Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lot loads of cattle with mostly packages to make loads. Sale made up of yearling open heifers with yearling steers. Mostly made up of bawling heifer and steer calves. Most calves had precondition shots with some just spring shots. Prices on the higher side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.26/cwt on 1,014 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +8.96 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$496.26

1,014 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$47.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.30

vs NE average

+73.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	505.93	2,766	809
Medium and Large 1-2	575	458.11	2,634	205

One grade step is worth $47.81/cwt here — about $132 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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.56, low $427.00, median $487.30 across 8 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 sale1,014 hd

496.26

—

NE average4 barns · 1,868 hd

478.96

+17.30

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+73.61

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

+8.96

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

41 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	663	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,413	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,219	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	571.97/cwt	560.00–587.50	1,836	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,783	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	542.13/cwt	537.50–550.00	2,033	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	3,353	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,264	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	468.53/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,244	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	557.84/cwt	520.00–572.50	2,388	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	442.55/cwt	420.00–462.00	2,500	351
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	402.62/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,456	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	500.30/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,857	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	440.26/cwt	415.00–456.00	2,303	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	384.57/cwt	376.00–397.50	2,923	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	511.34/cwt	477.50–522.50	2,199	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	562.16/cwt	530.00–585.00	2,147	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,348	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	470.62/cwt	450.00–485.50	2,913	636
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	510.74/cwt	475.00–522.50	2,686	436
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,210	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,021	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	448.77/cwt	424.00–457.50	3,002	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	419.90/cwt	405.00–425.00	3,053	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	3,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,634	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	408.51/cwt	403.00–412.00	2,762	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,132	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	516	472.46/cwt	472.00–475.00	2,438	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,166	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	535.81/cwt	530.00–555.00	2,545	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,147	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	499.46/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,447	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	415.87/cwt	412.50–418.00	2,354	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	458.53/cwt	443.00–471.00	2,650	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,149	22

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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Receipts 4,708Last week 1,022Year ago 5,071

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	560.00–587.50	571.97
26	350–400	375	537.50–550.00	542.13
208	400–450	430	477.50–522.50	511.34
251	450–500	479	450.00–495.00	468.53
164	500–550	523	415.00–456.00	440.26
351	550–600	565	420.00–462.00	442.55
79	600–650	610	390.00–405.00	402.62
5	650–700	663	364.00	364.00
14	850–900	878	317.00	317.00
7	1000–1050	1,014	317.50	317.50
47	1050–1100	1,080	310.50	310.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
137	500–550	516	472.00–475.00	472.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	512.50	512.50
7	350–400	398	470.00	470.00
60	450–500	498	435.00	435.00
22	500–550	544	395.00	395.00
58	550–600	566	412.50–418.00	415.87
6	600–650	643	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	605.00	605.00
32	350–400	382	530.00–585.00	562.16
111	400–450	428	520.00–572.50	557.84
268	450–500	475	530.00–555.00	535.81
436	500–550	526	475.00–522.50	510.74
373	550–600	571	480.00–520.00	500.30
636	600–650	619	450.00–485.50	470.62
283	650–700	669	424.00–457.50	448.77
302	700–750	727	405.00–425.00	419.90
25	750–800	760	376.00–397.50	384.57
72	800–850	814	401.00	401.00
46	850–900	856	375.00	375.00
33	950–1000	992	337.50	337.50
7	1100–1150	1,132	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	445	482.50	482.50
99	450–500	490	495.00–500.00	499.46
10	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
195	550–600	578	443.00–471.00	458.53
17	600–650	602	437.50	437.50
20	650–700	676	403.00–412.00	408.51
5	750–800	781	352.50	352.50
12	850–900	892	338.00	338.00

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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