Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-10-30

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 30

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Oct 23Oct 30latest

Receipts

2,514 head

▲ 2,514 vs last sale 0▼ 425 vs year ago 2,939 · −14.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale of weaned and bawling calves, with a few bulls included. Most hefers and steers had precondition shots. Prices mostly on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.91/cwt on 671 head, down $1.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −13.93 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$451.91

▼ 1.82 vs prior sale

671 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$41.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.77

vs NE average

+16.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	457.23	2,509	586
Medium and Large 1-2	561	415.26	2,330	85

One grade step is worth $41.97/cwt here — about $179 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale671 hd

451.91

—

NE average9 barns · 5,096 hd

456.68

−4.77

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+16.76

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

−13.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $427.00, median $465.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

29 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,791	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,999	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	516.51/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,205	98
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	463.96/cwt	455.00–482.50	2,120	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	518.30/cwt	496.00–535.00	2,426	214
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	474.87/cwt	452.50–495.00	2,455	254
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	426.78/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,292	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	443.73/cwt	423.00–466.00	2,543	332
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	408.65/cwt	407.00–412.50	2,350	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	418.70/cwt	395.00–434.00	2,621	92
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	388.75/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,469	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	384.78/cwt	376.00–392.00	2,609	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,277	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,532	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	458.10/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,773	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,548	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	441.78/cwt	417.50–457.50	1,873	138
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	403.57/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,776	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,810	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	438.10/cwt	412.50–455.00	2,090	151
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	408.82/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,159	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	378.85/cwt	376.00–380.00	2,061	96
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	560	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,335	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	391.05/cwt	372.50–402.00	2,206	142
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	347.06/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,982	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,961	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	346.64/cwt	330.00–361.00	2,149	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,200	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,142	6

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 Oct 30, 2026

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

Receipts 2,514Last week 0Year ago 2,939

Sale of weaned and bawling calves, with a few bulls included. Most hefers and steers had precondition shots. Prices mostly on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	525	419.00	419.00
6	550–600	560	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	470.00	470.00
11	350–400	387	450.00–465.00	458.10
138	400–450	424	417.50–457.50	441.78
151	450–500	477	412.50–455.00	438.10
49	500–550	528	400.00–420.00	408.82
142	550–600	564	372.50–402.00	391.05
22	600–650	620	330.00–361.00	346.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	387	400.00	400.00
23	400–450	440	402.50–405.00	403.57
34	450–500	464	390.00	390.00
96	500–550	544	376.00–380.00	378.85
52	550–600	571	342.00–355.00	347.06
7	600–650	608	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	550–600	560	417.00	417.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	338	530.00	530.00
27	450–500	457	455.00–482.50	463.96
31	500–550	537	417.50–430.00	426.78
54	550–600	575	407.00–412.50	408.65
35	600–650	635	388.00–390.00	388.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	560.00	560.00
98	400–450	427	505.00–540.00	516.51
214	450–500	468	496.00–535.00	518.30
254	500–550	517	452.50–495.00	474.87
332	550–600	573	423.00–466.00	443.73
92	600–650	626	395.00–434.00	418.70
43	650–700	678	376.00–392.00	384.78
6	750–800	772	295.00	295.00

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.