Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Just a few lot loads mostly made up of packages. Mostly bawling heifers and steers. There was a few batches of weaned calves. Shot consisted of preconditioned and spring. Prices on the lower 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 $451.76/cwt on 898 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −35.53 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$451.76

898 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$44.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.00

vs NE average

+22.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	456.87	2,501	794
Medium and Large 1-2	553	412.79	2,283	104

One grade step is worth $44.08/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale898 hd

451.76

—

NE average9 barns · 6,211 hd

453.77

−2.00

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+22.04

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−35.53

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

32 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 1Fancy	600–650	612	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,638	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	332	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,394	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,220	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	447	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,978	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	445.03/cwt	435.00–457.50	1,656	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	483.26/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,097	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	375.93/cwt	357.50–392.00	2,357	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	494.79/cwt	475.00–523.00	2,360	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	430.89/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,210	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	439.09/cwt	419.00–455.00	2,121	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	570.95/cwt	570.00–572.50	2,244	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	378.95/cwt	347.50–382.50	2,133	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	534.86/cwt	515.00–565.00	2,284	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	379.59/cwt	368.00–385.00	2,714	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	384.74/cwt	365.00–397.00	2,535	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	348.88/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,275	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	439.16/cwt	414.00–457.00	2,512	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	470.76/cwt	448.00–485.00	2,486	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	342.82/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,009	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	343.20/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,118	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	403.44/cwt	375.00–412.50	2,312	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	390.42/cwt	365.00–401.00	2,425	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	558	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,310	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	433.15/cwt	430.00–442.50	1,837	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	403.37/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,908	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	389.66/cwt	375.00–397.00	2,085	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	346.34/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,192	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	431.21/cwt	400.00–437.50	2,216	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	459.24/cwt	442.50–470.00	2,209	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	485.45/cwt	465.00–502.50	2,097	29

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 2,939Last week 3,284Year ago 3,588

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	600–650	612	431.00	431.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	393	570.00–572.50	570.95
83	400–450	427	515.00–565.00	534.86
189	450–500	477	475.00–523.00	494.79
445	500–550	528	448.00–485.00	470.76
349	550–600	572	414.00–457.00	439.16
80	600–650	621	365.00–401.00	390.42
82	650–700	659	365.00–397.00	384.74
160	700–750	715	368.00–385.00	379.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	432	465.00–502.50	485.45
80	450–500	481	442.50–470.00	459.24
35	500–550	514	400.00–437.50	431.21
69	550–600	573	375.00–412.50	403.44
19	600–650	633	340.00–350.00	346.34
18	650–700	652	347.50–350.00	348.88
8	700–750	716	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	420.00	420.00
18	400–450	447	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	427	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	372	435.00–457.50	445.03
28	400–450	434	470.00–490.00	483.26
170	450–500	483	419.00–455.00	439.09
112	500–550	513	410.00–445.00	430.89
68	550–600	563	347.50–382.50	378.95
48	600–650	627	357.50–392.00	375.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
32	400–450	424	430.00–442.50	433.15
37	450–500	473	400.00–410.00	403.37
66	500–550	535	375.00–397.00	389.66
29	550–600	586	332.50–345.00	342.82
26	600–650	617	335.00–347.50	343.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	550–600	558	414.00	414.00

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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