Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned heifers and steers. Some calves NHTC and some heifers been bangs vaccinated. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last reported sale. Good attendance of buyers to have a moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.50/cwt on 353 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −97.86 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$337.50

353 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$24.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.03

vs NE average

+16.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	339.11	1,876	330
Medium and Large 1-2	550	314.49	1,730	23

One grade step is worth $24.62/cwt here — about $146 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 sale353 hd

337.50

—

NE average6 barns · 1,223 hd

331.48

+6.03

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+16.32

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−97.86

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

38 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	1050–1100	1,061	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,859	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	417.15/cwt	413.00–420.00	1,986	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	351.90/cwt	339.00–366.00	1,855	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	389.45/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,640	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	271.98/cwt	252.00–278.00	2,149	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	328.88/cwt	327.50–331.00	1,783	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	350.47/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,707	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	422.86/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,636	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	371.00/cwt	357.00–392.00	1,770	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,160	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	378.43/cwt	367.50–387.50	2,032	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	411.86/cwt	400.00–417.00	1,845	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,624	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	336.86/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,476	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,443	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	335.79/cwt	318.00–338.00	2,052	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,063	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	308.47/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,057	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	414.30/cwt	396.00–432.50	2,022	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	321.40/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,131	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	354.12/cwt	343.00–359.00	2,390	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	293.82/cwt	286.00–303.00	2,509	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,786	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	409.64/cwt	392.00–431.00	2,155	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	510	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,851	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	616	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,119	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	433.90/cwt	423.00–460.00	1,831	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	458.61/cwt	448.00–480.00	1,747	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	407.55/cwt	405.00–412.50	2,282	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	296.29/cwt	293.00–310.00	2,249	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	327.53/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,887	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	305.65/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,179	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	376.26/cwt	355.00–383.50	2,322	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,529	55

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1050–1100	1,061	269.50	269.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	448	400.00–417.00	411.86
45	500–550	537	367.50–387.50	378.43
5	550–600	569	367.00	367.00
5	600–650	628	344.00	344.00
15	650–700	663	321.00–322.00	321.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	381	448.00–480.00	458.61
39	400–450	422	423.00–460.00	433.90
99	450–500	488	396.00–432.50	414.30
125	500–550	526	392.00–431.00	409.64
29	550–600	560	405.00–412.50	407.55
107	600–650	617	355.00–383.50	376.26
42	650–700	675	343.00–359.00	354.12
153	700–750	735	320.00–338.00	336.86
31	750–800	759	293.00–310.00	296.29
103	850–900	854	286.00–303.00	293.82
122	950–1000	964	289.00	289.00
18	1000–1050	1,035	236.00	236.00
55	1050–1100	1,058	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	476	413.00–420.00	417.15
44	550–600	563	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	387	400.00–430.00	422.86
117	400–450	421	375.00–405.00	389.45
148	450–500	477	357.00–392.00	371.00
116	500–550	527	339.00–366.00	351.90
186	550–600	576	318.00–335.00	327.53
133	600–650	611	318.00–338.00	335.79
71	650–700	667	300.00–317.50	308.47
132	700–750	713	300.00–311.00	305.65
26	750–800	790	252.00–278.00	271.98
6	800–850	806	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	385.00	385.00
43	450–500	487	345.00–352.50	350.47
15	500–550	542	327.50–331.00	328.88
8	550–600	565	287.50	287.50
5	600–650	601	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	510	363.00	363.00
149	600–650	616	344.00	344.00

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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