Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few load lots with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. Trend on the higher market compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.55/cwt on 456 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −126.75 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$360.55

456 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$22.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs NE average

+19.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	362.49	1,971	417
Medium and Large 1-2	550	339.75	1,867	39

One grade step is worth $22.75/cwt here — about $104 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 sale456 hd

360.55

—

NE average8 barns · 2,895 hd

357.90

+2.64

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+19.61

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−126.75

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

32 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	900–950	905	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,652	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	399.85/cwt	399.00–400.00	1,447	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	281.26/cwt	271.00–286.00	2,053	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,287	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	357.59/cwt	344.00–370.00	1,716	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	287.35/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,931	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	392.47/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,719	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	333.55/cwt	321.00–341.00	1,905	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	445.48/cwt	435.00–453.00	1,858	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	304.37/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,921	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	285.77/cwt	284.00–286.00	1,840	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	287.12/cwt	261.00–288.00	2,337	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,270	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	364.50/cwt	359.00–370.00	1,717	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	346.30/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,860	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	694	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,190	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	313.69/cwt	301.00–321.50	2,121	474
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	376.64/cwt	360.00–391.00	1,947	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	273.28/cwt	262.00–280.50	2,061	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	303.68/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,777	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	347.14/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,989	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	304.82/cwt	289.00–318.00	1,905	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	333.42/cwt	316.00–342.50	2,071	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	299.59/cwt	289.00–310.00	2,181	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,905	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	343.73/cwt	332.50–349.00	1,832	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	292.64/cwt	289.00–296.00	2,265	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	399.75/cwt	391.00–413.00	1,735	131

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 3,777Last week 0Year ago 2,793

A few load lots with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. Trend on the higher market compared to two weeks ago. Demand 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
70	900–950	905	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	438	385.00–400.00	392.47
10	450–500	471	359.00–370.00	364.50
27	500–550	537	340.00–350.00	346.30
12	550–600	578	325.00	325.00
24	600–650	631	300.00–309.00	304.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
109	400–450	417	435.00–453.00	445.48
26	450–500	458	416.00	416.00
217	500–550	517	360.00–391.00	376.64
200	550–600	573	331.00–360.00	347.14
161	600–650	621	316.00–342.50	333.42
474	650–700	676	301.00–321.50	313.69
185	700–750	728	289.00–310.00	299.59
163	750–800	774	289.00–296.00	292.64
157	800–850	814	261.00–288.00	287.12
14	850–900	860	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	362	399.00–400.00	399.85
131	400–450	434	391.00–413.00	399.75
65	450–500	480	344.00–370.00	357.59
193	500–550	533	332.50–349.00	343.73
192	550–600	571	321.00–341.00	333.55
333	600–650	625	289.00–318.00	304.82
123	650–700	672	267.00–291.00	287.35
39	700–750	730	271.00–286.00	281.26
142	750–800	754	262.00–280.50	273.28
41	800–850	801	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	332.50	332.50
5	500–550	542	302.50	302.50
110	550–600	585	290.00–317.50	303.68
43	600–650	644	284.00–286.00	285.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	650–700	694	315.50	315.50

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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