Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2023-04-21

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Apr 21

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Apr 13Apr 21May 5 →

Receipts

3,139 head

▲ 3,139 vs last sale 0▲ 719 vs year ago 2,420 · +29.7%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of fall and spring feeder calves. No trend will be applicable been six weeks or more since last feeder sale. Demand moderate to good at sale. Not much moisture in the area for awhile.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.25/cwt on 1,616 head.

Average price

$210.25

1,616 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$298

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

$2.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.12

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	212.26	1,176	133
Medium and Large 1	702	210.07	1,475	1,483

One grade step is worth $2.18/cwt here — about −$298 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 sale1,616 hd

210.25

—

NE average4 barns · 5,724 hd

211.37

−1.12

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	268.04/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,032	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	254.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,083	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,063	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,246	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	245.99/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,196	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	269.31/cwt	263.00–283.00	1,398	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	248.42/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,312	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	236.72/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,347	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	253.90/cwt	246.00–265.50	1,470	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	244.15/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,484	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,386	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	222.73/cwt	221.64–223.00	1,488	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,347	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	203.67/cwt	201.50–205.00	1,452	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	233.74/cwt	227.00–235.50	1,711	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,611	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	199.62/cwt	195.25–200.25	1,789	78
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	835	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	238.36/cwt	232.00–247.50	856	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	244.39/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,041	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	218.37/cwt	210.00–221.00	952	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	231.85/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,092	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,019	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	255.83/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,289	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	225.72/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,192	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	213.48/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,213	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	241.19/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,382	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	222.77/cwt	216.50–231.00	1,368	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	189.34/cwt	184.00–192.00	1,286	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	223.03/cwt	216.00–227.50	1,519	229
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	209.49/cwt	200.00–211.50	1,487	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	195.23/cwt	186.50–199.00	1,495	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	183.73/cwt	183.50–183.75	1,527	538
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	1,565	72
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,302	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 Apr 21, 2023

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

Receipts 3,139Last week 0Year ago 2,420

Good run of fall and spring feeder calves. No trend will be applicable been six weeks or more since last feeder sale. Demand moderate to good at sale. Not much moisture in the area for awhile.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	608	236.00–247.00	244.15
7	—	481	259.00	259.00
12	—	385	260.00–274.00	268.04
78	—	896	195.25–200.25	199.62
78	—	519	263.00–283.00	269.31
191	—	732	227.00–235.50	233.74
53	—	426	250.00–270.00	254.14
35	—	668	221.64–223.00	222.73
78	—	782	206.00	206.00
181	—	579	246.00–265.50	253.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	486	241.00–251.00	245.99
21	—	713	201.50–205.00	203.67
14	—	427	249.00	249.00
13	—	627	221.00	221.00
93	—	528	240.00–259.00	248.42
8	—	691	195.00	195.00
28	—	569	228.00–241.00	236.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	576	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	471	220.00–236.00	231.85
54	—	426	236.00–253.00	244.39
55	—	766	186.50–199.00	195.23
72	—	861	181.75	181.75
85	—	614	216.50–231.00	222.77
142	—	710	200.00–211.50	209.49
229	—	681	216.00–227.50	223.03
538	—	831	183.50–183.75	183.73
130	—	504	240.00–259.00	255.83
17	—	359	232.00–247.50	238.36
112	—	573	237.00–254.00	241.19
7	—	315	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	679	184.00–192.00	189.34
7	—	497	205.00	205.00
22	—	436	210.00–221.00	218.37
36	—	528	223.00–231.00	225.72
41	—	568	209.00–219.00	213.48

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.