Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads, mostly made up of packages of heifers and steers. Preconditioned weaned calves with packages of bangs vaccinated heifers. Prices on the mix side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good on this nice warm day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.44/cwt on 208 head, up $15.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +4.08 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$439.44

▲ 15.71 vs prior sale

208 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$35.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.95

vs NE average

+7.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	440.64	2,449	201
Medium and Large 1-2	580	405.00	2,349	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.64/cwt here — about $100 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

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 sale208 hd

439.44

—

NE average11 barns · 2,651 hd

452.39

−12.95

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

+7.90

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

+4.08

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

27 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,747	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	517.36/cwt	500.00–532.50	2,261	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	341.16/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,630	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,570	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	479.31/cwt	455.00–499.00	2,262	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	449.85/cwt	430.00–464.00	2,348	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	373.21/cwt	364.00–382.50	2,941	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	448.46/cwt	447.50–450.00	2,780	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,564	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,318	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	510.81/cwt	500.00–526.00	2,605	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,140	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	485.79/cwt	470.00–498.00	2,774	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	430.00/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,683	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	400.94/cwt	389.00–415.00	2,638	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	435.93/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,498	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,621	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	427.21/cwt	396.00–437.00	2,943	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,860	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,349	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	373.28/cwt	372.50–376.00	2,550	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	700	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,678	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	402.42/cwt	377.50–415.00	2,926	91

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	794	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	437	500.00–532.50	517.36
31	450–500	472	455.00–499.00	479.31
68	500–550	522	430.00–464.00	449.85
133	550–600	573	420.00–446.00	435.93
175	600–650	624	421.00–435.00	430.00
76	650–700	658	389.00–415.00	400.94
27	700–750	730	352.00	352.00
24	750–800	771	338.00–345.00	341.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	580	405.00	405.00
6	600–650	602	385.00	385.00
26	650–700	683	372.50–376.00	373.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	700–750	700	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	580.00	580.00
14	400–450	448	585.00	585.00
11	450–500	477	537.50	537.50
26	500–550	510	500.00–526.00	510.81
73	550–600	571	470.00–498.00	485.79
42	600–650	620	447.50–450.00	448.46
118	650–700	689	396.00–437.00	427.21
91	700–750	727	377.50–415.00	402.42
14	750–800	788	364.00–382.50	373.21
7	800–850	801	357.00	357.00
70	850–900	877	358.00	358.00
9	900–950	908	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	698	383.00	383.00
5	700–750	746	372.50	372.50

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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