Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few pot loads of steers and spayed heifers rest made up of packages. Sale made up of steers, spayed heifers, bangs vaccinated heifers, and a few fall calves. Mostly coming in from the drought conditions in the area. Prices mixed compared to earlier in the month. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $490.35/cwt on 79 head, up $25.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 9 comparable sales and sits +54.99 against this barn's trailing median of $435.36.

Average price

$490.35

▲ 25.73 vs prior sale

79 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$44.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.81

vs NE average

+82.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	494.89	2,575	71
Medium and Large 1-2	509	450.00	2,291	8thin

One grade step is worth $44.89/cwt here — about $285 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale79 hd

490.35

—

NE average6 barns · 611 hd

464.54

+25.81

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

+82.91

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.36

+54.99

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,682	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,573	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	350.94/cwt	344.00–353.00	3,401	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,810	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,504	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,682	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	556.32/cwt	547.50–565.00	2,698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	402.10/cwt	387.50–410.00	2,879	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	800–850	842	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,703	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	700–750	748	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,525	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,023	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	360.07/cwt	358.00–364.00	3,194	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	382.82/cwt	367.50–398.00	3,147	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,080	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,213	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,291	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	789	363.84/cwt	351.00–367.50	2,871	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	733	381.23/cwt	350.00–386.50	2,794	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	677	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,613	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	430.93/cwt	405.00–432.50	2,624	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,984	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	395.86/cwt	378.00–399.00	3,123	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	810	363.08/cwt	360.50–365.50	2,941	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	873	338.68/cwt	332.50–344.00	2,957	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	924	329.33/cwt	311.00–339.50	3,043	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,133	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	331.78/cwt	331.00–332.00	2,767	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	358.32/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,813	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	378.19/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,598	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,558	9

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 May 29, 2026

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

Receipts 3,090Last week 0Year ago 1,197

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	485	547.50–565.00	556.32
51	500–550	528	508.00	508.00
32	550–600	583	460.00	460.00
146	600–650	614	486.00	486.00
67	700–750	716	387.50–410.00	402.10
109	750–800	789	378.00–399.00	395.86
258	800–850	822	367.50–398.00	382.82
260	850–900	887	358.00–364.00	360.07
10	900–950	906	340.00	340.00
223	950–1000	969	344.00–353.00	350.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	569	440.00	440.00
31	650–700	669	420.00	420.00
9	900–950	936	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	500–550	512	502.50	502.50
9	550–600	578	442.50	442.50
142	600–650	609	405.00–432.50	430.93
16	650–700	687	373.00–387.00	378.19
12	700–750	715	371.00	371.00
29	750–800	785	340.00–363.00	358.32
35	800–850	834	331.00–332.00	331.78
41	850–900	880	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	480.00	480.00
8	500–550	509	450.00	450.00
7	600–650	641	377.00	377.00
6	950–1000	991	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	748	337.50	337.50
33	800–850	842	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	677	386.00	386.00
278	700–750	733	350.00–386.50	381.23
425	750–800	789	351.00–367.50	363.84
272	800–850	810	360.50–365.50	363.08
260	850–900	873	332.50–344.00	338.68
51	900–950	924	311.00–339.50	329.33

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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