Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few load lots of yearling steers. Was mostly packages of preconditioned bawlers and weaned calves. Demand moderate to good. Prices mostly on the higher side compared to two weeks ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.97/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −162.33 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$324.97

121 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.27

vs NE average

+15.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	324.97	1,780	121

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale121 hd

324.97

—

NE average10 barns · 3,190 hd

322.70

+2.27

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+15.71

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−162.33

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

22 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	450–500	450	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,517	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	266.40/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,873	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,098	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,467	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	795	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,258	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,279	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	268.12/cwt	257.50–276.00	1,544	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	323.93/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,367	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	322.38/cwt	312.00–327.00	1,818	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,502	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	327.01/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,547	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	303.49/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,596	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	294.44/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,799	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	327.52/cwt	315.00–338.00	1,742	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	354.81/cwt	341.00–360.00	1,724	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	285.30/cwt	281.00–287.50	1,475	25

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,041Last week 0Year ago 0

A few load lots of yearling steers. Was mostly packages of preconditioned bawlers and weaned calves. Demand moderate to good. Prices mostly on the higher side compared to two weeks ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	337.50	337.50
33	400–450	422	315.00–333.00	323.93
41	450–500	450	337.00	337.00
76	500–550	526	290.00–316.00	303.49
29	550–600	576	257.50–276.00	268.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	387	301.00	301.00
15	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
22	450–500	480	290.00	290.00
25	500–550	517	281.00–287.50	285.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	398	377.50	377.50
71	450–500	486	341.00–360.00	354.81
61	500–550	532	315.00–338.00	327.52
60	550–600	564	312.00–327.00	322.38
29	600–650	611	285.00–300.00	294.44
71	700–750	703	265.00–272.00	266.40
36	900–950	931	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
186	750–800	795	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	320.00	320.00
8	400–450	429	322.50	322.50
18	450–500	473	320.00–332.50	327.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	682	227.50	227.50

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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