Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2022-02-04

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 4
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
1,408 head
▼ 3,322 vs last sale 4,730▼ 898 vs year ago 2,306 · −38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves. Prices higher on both heifers and steers from two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good. Warmer day not as cold as it was earlier in the week. Next special sale Feb. 18 with a special bred heifer and cow sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.06/cwt on 787 head.
Average price
$190.06
787 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.74
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507190.90968758
Medium and Large 1-2536167.9790029
One grade step is worth $22.93/cwt here — about $68 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 sale787 hd
190.06
—
NE average10 barns · 12,700 hd
167.32
+22.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

19 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1304241.00/cwt241.00–241.007337
Steers—Medium and Large 1381236.00/cwt236.00–236.0089920
Steers—Medium and Large 1434225.00/cwt225.00–225.0097712
Steers—Medium and Large 1473221.44/cwt216.00–227.001,04783
Steers—Medium and Large 1507214.25/cwt208.00–229.001,08627
Steers—Medium and Large 1566202.20/cwt189.00–206.001,144124
Steers—Medium and Large 1622183.18/cwt175.00–192.001,13958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,09318
Steers—Medium and Large 1667175.47/cwt175.00–178.001,17047
Steers—Medium and Large 1795163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,29644
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305202.00/cwt202.00–202.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362196.59/cwt195.00–202.5071234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437205.64/cwt195.00–211.00899158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456196.66/cwt192.00–201.0089783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524188.79/cwt180.50–198.00989302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536167.97/cwt167.00–168.5090029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563177.47/cwt176.00–179.5099953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613178.11/cwt164.00–181.001,092118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0025

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.