Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads rest packages of heifers and steers. Heifers some preg checked open, guaranteed open, few spayed, just weaned, and some replacement quality. Steers mostly just weaned calves. Most calves had preconditioned shots with some just spring shots. Prices on the mixed side. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.99/cwt on 835 head, down $6.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −6.61 against this barn's trailing median of $468.61.

Average price

$461.99

▼ 6.61 vs prior sale

835 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$51.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.98

vs NE average

+58.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	463.48	2,525	811
Medium and Large 1-2	544	411.88	2,241	24

One grade step is worth $51.60/cwt here — about $284 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

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 sale835 hd

461.99

—

NE average5 barns · 1,075 hd

457.02

+4.98

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

+58.63

This barn, trailing median11 sales

468.61

−6.61

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

31 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	Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,809	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	454.89/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,393	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,312	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	285.26/cwt	283.00–295.00	2,930	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	312.23/cwt	311.00–314.00	2,754	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	485.72/cwt	462.50–510.00	1,841	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,484	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,646	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	468.25/cwt	462.00–476.00	1,981	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	418.65/cwt	414.00–427.00	2,637	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	401.43/cwt	375.00–408.00	2,112	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	440.95/cwt	430.00–472.50	2,072	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,027	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,040	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,257	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	452.70/cwt	432.50–464.00	2,558	391
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	559	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,516	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	523	493.13/cwt	486.00–505.00	2,579	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	512.87/cwt	502.50–538.00	2,405	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	586.63/cwt	565.00–615.00	2,235	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	535.29/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,350	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	473.51/cwt	466.00–506.00	2,491	420
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	622	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	3,079	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	323.33/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,703	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,910	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,229	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	475.68/cwt	460.00–482.50	2,221	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,061	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,055	20

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	1100–1150	1,128	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	526	450.00–460.00	454.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	500.00	500.00
67	350–400	379	462.50–510.00	485.72
95	400–450	423	462.00–476.00	468.25
189	450–500	470	430.00–472.50	440.95
51	500–550	526	375.00–408.00	401.43
12	550–600	578	400.00	400.00
78	600–650	620	364.00	364.00
55	700–750	735	338.00	338.00
31	800–850	836	320.00–326.00	323.33
29	850–900	882	311.00–314.00	312.23
26	1000–1050	1,027	283.00–295.00	285.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1000–1050	1,027	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	500–550	523	486.00–505.00	493.13
18	550–600	559	450.00	450.00
38	600–650	622	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	399	450.00	450.00
35	400–450	439	435.00	435.00
20	450–500	493	418.00	418.00
20	550–600	587	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	381	565.00–615.00	586.63
38	400–450	439	505.00–545.00	535.29
285	450–500	469	502.50–538.00	512.87
420	500–550	526	466.00–506.00	473.51
391	550–600	565	432.50–464.00	452.70
65	600–650	630	414.00–427.00	418.65
23	650–700	650	407.00	407.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	450–500	467	460.00–482.50	475.68
18	500–550	534	417.50	417.50
6	550–600	574	395.00	395.00

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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