Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads mostly made up of packages of heifers and steers. With calves mostly weaned for 45 plus days. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good at sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.42/cwt on 447 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −144.87 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$342.42

447 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$35.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.55

vs NE average

+17.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	345.81	1,919	404
Medium and Large 1-2	540	310.64	1,676	43

One grade step is worth $35.17/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale447 hd

342.42

—

NE average11 barns · 5,029 hd

348.97

−6.55

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+17.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−144.87

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

34 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	550–600	574	307.53/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,765	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,380	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	391.43/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,671	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,473	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	311.51/cwt	297.00–320.50	1,928	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	352.15/cwt	338.00–364.00	1,866	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,122	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	251.44/cwt	246.00–263.50	1,705	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,349	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	399.11/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,485	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	312.37/cwt	291.00–320.00	1,743	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	367.14/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,590	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	264.38/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,777	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	280.66/cwt	277.50–287.00	1,765	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	333.12/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,576	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	331.90/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,457	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	312.67/cwt	308.00–319.00	1,617	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	382.15/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,830	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	296.68/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,578	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,865	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,502	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	307.35/cwt	306.00–308.00	1,457	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	305.56/cwt	286.50–316.50	2,075	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	333.51/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,608	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	280.02/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,647	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	252.68/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,966	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	341.94/cwt	328.00–360.00	1,949	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	289.67/cwt	289.00–294.00	2,115	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	302.81/cwt	285.00–309.50	1,847	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	324.90/cwt	312.00–344.00	1,702	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	422.79/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,649	94

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 Dec 6, 2024

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

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A few lot loads mostly made up of packages of heifers and steers. With calves mostly weaned for 45 plus days. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good at sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	387	388.00	388.00
20	400–450	406	340.00	340.00
15	450–500	473	330.00–337.00	333.12
26	500–550	517	308.00–319.00	312.67
17	550–600	574	290.00–317.50	307.53
18	600–650	629	277.50–287.00	280.66
34	650–700	672	260.00–276.00	264.38
11	700–750	701	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	328	449.00	449.00
94	350–400	390	410.00–427.50	422.79
33	400–450	427	387.50–395.00	391.43
196	450–500	479	370.00–395.00	382.15
153	500–550	530	338.00–364.00	352.15
251	550–600	570	328.00–360.00	341.94
175	600–650	619	297.00–320.50	311.51
257	650–700	679	286.50–316.50	305.56
79	700–750	730	289.00–294.00	289.67
18	750–800	778	250.00–257.00	252.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	650–700	653	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	327	412.50	412.50
67	350–400	372	390.00–400.00	399.11
146	400–450	433	350.00–379.00	367.14
168	450–500	482	320.00–339.00	333.51
170	500–550	524	312.00–344.00	324.90
130	550–600	558	291.00–320.00	312.37
165	600–650	610	285.00–309.50	302.81
19	650–700	678	246.00–263.50	251.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	367.50	367.50
5	350–400	366	357.50	357.50
25	400–450	439	331.00–335.00	331.90
16	450–500	474	306.00–308.00	307.35
69	500–550	532	291.00–311.00	296.68
44	550–600	588	275.00–285.00	280.02
7	600–650	603	278.00	278.00

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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