Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of preg. check open heifers, a few spayed heifers, fall calves, and just weaned calves. They are coming off of short and dry grass. Prices on the lower side. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $507.50/cwt on 430 head, up $80.50 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +38.89 against this barn's trailing median of $468.61.

Average price

$507.50

▲ 80.50 vs prior sale

430 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$51.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs NE average

+110.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	518.33	2,723	340
Medium and Large 1-2	532	466.59	2,482	90

One grade step is worth $51.74/cwt here — about $240 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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $427.00, median $468.61 across 11 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 sale430 hd

507.50

—

NE average3 barns · 524 hd

496.33

+11.17

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

+110.72

This barn, trailing median11 sales

468.61

+38.89

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

28 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	1100–1150	1,110	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,886	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	274.02/cwt	266.00–285.00	2,825	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,802	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,718	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	306.26/cwt	295.00–314.00	2,818	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	611.76/cwt	610.00–620.00	1,976	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	296.28/cwt	282.00–308.00	2,874	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,188	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,489	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	324.44/cwt	316.00–343.00	2,514	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	466.59/cwt	462.00–500.00	2,286	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	643	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,363	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	754	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,413	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	516.07/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,240	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,773	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	603.98/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,301	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	546.56/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,132	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	469.38/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,934	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	466.59/cwt	432.50–470.00	2,482	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	523.57/cwt	503.00–530.00	2,712	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	522.61/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,535	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,376	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	445.40/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,049	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,750	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	559.76/cwt	535.00–576.00	2,441	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	714	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	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 Aug 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,057Last week 1,094Year ago 795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	323	610.00–620.00	611.76
120	350–400	390	525.00–560.00	546.56
80	400–450	434	490.00–535.00	516.07
93	450–500	490	462.00–500.00	466.59
55	750–800	775	316.00–343.00	324.44
19	800–850	839	324.00	324.00
17	850–900	857	327.00	327.00
30	900–950	920	295.00–314.00	306.26
130	950–1000	970	282.00–308.00	296.28
14	1000–1050	1,031	266.00–285.00	274.02
12	1100–1150	1,110	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	643	367.50	367.50
5	700–750	714	331.00	331.00
61	750–800	754	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	412	465.00–480.00	469.38
60	450–500	460	442.50–450.00	445.40
9	500–550	530	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	329	665.00	665.00
138	350–400	381	575.00–620.00	603.98
205	400–450	436	535.00–576.00	559.76
158	450–500	485	510.00–550.00	522.61
295	500–550	518	503.00–530.00	523.57
45	550–600	573	484.00	484.00
21	700–750	707	352.00	352.00
8	750–800	752	322.50	322.50
57	800–850	836	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	495	480.00	480.00
90	500–550	532	432.50–470.00	466.59

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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