Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2020-08-14

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
1,700 head
▲ 596 vs last sale 1,104▲ 1,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale, yearling steers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher and yearling heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Yearlings came off of short, dry grass pastures as moderate to severe drought conditions prevail in the trade area.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.75/cwt on 764 head.
Average price
$143.75
764 head · 866 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,245
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.25
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1851145.261,237651
Medium and Large 1-2792142.851,13127
Large 11,002132.531,32886
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about −$92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale764 hd
143.75
—
NE average4 barns · 3,789 hd
145.99
−2.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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
Steers—Medium and Large 1623162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0126
Steers—Medium and Large 1685160.34/cwt157.50–161.001,09832
Steers—Medium and Large 1731155.87/cwt154.00–156.501,13920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,10713
Steers—Medium and Large 1793143.66/cwt135.00–151.301,139107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1779
Steers—Medium and Large 1830147.12/cwt145.00–149.501,22191
Steers—Medium and Large 1884143.76/cwt139.75–146.001,271233
Steers—Medium and Large 1901143.96/cwt139.25–144.501,297138
Steers—Large 1924133.14/cwt131.50–133.751,23018
Steers—Medium and Large 1968134.25/cwt130.75–134.751,30024
Steers—Large 11,023132.37/cwt127.00–133.101,35468
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605157.13/cwt151.50–160.0095130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669151.97/cwt145.50–156.501,01731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695143.62/cwt142.25–145.0099810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710144.74/cwt140.00–148.001,02878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740133.00/cwt133.00–133.009846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2774126.00/cwt126.00–126.009755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783139.48/cwt135.25–140.251,092168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810137.22/cwt133.50–138.501,111137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888134.91/cwt134.00–136.501,198149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917131.83/cwt130.00–133.001,20924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1976127.69/cwt125.50–129.501,24686

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.