Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Package loads of feeder heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable been over a month since last reported sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.55/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −45.81 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$389.55

17 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.59

vs NE average

+29.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	389.55	2,054	17thin

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 sale17 hd

389.55

—

NE average6 barns · 238 hd

403.14

−13.59

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+29.75

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−45.81

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	607	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,513	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,336	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,021	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,124	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	389.36/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,005	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	292.84/cwt	291.00–295.00	3,136	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	330.87/cwt	330.50–332.00	2,743	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	307.88/cwt	307.50–308.00	3,103	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	319.74/cwt	317.50–320.50	2,948	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	322.71/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,891	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	348.40/cwt	330.00–355.00	3,191	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,930	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	366.32/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,315	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,511	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	794	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,969	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	336.91/cwt	336.50–339.50	3,379	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	893	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,907	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	360.54/cwt	353.00–362.00	2,628	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	314.46/cwt	307.00–318.00	3,038	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,618	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,841	6

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 Aug 22, 2025

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

Receipts 795Last week 1,075Year ago 2,163

Package loads of feeder heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable been over a month since last reported sale. 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
6	500–550	509	405.00	405.00
8	600–650	607	414.00	414.00
32	700–750	733	405.00	405.00
15	750–800	769	381.00	381.00
7	800–850	816	369.00	369.00
98	900–950	916	330.00–355.00	348.40
10	950–1000	956	349.00	349.00
58	1000–1050	1,003	336.50–339.50	336.91
6	1050–1100	1,063	325.50	325.50
7	1150–1200	1,164	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	791	331.00	331.00
6	850–900	861	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	794	332.00	332.00
65	850–900	893	325.50	325.50
9	1000–1050	1,021	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	515	375.00–400.00	389.36
5	550–600	557	390.00	390.00
29	600–650	632	365.00–372.50	366.32
32	650–700	686	366.00	366.00
43	700–750	729	353.00–362.00	360.54
20	800–850	829	330.50–332.00	330.87
61	850–900	896	310.00–324.00	322.71
28	900–950	922	317.50–320.50	319.74
60	950–1000	966	307.00–318.00	314.46
21	1000–1050	1,008	307.50–308.00	307.88
15	1050–1100	1,071	291.00–295.00	292.84

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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