Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads of weaned feeder heifers and steers. Mostly preconditioned shots and some heifer packages bangs vaccinated. Prices on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good on this very cold day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.73/cwt on 777 head, down $23.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −11.63 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$423.73

▼ 23.52 vs prior sale

777 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$40.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.17

vs NE average

+12.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	435.16	2,416	556
Medium and Large 1-2	587	394.95	2,320	221

One grade step is worth $40.21/cwt here — about $96 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

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 sale777 hd

423.73

—

NE average7 barns · 2,393 hd

428.89

−5.17

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

+12.86

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−11.63

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

33 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	720	365.86/cwt	345.00–374.00	2,634	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,072	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	511.08/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,182	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	322.43/cwt	312.50–327.50	2,641	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	478.66/cwt	457.50–495.00	2,278	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	347.00/cwt	322.00–352.00	2,641	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	504.74/cwt	490.00–522.00	2,488	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	554.07/cwt	530.00–573.00	2,637	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	453.31/cwt	437.50–458.00	2,607	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	405.64/cwt	375.00–414.00	2,779	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	371.56/cwt	369.00–374.00	3,039	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,445	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	602.11/cwt	590.00–630.00	2,294	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	375.71/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,934	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	403.10/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,572	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	577	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,377	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	519	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,273	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	423.49/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,287	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,120	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	447.28/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,388	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	394.72/cwt	377.00–401.50	2,846	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	448.87/cwt	426.00–470.00	2,379	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	425.51/cwt	406.00–444.00	2,451	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	367.91/cwt	364.00–376.00	2,465	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,033	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	3,410	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,563	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	396.66/cwt	377.50–412.50	2,483	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,191	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	391.64/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,322	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	372.62/cwt	372.50–373.00	2,403	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	450.79/cwt	419.00–462.50	2,822	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	504.08/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,636	111

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 4,177Last week 0Year ago 3,777

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	391	530.00	530.00
27	400–450	427	510.00–512.50	511.08
94	450–500	476	457.50–495.00	478.66
240	500–550	530	426.00–470.00	448.87
281	550–600	576	406.00–444.00	425.51
311	600–650	626	377.50–412.50	396.66
409	650–700	670	364.00–376.00	367.91
232	700–750	720	345.00–374.00	365.86
95	750–800	761	322.00–352.00	347.00
59	800–850	819	312.50–327.50	322.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	438.00	438.00
26	550–600	577	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	540	420.00–425.00	423.49
198	550–600	593	387.50–400.00	391.64
36	600–650	645	372.50–373.00	372.62
65	650–700	669	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	570.00	570.00
27	450–500	493	490.00–522.00	504.74
23	500–550	534	437.50–465.00	447.28
25	550–600	596	430.00	430.00
46	600–650	638	387.50–415.00	403.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	381	590.00–630.00	602.11
8	400–450	418	585.00	585.00
153	450–500	476	530.00–573.00	554.07
111	500–550	523	480.00–522.50	504.08
81	550–600	575	437.50–458.00	453.31
302	600–650	626	419.00–462.50	450.79
156	650–700	685	375.00–414.00	405.64
218	700–750	721	377.00–401.50	394.72
62	750–800	781	371.00–380.00	375.71
214	800–850	818	369.00–374.00	371.56
34	850–900	869	349.00	349.00
66	950–1000	970	351.50	351.50

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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