Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads, mostly made up of packages of weaned heifers and steers. Some heifers retained for replacements with being vaccinated with bangs. No trend will be applicable been over a month since last feeder sale. Most barns reporting higher prices. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.25/cwt on 663 head. That ranks 7 of 9 comparable sales and sits +11.89 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$447.25

663 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$14.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs NE average

+37.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	449.66	2,506	551
Medium and Large 1-2	554	435.39	2,411	112

One grade step is worth $14.27/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.35, low $392.50, median $435.36 across 9 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 sale663 hd

447.25

—

NE average10 barns · 3,523 hd

447.87

−0.62

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

+37.15

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

+11.89

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

43 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 1-2	400–450	411	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,096	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	364.39/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,809	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	427.56/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,057	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	447.58/cwt	441.00–451.00	2,417	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,450	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	527.95/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,587	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	496.93/cwt	467.50–507.50	2,803	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,611	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	323.76/cwt	323.00–324.00	2,930	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	565.56/cwt	555.00–601.00	2,675	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	405.70/cwt	389.00–421.00	2,925	561
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	680	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,965	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	521.93/cwt	500.00–532.00	2,766	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,547	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	377.20/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,791	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,534	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	714	417.72/cwt	414.00–422.50	2,983	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	425.26/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,888	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,906	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	460.80/cwt	437.50–480.00	2,889	581
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	391.26/cwt	385.00–396.00	3,048	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,496	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	389.90/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,749	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	370.03/cwt	351.00–377.00	3,023	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	387.33/cwt	365.00–398.00	2,622	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,068	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	471.69/cwt	455.00–502.50	2,495	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	636	455.07/cwt	430.00–462.00	2,894	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	438.25/cwt	420.00–459.00	2,507	363
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	775	469.62/cwt	465.00–472.50	3,640	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	378.84/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,417	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	413.28/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,538	467
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,308	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	666	428.78/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,856	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	404.93/cwt	387.50–417.00	2,381	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	532.40/cwt	510.00–555.00	1,837	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	354.51/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,524	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	541.86/cwt	517.50–565.00	2,335	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	490.80/cwt	481.00–505.00	2,356	80

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 5,541Last week 0Year ago 5,815

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	510.00	510.00
24	450–500	481	415.00–455.00	427.56
80	500–550	540	441.00–451.00	447.58
32	550–600	588	387.50–417.00	404.93
50	600–650	638	375.00–385.00	378.84
10	650–700	695	352.50	352.50
30	700–750	712	345.00–362.50	354.51
243	750–800	771	360.00–373.00	364.39
9	800–850	842	308.00	308.00
8	850–900	870	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
115	600–650	636	430.00–462.00	455.07
176	650–700	666	410.00–440.00	428.78
153	700–750	714	414.00–422.50	417.72
123	750–800	775	465.00–472.50	469.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	345	510.00–555.00	532.40
13	350–400	383	540.00	540.00
94	400–450	431	517.50–565.00	541.86
80	450–500	480	481.00–505.00	490.80
188	500–550	529	455.00–502.50	471.69
363	550–600	572	420.00–459.00	438.25
467	600–650	614	390.00–425.00	413.28
232	650–700	677	365.00–398.00	387.33
214	700–750	705	370.00–405.00	389.90
10	750–800	797	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	490	520.00–530.00	527.95
9	550–600	557	455.00	455.00
7	600–650	600	412.50	412.50
6	650–700	653	390.00	390.00
30	700–750	740	374.00–380.00	377.20
5	750–800	764	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	387	645.00	645.00
15	400–450	428	610.00	610.00
75	450–500	473	555.00–601.00	565.56
155	500–550	530	500.00–532.00	521.93
114	550–600	564	467.50–507.50	496.93
581	600–650	627	437.50–480.00	460.80
316	650–700	679	410.00–445.00	425.26
561	700–750	721	389.00–421.00	405.70
187	750–800	779	385.00–396.00	391.26
54	800–850	817	351.00–377.00	370.03
30	900–950	905	323.00–324.00	323.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
75	650–700	680	436.00	436.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	550–600	562	517.00	517.00

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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