Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-10-02

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 2

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9 →

Receipts

5,824 head

▲ 4,670 vs last sale 1,154▲ 1,116 vs year ago 4,708 · +23.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads rest was packages of heifers and steer calves. Most calves were just weaned, while a few had been weaned for awhile. Most had precondition shots while some just spring shots. Prices were still on the mixed side. 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 $463.83/cwt on 1,815 head, up $10.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −2.02 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$463.83

▲ 10.66 vs prior sale

1,815 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$51.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.62

vs NE average

+49.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	467.89	2,548	1,672
Medium and Large 1-2	582	416.33	2,424	143

One grade step is worth $51.56/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,815 hd

463.83

—

NE average5 barns · 2,934 hd

460.20

+3.62

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

+49.17

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

−2.02

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

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	678.00/cwt	678.00–678.00	2,081	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	595.57/cwt	580.00–625.00	2,257	108
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	533.46/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,086	46
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	563.44/cwt	545.00–600.00	2,361	181
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	534.27/cwt	512.50–542.50	2,345	147
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	472	540.23/cwt	536.00–545.00	2,550	222
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	505.57/cwt	490.00–532.50	2,462	697
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	473.48/cwt	450.00–487.00	2,311	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,230	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	480.99/cwt	451.00–499.00	2,520	888
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	561	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,659	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	449.74/cwt	429.00–467.00	2,559	677
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	415.38/cwt	400.00–422.00	2,430	138
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	424.29/cwt	403.00–436.00	2,614	225
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,438	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	394.64/cwt	382.50–398.50	2,711	130
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	754	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,582	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	2,930	155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,949	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	534.22/cwt	495.00–547.50	2,035	105
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	510.94/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,100	194
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	472.94/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,048	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	465.65/cwt	445.00–487.00	2,165	407
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	473	514.56/cwt	502.50–538.00	2,434	127
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	432.29/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,105	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	511	480.11/cwt	472.00–483.00	2,453	105
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	429.49/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,233	339
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	403.08/cwt	381.00–419.00	2,318	161
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,322	6

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 Oct 2, 2026

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

Receipts 5,824Last week 1,154Year ago 4,708

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
222	450–500	472	536.00–545.00	540.23
107	550–600	561	474.00	474.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	754	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	391	525.00–560.00	533.46
147	400–450	439	512.50–542.50	534.27
76	450–500	488	450.00–487.00	473.48
5	500–550	504	442.50	442.50
138	550–600	585	400.00–422.00	415.38
15	600–650	625	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	307	678.00	678.00
108	350–400	379	580.00–625.00	595.57
181	400–450	419	545.00–600.00	563.44
697	450–500	487	490.00–532.50	505.57
888	500–550	524	451.00–499.00	480.99
677	550–600	569	429.00–467.00	449.74
225	600–650	616	403.00–436.00	424.29
130	650–700	687	382.50–398.50	394.64
155	750–800	764	383.50	383.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	339	575.00	575.00
105	350–400	381	495.00–547.50	534.22
194	400–450	411	480.00–525.00	510.94
407	450–500	465	445.00–487.00	465.65
339	500–550	520	417.50–437.50	429.49
161	550–600	575	381.00–419.00	403.08
6	600–650	615	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	400–450	433	455.00–475.00	472.94
60	450–500	487	430.00–435.00	432.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
127	450–500	473	502.50–538.00	514.56
105	500–550	511	472.00–483.00	480.11

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.