Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2020-12-04

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
3,364 head
▲ 949 vs last sale 2,415▲ 183 vs year ago 3,181 · +5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Fly-weight steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Bulk of the sale consisted of top quality, long and thick made calves. Most calves had precondition shots with large percentage of the offering longtime weaned. Next Friday, December 11, will be a Special Bred Heifer and Cow sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.44/cwt on 1,705 head.
Average price
$162.44
1,705 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.87
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585163.789591,442
Medium and Large 1-2569155.12883263
One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about $76 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 sale1,705 hd
162.44
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NE average8 barns · 14,961 hd
166.31
−3.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339205.00/cwt205.00–205.006955
Steers—Medium and Large 1390200.67/cwt198.00–205.0078325
Steers—Medium and Large 1415191.16/cwt185.00–199.0079322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed458186.00/cwt186.00–186.008529
Steers—Medium and Large 1475177.32/cwt166.00–183.50842109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484163.12/cwt154.00–168.0079051
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full485148.00/cwt148.00–148.0071815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500196.35/cwt195.50–196.5098280
Steers—Medium and Large 1511179.59/cwt175.00–190.0091861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525164.97/cwt156.00–175.0086666
Steers—Medium and Large 1568162.05/cwt154.00–171.50920563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586150.62/cwt150.50–151.0088344
Steers—Medium and Large 1622158.00/cwt151.00–159.50983226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630145.37/cwt143.00–147.0091656
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full640146.00/cwt146.00–146.0093413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658141.95/cwt140.00–144.0093433
Steers—Medium and Large 1678155.37/cwt147.50–156.751,053186
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full696145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,00979
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0198
Steers—Medium and Large 1763145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,11254
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334175.74/cwt173.00–182.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386164.18/cwt162.00–169.0063418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388168.00/cwt168.00–168.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430163.43/cwt158.50–180.0070387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443152.00/cwt152.00–152.0067328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471163.59/cwt151.00–167.00771150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483149.79/cwt143.00–158.5072330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522150.14/cwt141.00–156.00784113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548137.75/cwt136.00–139.5075520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568147.91/cwt141.00–150.75840388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574134.87/cwt134.00–135.0077455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612141.43/cwt140.50–142.5086677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy621147.00/cwt147.00–147.0091388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650136.36/cwt135.00–138.0088611

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.