Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads rest made up of packages of heifers and steers. Mostly weaned calves a few bawlers. Some heifers were bangs vaccinated. No trend will be applicable been a month since last reported sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $435.36/cwt on 79 head, down $4.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +2.24 against this barn's trailing median of $433.12.

Average price

$435.36

▼ 4.08 vs prior sale

79 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$33.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.00

vs NE average

+21.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	438.78	2,541	71
Medium and Large 1-2	557	405.00	2,256	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.78/cwt here — about $285 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

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.35, low $392.50, median $433.12 across 10 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 sale79 hd

435.36

—

NE average6 barns · 1,759 hd

452.36

−17.00

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

+21.58

This barn, trailing median10 sales

433.12

+2.24

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

21 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,300	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,240	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	341.88/cwt	336.00–343.00	3,043	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,390	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,094	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,976	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,707	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	423.92/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,819	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	411.35/cwt	408.00–412.00	3,028	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	438.43/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,806	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,362	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,256	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	368.25/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,876	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	472.06/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,681	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	348.67/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,671	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	393.27/cwt	379.00–408.00	2,611	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	438.78/cwt	424.00–457.50	2,541	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	358.23/cwt	356.00–367.50	2,647	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	401.52/cwt	397.50–402.00	2,542	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,489	5

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 Mar 13, 2026

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

Receipts 1,429Last week 1,360Year ago 1,466

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	550–600	568	440.00–485.00	472.06
55	600–650	640	430.00–455.00	438.43
33	650–700	665	410.00–433.00	423.92
80	700–750	736	408.00–412.00	411.35
47	750–800	781	366.00–370.00	368.25
80	850–900	890	336.00–343.00	341.88
108	1000–1050	1,011	320.50	320.50
50	1100–1150	1,134	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	498	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	598	425.00	425.00
12	850–900	895	302.50	302.50
33	1050–1100	1,094	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	510.00	510.00
12	450–500	489	483.00	483.00
8	550–600	557	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	537.50	537.50
71	550–600	579	424.00–457.50	438.78
65	600–650	633	397.50–402.00	401.52
202	650–700	664	379.00–408.00	393.27
66	700–750	739	356.00–367.50	358.23
216	750–800	766	335.00–355.00	348.67

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