Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few lot loads of cattle with the rest made up in packages. Sales of open and spayed yearling heifers with yearling steers. Few bunches of fall calves. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $393.51/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −41.85 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$393.51

37 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.45

vs NE average

+22.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	393.51	2,275	37

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 sale37 hd

393.51

—

NE average4 barns · 104 hd

404.96

−11.45

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+22.00

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−41.85

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

37 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	1000–1050	1,041	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,352	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	336.06/cwt	330.00–341.00	3,146	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,356	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	327.37/cwt	321.00–330.00	3,225	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	304.24/cwt	300.00–315.00	3,289	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	324.48/cwt	319.00–342.50	2,735	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	396.79/cwt	393.00–399.00	2,718	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	332.99/cwt	329.00–339.50	2,967	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	820	345.41/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,832	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	626	398.13/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,492	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,544	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,501	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	362.45/cwt	353.00–366.00	3,023	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	775	344.23/cwt	333.00–352.50	2,668	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	350.92/cwt	349.00–351.50	2,713	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	970	330.77/cwt	328.00–331.50	3,208	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	437.32/cwt	423.00–445.00	2,698	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	343.47/cwt	321.00–350.00	3,153	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,028	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,248	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	882	336.26/cwt	328.50–351.50	2,966	440
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	354.69/cwt	334.00–367.00	3,107	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	750–800	790	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,496	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	349.64/cwt	346.00–360.00	2,745	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	550–600	564	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,171	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	382.99/cwt	361.00–394.00	2,796	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,167	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	367.86/cwt	353.00–378.00	2,678	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	353.07/cwt	334.00–357.00	3,453	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	933	325.74/cwt	321.00–333.00	3,039	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	739	355.32/cwt	353.00–362.50	2,626	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	385.78/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,403	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	328.51/cwt	310.00–332.25	3,551	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,253	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	700–750	743	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,504	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	600–650	644	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,318	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,088	5

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	589	400.00	400.00
62	700–750	728	353.00–378.00	367.86
91	750–800	773	349.00–351.50	350.92
38	800–850	843	319.00–342.50	324.48
69	850–900	891	329.00–339.50	332.99
18	900–950	936	330.00–341.00	336.06
21	950–1000	985	321.00–330.00	327.37
12	1000–1050	1,041	322.00	322.00
36	1050–1100	1,081	300.00–315.00	304.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	564	385.00	385.00
73	600–650	626	377.50–400.00	398.13
106	700–750	739	353.00–362.50	355.32
50	750–800	775	333.00–352.50	344.23
388	800–850	820	341.00–350.00	345.41
440	850–900	882	328.50–351.50	336.26
92	900–950	933	321.00–333.00	325.74
66	950–1000	970	328.00–331.50	330.77
21	1000–1050	1,028	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	644	360.00	360.00
12	700–750	743	337.00	337.00
10	750–800	790	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	719	325.00	325.00
5	950–1000	956	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	553	460.00	460.00
81	600–650	617	423.00–445.00	437.32
140	650–700	685	393.00–399.00	396.79
89	700–750	730	361.00–394.00	382.99
71	750–800	785	346.00–360.00	349.64
185	800–850	834	353.00–366.00	362.45
240	850–900	876	334.00–367.00	354.69
252	900–950	918	321.00–350.00	343.47
184	950–1000	978	334.00–357.00	353.07
55	1000–1050	1,009	347.00	347.00
41	1050–1100	1,081	310.00–332.25	328.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	553	407.50	407.50
27	600–650	623	380.00–387.50	385.78
13	1000–1050	1,035	306.00	306.00

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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