Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Yearling open, spayed heifers, yearling steers, and a few bulls. Loads mostly made up of packages of cattle. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $378.92/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −21.74 against this barn's trailing median of $400.66.

Average price

$378.92

41 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.59

vs NE average

+26.18 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	378.92	2,447	41

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

9 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $417.92, low $343.00, median $400.66 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale41 hd

378.92

—

NE average8 barns · 416 hd

387.51

−8.59

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

+26.18

This barn, trailing median9 sales

400.66

−21.74

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

23 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	650–700	671	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,718	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	820	336.58/cwt	330.00–340.50	2,760	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	338.91/cwt	337.50–341.50	2,989	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	328.82/cwt	326.50–332.50	2,861	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,068	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,863	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,894	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	319.90/cwt	319.50–320.50	3,113	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	855	357.75/cwt	357.75–357.75	3,059	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	337.07/cwt	318.00–340.50	3,229	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	994	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,141	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,104	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	782	337.15/cwt	331.50–339.00	2,637	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	331.98/cwt	326.50–346.00	2,712	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	384.53/cwt	382.00–386.00	2,369	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,664	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,552	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,831	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,449	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

Fri Sep 12, 2025

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

Receipts 808Last week 3,411Year ago 1,612

Yearling open, spayed heifers, yearling steers, and a few bulls. Loads mostly made up of packages of cattle. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. 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
5	600–650	631	430.00	430.00
11	650–700	671	405.00	405.00
13	700–750	734	390.00	390.00
5	750–800	777	372.50	372.50
56	850–900	882	337.50–341.50	338.91
13	900–950	941	326.00	326.00
122	950–1000	958	318.00–340.50	337.07
10	1100–1150	1,104	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	686	350.00	350.00
8	750–800	779	335.00	335.00
6	950–1000	989	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
23	850–900	855	357.75	357.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	750–800	782	331.50–339.00	337.15
36	800–850	820	330.00–340.50	336.58
19	950–1000	994	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	616	382.00–386.00	384.53
17	650–700	688	371.00	371.00
21	750–800	779	342.00	342.00
32	800–850	817	326.50–346.00	331.98
123	850–900	870	326.50–332.50	328.82
32	950–1000	973	319.50–320.50	319.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	790	310.00	310.00
6	950–1000	983	288.00	288.00

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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