Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-01-05

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 5
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
4,985 head
▲ 4,985 vs last sale 0▲ 735 vs year ago 4,250 · +17.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Fair winter day brought a nice crowd to sale. Been several weeks since last feeder calf sale. Was a nice bunch of weaned feeder heifers, steers, and a load of cutting bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $270.80/cwt on 2,435 head.
Average price
$270.80
2,435 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.54
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606274.921,6662,028
Medium and Large 1-2604250.221,510407
One grade step is worth $24.71/cwt here — about $156 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 sale2,435 hd
270.80
—
NE average8 barns · 9,659 hd
261.26
+9.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full378319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,20616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,37217
Steers—Medium and Large 1435367.56/cwt346.00–376.001,59917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full442348.50/cwt348.50–348.501,54076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3148
Steers—Medium and Large 1472340.15/cwt337.50–355.001,606117
Steers—Medium and Large 1520325.78/cwt311.00–343.501,694143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,61010
Steers—Medium and Large 1570312.36/cwt293.00–321.001,780195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579279.44/cwt260.00–283.001,61838
Steers—Medium and Large 1628292.01/cwt283.00–309.001,834315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640274.47/cwt270.00–278.501,75717
Steers—Medium and Large 1672266.67/cwt257.50–283.001,792305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693251.24/cwt238.00–255.001,741118
Steers—Medium and Large 1725249.62/cwt238.00–258.501,810366
Steers—Medium and Large 1769239.00/cwt231.00–244.001,838338
Steers—Medium and Large 1887217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9255
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374302.42/cwt300.00–305.001,13120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386332.67/cwt330.00–345.001,28452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423316.12/cwt305.00–322.501,33733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,27315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479272.84/cwt267.50–281.001,30724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489307.37/cwt295.00–323.001,503164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530292.77/cwt285.00–303.001,552153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539257.29/cwt251.00–267.001,38715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568280.06/cwt263.50–288.001,591442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement583319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,86019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583254.92/cwt244.50–258.001,48682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616267.75/cwt252.50–276.001,649343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement620292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,814199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641239.33/cwt232.50–240.751,534123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663241.15/cwt225.50–246.501,599122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666264.38/cwt251.50–274.501,761350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714234.01/cwt225.00–246.001,67160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757226.04/cwt219.50–228.001,711213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1589253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4907
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,65383

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.