Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few lot loads rest was packages of bawling heifers and steers. Most calves had precondition shots while some only had spring shots. A few of steer calves were NHTC qualified calves. Prices were on the mixed side with some lower and some higher 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 $497.88/cwt on 2,091 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +10.58 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$497.88

2,091 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$44.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs NE average

+28.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	499.48	2,744	2,016
Medium and Large 1-2	574	454.66	2,609	75

One grade step is worth $44.82/cwt here — about $135 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 sale2,091 hd

497.88

—

NE average10 barns · 5,692 hd

496.84

+1.04

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+28.84

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

+10.58

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

34 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,035	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	401.77/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,547	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	500.62/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,043	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	484.37/cwt	470.00–516.00	2,291	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	673.96/cwt	655.00–689.00	2,453	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	478.48/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,756	911
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	369.57/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,661	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	413.87/cwt	410.00–424.00	2,351	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	588.09/cwt	540.00–595.00	2,517	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	518.84/cwt	499.00–547.50	2,714	897
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	626	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,836	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	546	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,774	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	422.58/cwt	406.00–432.50	2,219	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	545.31/cwt	532.00–571.00	2,590	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	421.62/cwt	395.00–433.00	2,816	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	2,242	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	459.43/cwt	433.00–476.00	2,844	421
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	552	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,581	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	529	475.66/cwt	461.00–488.00	2,516	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	459	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,804	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,104	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	477.41/cwt	462.50–490.00	2,578	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	589.99/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,313	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	353.31/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,968	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	454.50/cwt	440.00–467.50	2,173	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,351	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	414.43/cwt	397.50–424.00	2,632	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	459.00/cwt	452.50–465.00	1,997	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	446.39/cwt	432.50–450.00	2,616	55

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 5,257Last week 4,959Year ago 4,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	437	565.00	565.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	610.00	610.00
21	350–400	357	570.00	570.00
125	400–450	408	485.00–520.00	500.62
137	450–500	473	470.00–516.00	484.37
140	500–550	525	406.00–432.50	422.58
227	550–600	568	410.00–424.00	413.87
25	600–650	634	400.00–407.50	401.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	331	545.00	545.00
11	350–400	395	515.00	515.00
21	400–450	435	452.50–465.00	459.00
125	450–500	478	440.00–467.50	454.50
21	550–600	557	350.00–355.00	353.31
11	600–650	601	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
190	500–550	529	461.00–488.00	475.66
21	550–600	552	467.50	467.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	705.00	705.00
41	350–400	364	655.00–689.00	673.96
198	400–450	428	540.00–595.00	588.09
279	450–500	475	532.00–571.00	545.31
897	500–550	523	499.00–547.50	518.84
911	550–600	576	455.00–500.00	478.48
421	600–650	619	433.00–476.00	459.43
290	650–700	668	395.00–433.00	421.62
27	700–750	720	355.00–380.00	369.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	459	560.00	560.00
208	500–550	546	508.00	508.00
96	600–650	626	453.00	453.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	392	580.00–620.00	589.99
6	400–450	442	535.00	535.00
7	450–500	495	475.00	475.00
20	500–550	540	462.50–490.00	477.41
55	550–600	586	432.50–450.00	446.39
68	600–650	635	397.50–424.00	414.43

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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