Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-02-21

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 21
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
1,197 vs last sale 1,366 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
477 head
477 vs last sale 0 477 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A mixture of a few feeder heifers and steers. With packages of bred heifers and cows. No trend will be applicable. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.11/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 97.25 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.
Average price
$338.11
137 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.49
vs NE average
+40.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548338.111,852137
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
504462420379median 435.3601/0902/0604/1705/2908/14
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 sale137 hd
338.11
NE average5 barns · 399 hd
328.62
+9.49
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
+40.28
This barn, trailing median9 sales
435.36
−97.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,363$2,85685
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,417$2,654135
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,432$2,334151
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,073$3,20027

Every lot, as filed

11 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900894236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,11013
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563335.50/cwt335.50–335.501,88995
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,76542
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,6759
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0733,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,20027
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3021,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3852,233.70/head1,985.00–2,550.002,23486
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3632,855.69/head2,550.00–3,375.002,85685
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2632,369.77/head2,300.00–2,450.002,37012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4322,681.22/head2,400.00–3,000.002,681123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5112,556.48/head2,475.00–2,600.002,55660

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.