Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-02-06

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
1,360 head
▼ 2,817 vs last sale 4,177▼ 6 vs year ago 1,366 · −0.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads, mostly made up of packages of heifers and steers. Preconditioned weaned calves with packages of bangs vaccinated heifers. Prices on the mix side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good on this nice warm day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.44/cwt on 208 head. That ranks 11 of 12 comparable sales and sits +8.76 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$439.44
208 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,446
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.95
vs NE average
+7.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556440.642,449201
Medium and Large 1-2580405.002,3497thin
One grade step is worth $35.64/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale208 hd
439.44
—
NE average11 barns · 2,651 hd
452.39
−12.95
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
+7.90
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
+8.76
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

12 sales
504461418375median 430.6803/1305/2909/1810/0910/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.35, low $388.75, median $430.68 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

27 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,1465
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,62114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,56411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510510.81/cwt500.00–526.002,60526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571485.79/cwt470.00–498.002,77473
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620448.46/cwt447.50–450.002,78042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689427.21/cwt396.00–437.002,943118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,6736
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727402.42/cwt377.50–415.002,92691
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,7795
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788373.21/cwt364.00–382.502,94114
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,8607
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,14070
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908333.00/cwt333.00–333.003,0249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437517.36/cwt500.00–532.502,26111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472479.31/cwt455.00–499.002,26231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522449.85/cwt430.00–464.002,34868
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573435.93/cwt420.00–446.002,498133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3497
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3186
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624430.00/cwt421.00–435.002,683175
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658400.94/cwt389.00–415.002,63876
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683373.28/cwt372.50–376.002,55026
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement700382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,67872
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,57027
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771341.16/cwt338.00–345.002,63024
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1794346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,74719

This sale against other markets

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.