Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-09-25

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Sep 25

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Receipts

1,154 head

▼ 1,443 vs last sale 2,597▲ 132 vs year ago 1,022 · +12.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of heifers and steer calves mostly just weaned. Preconditioned shots with a few with just spring shots. Few preg. open heifers. Most all coming in early because of short dry grass. Prices on the mixed side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.69/cwt on 159 head, down $14.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −10.99 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.

Average price

$419.69

▼ 14.45 vs prior sale

159 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$45.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.40

vs NE average

+63.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	429.06	2,296	126
Medium and Large 1-2	536	383.91	2,058	33

One grade step is worth $45.15/cwt here — about $239 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale159 hd

419.69

—

NE average5 barns · 363 hd

407.29

+12.40

National average179 barns · 11,869 hd

356.10

+63.59

This barn, trailing median12 sales

430.68

−10.99

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

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

21 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	607.71/cwt	585.00–625.00	2,255	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	595.22/cwt	590.00–645.00	2,559	89
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	506.44/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,218	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	498.91/cwt	485.00–514.00	2,425	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	468.88/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,448	77
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	442.82/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,493	117
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	408.21/cwt	389.00–425.00	2,535	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,421	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	510.33/cwt	506.00–516.00	1,669	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	486.77/cwt	475.00–507.50	1,840	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	462.32/cwt	455.00–467.50	1,923	85
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	448.31/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,076	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	441.61/cwt	417.50–447.50	2,261	88
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	383.91/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,058	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,356	38
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,726	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	322.20/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,971	44
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,900	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,856	17
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,079	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,838	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,924	8

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 Sep 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,154Last week 2,597Year ago 1,022

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	371	585.00–625.00	607.71
89	400–450	430	590.00–645.00	595.22
110	450–500	486	485.00–514.00	498.91
77	500–550	522	460.00–471.00	468.88
117	550–600	563	420.00–445.00	442.82
43	600–650	621	389.00–425.00	408.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	438	485.00–530.00	506.44
8	600–650	633	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	327	506.00–516.00	510.33
57	350–400	378	475.00–507.50	486.77
85	400–450	416	455.00–467.50	462.32
86	450–500	463	420.00–460.00	448.31
88	500–550	512	417.50–447.50	441.61
38	550–600	589	400.00	400.00
11	850–900	852	320.00	320.00
44	900–950	922	311.00–327.00	322.20
6	950–1000	970	299.00	299.00
17	1000–1050	1,011	282.50	282.50
6	1050–1100	1,079	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	536	382.50–385.00	383.91

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.