Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of calves with bawlers and weaned. Mostly in packages with spring shots and some had addition of fall shots. Prices mostly on the higher side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.44/cwt on 415 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −179.86 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$307.44

415 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$20.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.15

vs NE average

+5.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	308.07	1,666	402
Medium and Large 1-2	526	287.81	1,514	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.26/cwt here — about $152 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 sale415 hd

307.44

—

NE average11 barns · 4,412 hd

311.59

−4.15

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+5.59

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−179.86

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

26 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	600–650	618	264.71/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,636	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	343.85/cwt	333.00–362.00	1,128	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	296.73/cwt	280.00–306.50	1,534	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	271.53/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,531	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	345.42/cwt	332.50–361.00	1,299	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	308.08/cwt	293.00–321.50	1,445	451
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	304	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	414.67/cwt	394.00–432.50	1,319	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	387.25/cwt	365.00–398.00	1,491	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	342.09/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,625	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	287.81/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,514	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	315.60/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,534	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	329.92/cwt	327.50–331.00	1,435	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	283.36/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,357	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	282.27/cwt	268.00–294.50	1,756	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	400–450	422	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,464	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,919	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	367.80/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,534	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,702	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	289.78/cwt	271.00–298.50	1,649	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	312.62/cwt	295.00–323.00	1,657	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,454	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	330.70/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,382	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	322.48/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,029	26

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 2,663Last week 3,588Year ago 1,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	300–350	328	333.00–362.00	343.85
140	350–400	376	332.50–361.00	345.42
173	400–450	418	319.00–335.00	330.70
451	450–500	469	293.00–321.50	308.08
71	500–550	517	280.00–306.50	296.73
87	550–600	564	260.00–280.00	271.53
14	600–650	618	264.00–266.00	264.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	319	320.00–325.00	322.48
9	400–450	415	312.00	312.00
22	450–500	479	282.00–285.00	283.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	304	381.00	381.00
23	400–450	435	327.50–331.00	329.92
48	450–500	486	305.00–324.00	315.60
13	500–550	526	280.00–293.00	287.81
11	600–650	601	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	300–350	318	394.00–432.50	414.67
246	350–400	385	365.00–398.00	387.25
34	400–450	417	355.00–370.00	367.80
329	450–500	475	330.00–360.00	342.09
169	500–550	530	295.00–323.00	312.62
162	550–600	569	271.00–298.50	289.78
79	600–650	622	268.00–294.50	282.27
13	650–700	665	288.50	288.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	422	347.00	347.00
25	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	500–550	502	339.00	339.00

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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