Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few lot loads of weaned and bawling calves rest of loads made up of packages. Heifers and steers had precondition and a few with just spring shots. A few heifers came in with bang vaccinations. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.20/cwt on 303 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −26.10 against this barn's trailing median of $487.30.

Average price

$461.20

303 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$51.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.39

vs NE average

+32.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	468.44	2,588	260
Medium and Large 1-2	552	417.44	2,304	43

One grade step is worth $51.00/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale303 hd

461.20

—

NE average9 barns · 3,937 hd

467.59

−6.39

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+32.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

487.30

−26.10

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,134	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	497.12/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,148	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	505.28/cwt	480.00–527.50	1,940	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,969	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,127	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	397.53/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,493	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,408	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	490.13/cwt	478.00–499.00	2,529	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	449.42/cwt	443.00–465.00	2,580	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	424.01/cwt	409.00–444.00	2,616	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	380.30/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,905	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	527.55/cwt	487.50–535.00	2,458	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,796	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	584	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,867	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,247	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	360.87/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,595	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	408.82/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,310	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	399.56/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,577	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,983	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	342.75/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,163	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	376.87/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,525	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	660	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,789	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	624	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,895	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	433.10/cwt	411.00–445.00	2,248	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	395.87/cwt	377.50–405.00	2,268	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	735	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,822	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	333.78/cwt	333.00–334.00	2,253	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	462.24/cwt	453.00–475.00	2,200	88

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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,213Last week 948Year ago 2,931

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	480.00–527.50	505.28
18	400–450	432	495.00–500.00	497.12
88	450–500	476	453.00–475.00	462.24
141	500–550	519	411.00–445.00	433.10
185	550–600	573	377.50–405.00	395.87
25	600–650	627	390.00–400.00	397.53
54	650–700	675	333.00–334.00	333.78
5	700–750	736	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	542	392.50	392.50
13	550–600	592	335.00	335.00
36	600–650	631	340.00–345.00	342.75
6	650–700	679	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
128	600–650	624	464.00	464.00
24	650–700	660	422.50	422.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	480.00	480.00
9	500–550	503	450.00	450.00
34	550–600	565	400.00–428.00	408.82
50	600–650	645	397.50–400.00	399.56
6	650–700	698	345.00	345.00
5	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	525.00	525.00
33	450–500	466	487.50–535.00	527.55
100	500–550	516	478.00–499.00	490.13
139	550–600	574	443.00–465.00	449.42
211	600–650	617	409.00–444.00	424.01
291	650–700	670	360.00–387.50	376.87
40	700–750	719	355.00–367.50	360.87
86	750–800	764	380.00–382.00	380.30
11	800–850	800	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	584	491.00	491.00
92	650–700	654	427.50	427.50
22	700–750	735	384.00	384.00

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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