Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads of yearling heifers and yearling steers rest packages. The yearling heifers where preg check open or guaranteed open. Loads and packages of just weaned and a few weaned heifers and steers. Calves had preconditioned shots while some only had spring shots. Lighter weights on the lower side while heavy weights higher compared to 3 weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.61/cwt on 650 head, down $38.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $468.61.

Average price

$468.61

▼ 38.89 vs prior sale

650 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.23

vs NE average

+78.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	468.61	2,575	650

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale650 hd

468.61

—

NE average3 barns · 684 hd

466.38

+2.23

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+78.02

This barn, trailing median11 sales

468.61

+0.00

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

30 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 1Fleshy	550–600	574	416.52/cwt	413.00–418.00	2,391	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,119	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,937	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	504.75/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,782	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	339.10/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,472	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	318.32/cwt	309.00–330.00	2,944	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	318.26/cwt	312.00–328.00	2,833	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,256	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	423.27/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,044	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	301.40/cwt	300.00–305.00	3,107	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	325.29/cwt	315.00–334.00	2,674	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	483.09/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,072	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	309.44/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,983	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	335.46/cwt	324.00–337.50	3,220	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	505.90/cwt	495.00–532.50	2,413	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,094	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,284	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	334.58/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,924	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,287	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	455.57/cwt	422.50–463.00	2,665	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	479.10/cwt	454.00–491.00	2,530	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	368.37/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,811	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	371.81/cwt	354.00–376.00	3,097	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	415.43/cwt	397.50–429.00	2,605	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	527.92/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,302	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,418	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	460.80/cwt	452.50–477.50	2,286	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	47

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 Sep 11, 2026

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

Receipts 2,515Last week 2,057Year ago 808

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	574	413.00–418.00	416.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	625.00	625.00
36	350–400	389	580.00	580.00
110	400–450	436	520.00–570.00	527.92
222	450–500	477	495.00–532.50	505.90
400	500–550	528	454.00–491.00	479.10
226	550–600	585	422.50–463.00	455.57
105	600–650	627	397.50–429.00	415.43
36	750–800	763	360.00–375.00	368.37
64	800–850	833	354.00–376.00	371.81
25	850–900	874	325.00–342.50	334.58
17	900–950	949	346.00	346.00
141	950–1000	960	324.00–337.50	335.46
26	1000–1050	1,024	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	399	565.00	565.00
47	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
23	450–500	496	452.50–477.50	460.80
7	650–700	681	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	353	500.00–510.00	504.75
62	400–450	429	455.00–495.00	483.09
49	450–500	483	410.00–432.50	423.27
6	500–550	524	402.50	402.50
42	700–750	729	338.00–340.00	339.10
8	750–800	793	322.00	322.00
55	800–850	822	315.00–334.00	325.29
173	850–900	890	312.00–328.00	318.26
107	900–950	925	309.00–330.00	318.32
104	950–1000	964	305.00–325.00	309.44
46	1000–1050	1,031	300.00–305.00	301.40
6	1100–1150	1,119	262.50	262.50

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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