Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of bawler heifers and steer calves. With a few packages being weaned. Prices on the mixed side some higher with some lower compared to a week ago. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.96/cwt on 923 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −167.64 against this barn's trailing median of $468.61.

Average price

$300.96

923 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$27.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.01

vs NE average

+0.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	305.87	1,685	756
Medium and Large 1-2	564	278.73	1,573	167

One grade step is worth $27.14/cwt here — about $112 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 sale923 hd

300.96

—

NE average10 barns · 7,799 hd

311.98

−11.01

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+0.27

This barn, trailing median11 sales

468.61

−167.64

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 1Fancy	350–400	358	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,468	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	339.80/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,145	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	261.25/cwt	260.50–262.50	1,635	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,249	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	255.36/cwt	246.00–271.00	1,343	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	328.99/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,444	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	323.73/cwt	317.50–327.00	1,547	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	326.20/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,246	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	292.63/cwt	281.00–310.00	1,094	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	284.37/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,496	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	276.11/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,607	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	251.23/cwt	242.50–262.00	1,465	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	312.26/cwt	302.00–329.00	1,664	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	260.43/cwt	258.50–270.00	1,255	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	508	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,577	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	360.01/cwt	351.00–378.00	1,483	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	343.65/cwt	329.00–360.00	1,615	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	277.26/cwt	265.50–290.00	1,591	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	402.24/cwt	400.00–406.00	1,376	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	299.06/cwt	277.00–305.00	1,462	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	282.01/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,771	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	281.67/cwt	277.00–300.00	1,468	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	298.08/cwt	288.00–316.00	1,711	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	315.02/cwt	306.00–332.50	1,367	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	270.98/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,807	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	370.54/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,449	29

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 Nov 1, 2024

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

Receipts 3,588Last week 4,218Year ago 3,918

Nice packages of bawler heifers and steer calves. With a few packages being weaned. Prices on the mixed side some higher with some lower compared to a week ago. Demand was 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
6	350–400	358	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	290.00	290.00
6	600–650	632	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	439	317.50–340.00	328.99
78	450–500	478	317.50–327.00	323.73
53	500–550	526	280.00–300.00	284.37
114	550–600	582	264.00–285.00	276.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	342	400.00–406.00	402.24
29	350–400	391	367.50–372.50	370.54
58	400–450	412	351.00–378.00	360.01
271	450–500	470	329.00–360.00	343.65
419	500–550	533	302.00–329.00	312.26
331	550–600	574	288.00–316.00	298.08
225	600–650	628	260.00–286.00	282.01
155	650–700	667	256.00–279.00	270.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	325.00–346.00	339.80
74	350–400	382	315.00–347.50	326.20
204	400–450	434	306.00–332.50	315.02
324	450–500	489	277.00–305.00	299.06
151	500–550	521	277.00–300.00	281.67
291	550–600	574	265.50–290.00	277.26
56	600–650	626	260.50–262.50	261.25
15	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	281.00–310.00	292.63
14	400–450	442	282.50	282.50
47	450–500	482	258.50–270.00	260.43
43	500–550	526	246.00–271.00	255.36
52	550–600	583	242.50–262.00	251.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	508	310.50	310.50

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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