Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Mostly packages to make loads of bawling calves with a few weaned heifers and steers. Some nice NHTC heifers and steers were sold. Preconditioned shots with a few had spring shots. Prices on the lower side with just a few a little 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 $441.36/cwt on 779 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −45.94 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$441.36

779 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$33.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.45

vs NE average

+22.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	452.91	2,520	509
Medium and Large 1-2	547	419.59	2,295	270

One grade step is worth $33.31/cwt here — about $225 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 sale779 hd

441.36

—

NE average11 barns · 5,907 hd

433.92

+7.45

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+22.26

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−45.94

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

35 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	300–350	346	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	468.79/cwt	462.50–475.00	1,702	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	314.52/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,151	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	435.59/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,890	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	427.93/cwt	422.50–439.00	2,007	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	391.83/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,038	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	426.02/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,467	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	362.28/cwt	347.50–382.50	2,061	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	555.54/cwt	545.00–585.00	2,105	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	649	408.50/cwt	408.50–408.50	2,651	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	365.91/cwt	352.50–388.00	2,269	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	500	430.50/cwt	430.50–430.50	2,153	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	330.64/cwt	318.00–345.00	2,374	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	580	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,654	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	502.39/cwt	475.00–519.00	2,391	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	601	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,554	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	480.64/cwt	450.00–496.00	2,523	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	370.40/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,478	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	506	499.50/cwt	499.50–499.50	2,527	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	439.32/cwt	405.00–446.50	2,324	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	395.14/cwt	379.00–418.50	2,462	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	340.20/cwt	331.00–365.00	2,092	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,222	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	325.91/cwt	312.50–340.00	2,017	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	334.52/cwt	322.50–353.00	2,275	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	570	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,445	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	376.03/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,782	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	653	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,390	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	397.66/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,718	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	384.41/cwt	365.00–402.50	2,226	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	337.89/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,919	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	362.65/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,951	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	458.27/cwt	451.00–467.50	2,108	68

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 Nov 7, 2025

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

Receipts 2,983Last week 2,939Year ago 2,663

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	460.00	460.00
10	350–400	363	462.50–475.00	468.79
27	400–450	434	420.00–450.00	435.59
61	450–500	469	422.50–439.00	427.93
75	500–550	520	380.00–408.00	391.83
185	550–600	569	347.50–382.50	362.28
93	600–650	620	352.50–388.00	365.91
13	650–700	684	310.00–322.00	314.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	500	430.50	430.50
12	600–650	601	425.00	425.00
21	650–700	653	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	432	390.00–405.00	397.66
13	450–500	474	372.50–380.00	376.03
71	500–550	538	358.00–370.00	362.65
18	550–600	568	332.50–345.00	337.89
62	600–650	619	312.50–340.00	325.91
7	750–800	756	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	570	429.00	429.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	350–400	379	545.00–585.00	555.54
14	400–450	424	524.00	524.00
163	450–500	476	475.00–519.00	502.39
196	500–550	525	450.00–496.00	480.64
237	550–600	579	405.00–445.00	426.02
232	600–650	623	379.00–418.50	395.14
159	650–700	669	360.00–387.50	370.40
25	700–750	718	318.00–345.00	330.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	506	499.50	499.50
62	550–600	580	457.50	457.50
87	600–650	649	408.50	408.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	440.00	440.00
68	450–500	460	451.00–467.50	458.27
173	500–550	529	405.00–446.50	439.32
97	550–600	579	365.00–402.50	384.41
53	600–650	615	331.00–365.00	340.20
39	650–700	680	322.50–353.00	334.52

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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