Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of weaned feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.76/cwt on 365 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −122.60 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$312.76

365 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$46.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.24

vs NE average

+13.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	324.62	1,839	271
Medium and Large 1-2	549	278.56	1,528	94

One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale365 hd

312.76

—

NE average10 barns · 2,873 hd

330.00

−17.24

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

+13.90

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−122.60

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	323.72/cwt	321.00–328.00	2,072	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,015	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,991	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,468	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	261.07/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,893	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	345.89/cwt	337.00–349.00	1,799	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	356.49/cwt	335.00–368.50	1,683	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	339.42/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,775	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	288.90/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,953	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,799	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,711	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	295.91/cwt	281.00–303.00	1,719	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,707	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	317.27/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,494	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,491	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	318.96/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,847	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	282.89/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,932	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	347.94/cwt	330.00–356.00	1,632	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	330.48/cwt	329.00–331.50	2,161	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,146	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	326.80/cwt	322.00–352.50	1,879	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	303.08/cwt	297.50–311.00	1,946	82

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

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Nice packages of weaned feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the lower side 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$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	404	422.50	422.50
50	450–500	469	330.00–356.00	347.94
29	500–550	523	320.00–350.00	339.42
92	550–600	575	322.00–352.50	326.80
13	600–650	640	321.00–328.00	323.72
74	650–700	654	329.00–331.50	330.48
30	700–750	744	288.50	288.50
5	750–800	789	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	507	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	571	315.00	315.00
42	650–700	676	274.00–295.00	288.90
6	700–750	739	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	368	399.00	399.00
5	400–450	407	364.00	364.00
120	450–500	472	335.00–368.50	356.49
57	500–550	520	337.00–349.00	345.89
214	550–600	579	305.00–335.00	318.96
82	600–650	642	297.50–311.00	303.08
82	650–700	683	278.00–297.00	282.89
16	700–750	725	256.00–268.00	261.07
11	800–850	826	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	322.50	322.50
18	450–500	471	310.00–332.50	317.27
78	500–550	542	275.00	275.00
16	550–600	581	281.00–303.00	295.91
12	600–650	648	264.00	264.00

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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