Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-05-29

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, May 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
3,090 head
▲ 3,090 vs last sale 0▲ 1,893 vs year ago 1,197 · +158.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few pot loads of steers and spayed heifers rest made up of packages. Sale made up of steers, spayed heifers, bangs vaccinated heifers, and a few fall calves. Mostly coming in from the drought conditions in the area. Prices mixed compared to earlier in the month. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $490.35/cwt on 79 head, up $25.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +59.66 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$490.35
▲ 25.73 vs prior sale
79 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.81
vs NE average
+82.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520494.892,57571
Medium and Large 1-2509450.002,2918thin
One grade step is worth $44.89/cwt here — about $285 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale79 hd
490.35
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NE average6 barns · 611 hd
464.54
+25.81
National average128 barns · 4,974 hd
407.44
+82.91
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
+59.66
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

33 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485556.32/cwt547.50–565.002,69812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,68251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,50410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,68232
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614486.00/cwt486.00–486.002,984146
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,81031
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716402.10/cwt387.50–410.002,87967
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789395.86/cwt378.00–399.003,123109
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822382.82/cwt367.50–398.003,147258
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887360.07/cwt358.00–364.003,194260
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1906340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,08010
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2936323.00/cwt323.00–323.003,0239
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969350.94/cwt344.00–353.003,401223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,57362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,5589
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609430.93/cwt405.00–432.502,624142
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,4177
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Spayed677386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,61329
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687378.19/cwt373.00–387.002,59816
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,65312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed733381.23/cwt350.00–386.502,794278
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Spayed748337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,52514
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785358.32/cwt340.00–363.002,81329
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed789363.84/cwt351.00–367.502,871425
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed810363.08/cwt360.50–365.502,941272
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834331.78/cwt331.00–332.002,76735
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Spayed842321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,70333
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed873338.68/cwt332.50–344.002,957260
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880356.00/cwt356.00–356.003,13341
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed924329.33/cwt311.00–339.503,04351
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2991271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,6866

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.