Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-03-14

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 14
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
1,466 head
1,297 vs last sale 169 1,466 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder sale in several weeks a market comparison not applicable. Very attractive supply of long time weaned steers and heifers on hand. Sold a few in load lots with the rest in packages in run. Quite a few buyers bidding readily on Fridays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.34/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 116.95 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.
Average price
$370.34
61 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
10.35
vs NE average
+11.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536370.341,98561
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
526488451413median 487.3001/0902/0604/1705/2908/14
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 sale61 hd
370.34
NE average8 barns · 2,100 hd
380.70
−10.35
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
+11.67
This barn, trailing median8 sales
487.30
−116.95
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

19 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 1600–650627339.71/cwt338.00–348.002,130108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700695308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,14183
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527366.87/cwt355.00–385.001,93346
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800787293.46/cwt291.00–294.502,31017
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900882265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,33763
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672335.29/cwt330.00–347.002,25374
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450406415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6857
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,16230
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800783266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,0836
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450402400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,60813
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488354.70/cwt352.00–356.001,73137
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523354.80/cwt338.50–369.001,85639
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674304.05/cwt299.00–315.002,04953
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750744280.55/cwt280.50–281.002,08757
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,14915
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650645321.14/cwt311.00–329.002,071188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4746
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600586342.92/cwt325.00–357.002,010129
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,007262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,643280

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.