Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Several Lot loads , mostly packages of heifers and steers. Spring and fall calves, some packages of NHTC , and bangs vaccinated heifers for replacement. No trend will be applicable been over 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 $432.10/cwt on 434 head, down $3.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −3.26 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$432.10

▼ 3.26 vs prior sale

434 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$37.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.07

vs NE average

+4.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	433.74	2,403	415
Medium and Large 1-2	579	396.18	2,294	19thin

One grade step is worth $37.56/cwt here — about $109 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 sale434 hd

432.10

—

NE average6 barns · 888 hd

444.17

−12.07

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

+4.71

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

−3.26

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

46 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	500–550	512	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,496	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,622	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,569	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	336.81/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,499	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	527.67/cwt	520.00–532.50	2,253	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	522.00/cwt	495.00–526.00	2,725	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,487	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	385.53/cwt	358.00–390.00	3,119	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,471	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	337.23/cwt	331.00–347.00	3,072	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	443.73/cwt	426.00–448.00	3,040	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	395.04/cwt	390.00–401.00	2,730	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	334.24/cwt	331.50–335.00	3,296	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,138	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,448	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	438.62/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,522	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	378.11/cwt	362.50–382.00	2,787	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,497	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	489.65/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,806	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	416.81/cwt	392.50–431.00	3,026	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	3,241	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	577.19/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,644	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	880	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,869	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	731	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,844	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,309	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	327.99/cwt	327.50–329.00	2,886	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,028	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,982	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	379.50/cwt	373.00–395.00	2,425	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	318.18/cwt	304.00–332.00	2,755	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	465.06/cwt	442.50–478.00	2,907	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	404.83/cwt	375.00–406.00	3,162	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	365.41/cwt	345.00–378.00	2,467	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	352.32/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,730	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,298	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	565	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,396	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	658	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,665	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	471.67/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,226	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	424.41/cwt	404.00–440.00	2,428	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	347.15/cwt	326.00–355.00	2,829	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	377.26/cwt	350.00–381.00	2,709	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	647	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,659	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	448.11/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,366	164

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 Apr 17, 2026

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

Receipts 3,859Last week 1,429Year ago 2,885

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	512	487.50	487.50
62	550–600	570	460.00	460.00
25	650–700	685	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	415.00	415.00
13	550–600	593	387.50	387.50
99	700–750	742	332.00–342.00	336.81
6	750–800	787	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	600.00	600.00
20	350–400	374	530.00	530.00
28	400–450	427	520.00–532.50	527.67
29	450–500	472	440.00–480.00	471.67
164	500–550	528	420.00–460.00	448.11
216	550–600	572	404.00–440.00	424.41
174	600–650	639	373.00–395.00	379.50
185	650–700	675	345.00–378.00	365.41
75	700–750	718	350.00–381.00	377.26
194	750–800	775	350.00–360.00	352.32
171	800–850	815	326.00–355.00	347.15
57	850–900	866	304.00–332.00	318.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
139	850–900	880	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	565	424.00	424.00
139	650–700	658	405.00	405.00
39	700–750	731	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
67	600–650	647	411.00	411.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	620.00	620.00
26	450–500	458	560.00–595.00	577.19
60	500–550	522	495.00–526.00	522.00
168	550–600	573	470.00–500.00	489.65
212	600–650	625	442.50–478.00	465.06
94	650–700	685	426.00–448.00	443.73
99	700–750	726	392.50–431.00	416.81
132	750–800	781	375.00–406.00	404.83
78	800–850	809	358.00–390.00	385.53
140	850–900	877	369.50	369.50
56	900–950	911	331.00–347.00	337.23
58	950–1000	986	331.50–335.00	334.24
150	1000–1050	1,030	339.50	339.50
46	1100–1150	1,138	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	444	520.00	520.00
9	450–500	483	515.00	515.00
6	500–550	523	472.50	472.50
32	550–600	575	430.00–450.00	438.62
11	650–700	691	390.00–401.00	395.04
47	700–750	737	362.50–382.00	378.11
5	800–850	822	325.00	325.00
25	850–900	880	327.50–329.00	327.99

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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