Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-08-21

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 21

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Aug 14Aug 21Sep 11 →

Receipts

2,057 head

▲ 963 vs last sale 1,094▲ 1,262 vs year ago 795 · +158.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of preg. check open heifers, a few spayed heifers, fall calves, and just weaned calves. They are coming off of short and dry grass. Prices on the lower side. Demand was 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 $507.50/cwt on 430 head, up $80.50 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +41.66 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$507.50

▲ 80.50 vs prior sale

430 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$51.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs NE average

+110.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	518.33	2,723	340
Medium and Large 1-2	532	466.59	2,482	90

One grade step is worth $51.74/cwt here — about $240 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 sale430 hd

507.50

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NE average3 barns · 524 hd

496.33

+11.17

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

+110.72

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

+41.66

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

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

28 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,188	29
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	603.98/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,301	138
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	559.76/cwt	535.00–576.00	2,441	205
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	522.61/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,535	158
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,376	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	523.57/cwt	503.00–530.00	2,712	295
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	466.59/cwt	432.50–470.00	2,482	90
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,773	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,489	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,425	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,750	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	611.76/cwt	610.00–620.00	1,976	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	546.56/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,132	120
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	469.38/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,934	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	516.07/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,240	80
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	445.40/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,049	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	466.59/cwt	462.00–500.00	2,286	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Spayed	643	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,363	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	714	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,363	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	754	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,413	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	324.44/cwt	316.00–343.00	2,514	55
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,718	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,802	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	306.26/cwt	295.00–314.00	2,818	30
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	296.28/cwt	282.00–308.00	2,874	130
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,031	274.02/cwt	266.00–285.00	2,825	14
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,110	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,886	12

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Fri Aug 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,057Last week 1,094Year ago 795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	323	610.00–620.00	611.76
120	350–400	390	525.00–560.00	546.56
80	400–450	434	490.00–535.00	516.07
93	450–500	490	462.00–500.00	466.59
55	750–800	775	316.00–343.00	324.44
19	800–850	839	324.00	324.00
17	850–900	857	327.00	327.00
30	900–950	920	295.00–314.00	306.26
130	950–1000	970	282.00–308.00	296.28
14	1000–1050	1,031	266.00–285.00	274.02
12	1100–1150	1,110	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	643	367.50	367.50
5	700–750	714	331.00	331.00
61	750–800	754	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	412	465.00–480.00	469.38
60	450–500	460	442.50–450.00	445.40
9	500–550	530	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	329	665.00	665.00
138	350–400	381	575.00–620.00	603.98
205	400–450	436	535.00–576.00	559.76
158	450–500	485	510.00–550.00	522.61
295	500–550	518	503.00–530.00	523.57
45	550–600	573	484.00	484.00
21	700–750	707	352.00	352.00
8	750–800	752	322.50	322.50
57	800–850	836	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	495	480.00	480.00
90	500–550	532	432.50–470.00	466.59

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.