Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few lot loads of feeder calves rest were packages. Made up of spayed heifers, with fall heifers and steers. Calves still coming in because of short grass. No trend been three weeks from last sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.54/cwt on 249 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −72.82 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$362.54

249 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.96

vs NE average

+28.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	362.54	1,981	249

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

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 sale249 hd

362.54

—

NE average3 barns · 433 hd

358.59

+3.96

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

+28.43

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−72.82

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

13 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	326.01/cwt	322.50–327.00	2,236	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,845	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,152	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	359.43/cwt	351.00–368.00	2,045	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	318.45/cwt	318.00–320.00	2,271	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,506	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,108	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	782	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,467	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,469	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,432	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,461	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,959	166

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 Jun 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,075Last week 1,197Year ago 528

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	500–550	500	369.00	369.00
168	550–600	569	351.00–368.00	359.43
89	600–650	613	351.00	351.00
23	650–700	686	322.50–327.00	326.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
145	750–800	782	315.50	315.50
121	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	550–600	579	420.00	420.00
98	600–650	640	384.50	384.50
32	650–700	663	378.00	378.00
22	700–750	713	318.00–320.00	318.45
166	950–1000	959	308.50	308.50
6	1100–1150	1,108	247.00	247.00

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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