1,294	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	264.81/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,637	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	331.76/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,586	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	301.56/cwt	282.00–309.00	1,882	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	333.04/cwt	315.00–346.00	1,758	668
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	352.82/cwt	344.50–359.00	1,556	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	255.11/cwt	246.00–265.50	1,459	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	285.51/cwt	276.00–294.00	1,602	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	291.75/cwt	276.00–300.50	1,552	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	317.47/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,330	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	370.66/cwt	360.00–392.00	1,412	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	288.18/cwt	278.00–298.75	1,942	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	376.98/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,248	61

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 4,150Last week 5,252Year ago 5,834

Sale of mostly bawler calves with a few weaned calves coming of short grass. Heifers a little on the higher side while steers on the lower side in some weights. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	403	390.00	390.00
120	450–500	484	354.50	354.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	580	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	382	352.50	352.50
6	400–450	441	320.00	320.00
103	500–550	530	294.00–308.00	303.20
83	550–600	583	272.00–297.00	285.75
27	600–650	618	258.00–280.00	264.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	300–350	331	367.50–390.00	376.98
130	350–400	381	360.00–392.00	370.66
87	400–450	441	344.50–359.00	352.82
416	450–500	478	315.00–345.00	331.76
668	500–550	528	315.00–346.00	333.04
564	550–600	571	300.00–331.00	320.51
178	600–650	624	282.00–309.00	301.56
176	650–700	674	278.00–298.75	288.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	300–350	337	335.00–355.00	348.90
83	350–400	391	326.00–347.50	336.65
197	400–450	419	305.00–330.00	317.47
336	450–500	478	289.00–314.00	299.94
132	500–550	532	276.00–300.50	291.75
101	550–600	561	276.00–294.00	285.51
94	600–650	637	255.00–266.50	264.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	317.50	317.50
25	400–450	438	275.00–292.50	280.93
39	450–500	479	262.50–278.00	270.12
38	500–550	539	242.50–255.00	250.73
32	550–600	572	246.00–265.50	255.11

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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