Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale of lot loads with lots of packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable it has been more than a month from last sale. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.65/cwt on 1,186 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −116.71 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$318.65

1,186 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$18.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

vs NE average

+13.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	320.97	1,799	1,041
Medium and Large 1-2	569	302.00	1,719	145

One grade step is worth $18.97/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.35, low $392.50, median $435.36 across 9 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 sale1,186 hd

318.65

—

NE average11 barns · 4,698 hd

321.79

−3.14

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

+13.41

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−116.71

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

35 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	500–550	502	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,003	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,576	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	377.64/cwt	352.00–389.00	1,631	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	274.06/cwt	262.50–275.00	2,036	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	340.32/cwt	326.00–356.00	1,637	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	300.41/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,884	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	327.43/cwt	318.00–347.50	1,424	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	272.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,754	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	345.44/cwt	332.00–362.50	1,689	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	313.76/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,487	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	311.09/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,667	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,353	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	296.46/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,868	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,668	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	344.78/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,838	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	626	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,097	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	337.64/cwt	337.00–338.00	1,290	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	357.48/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,173	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,998	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,010	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	299.82/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,730	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	288.78/cwt	265.00–292.00	2,198	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	319.29/cwt	308.00–324.00	1,823	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	666	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	2,206	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	437.01/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,687	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	352.71/cwt	335.00–362.50	2,042	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	285.75/cwt	269.00–290.50	1,929	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	375.37/cwt	354.00–390.00	1,963	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	311.44/cwt	292.00–322.00	2,056	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	322.95/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,002	677
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	331.32/cwt	320.00–352.00	1,729	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	316.23/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,828	714
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	299.03/cwt	293.00–312.50	2,123	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	422.27/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,774	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	396.25/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,878	98

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 Jan 10, 2025

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

Receipts 5,815Last week 0Year ago 0

Sale of lot loads with lots of packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable it has been more than a month from last sale. 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
108	500–550	502	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	326	415.00	415.00
7	400–450	439	380.00	380.00
93	450–500	489	332.00–362.50	345.44
72	500–550	533	335.00–357.00	344.78
25	550–600	571	308.00–324.00	319.29
31	600–650	630	290.00–306.00	296.46
5	650–700	689	290.00	290.00
10	700–750	731	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	350–400	386	410.00–445.00	437.01
54	400–450	420	400.00–430.00	422.27
98	450–500	474	375.00–405.00	396.25
268	500–550	523	354.00–390.00	375.37
243	550–600	579	335.00–362.50	352.71
677	600–650	620	310.00–340.00	322.95
299	650–700	660	292.00–322.00	311.44
390	700–750	710	293.00–312.50	299.03
87	750–800	761	265.00–292.00	288.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	666	331.25	331.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	398	396.00	396.00
83	400–450	432	352.00–389.00	377.64
277	450–500	481	326.00–356.00	340.32
327	500–550	522	320.00–352.00	331.32
714	550–600	578	306.00–335.00	316.23
323	600–650	627	285.00–312.00	300.41
427	650–700	675	269.00–290.50	285.75
175	700–750	743	262.50–275.00	274.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	355.00–360.00	357.48
13	350–400	382	337.00–338.00	337.64
27	400–450	435	318.00–347.50	327.43
94	450–500	474	300.00–322.50	313.76
28	500–550	536	300.00–317.50	311.09
117	550–600	577	295.00–304.00	299.82
37	600–650	643	270.00–280.00	272.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	600–650	626	335.00	335.00

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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