Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-03-01

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-01

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 1

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Feb 16Mar 1Apr 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,712 head

▲ 1,037 vs last sale 675▲ 484 vs year ago 1,228 · +39.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

108 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 156▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Prices a little on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Quality heifers had bangs tag so if producers wanted to bred them they could. Weather was pretty nice in the 60's but was very windy. Demand on feeders and replacement stock was moderate to good . Next sale March 15.

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 $283.36/cwt on 730 head.

Average price

$283.36

730 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$15.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.72

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	287.38	1,754	536
Medium and Large 1-2	580	272.28	1,579	194

One grade step is worth $15.10/cwt here — about $175 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 sale730 hd

283.36

—

NE average8 barns · 9,385 hd

263.64

+19.72

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$2,230	49

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,300	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,532	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,579	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	311.63/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,577	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	346.38/cwt	337.50–352.00	1,818	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	323.95/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,863	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	280.00/cwt	269.00–293.00	1,638	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,674	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	319.44/cwt	315.00–320.50	2,025	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	287.75/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,957	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,634	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	266.25/cwt	260.50–280.50	1,912	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,848	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,941	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	339.96/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,268	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,399	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	329.48/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,578	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,545	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	305.17/cwt	290.50–313.50	1,627	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	267.16/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,448	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	290.61/cwt	273.00–299.00	1,723	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	247.07/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,549	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	276.55/cwt	268.00–279.50	1,737	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	281.06/cwt	267.50–288.50	1,889	164
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	253.80/cwt	242.00–258.50	1,772	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	241.00/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,730	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,774	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,406	2,077.19/head	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,077	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,442	2,365.11/head	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,365	26

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 Mar 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,712Last week 675Year ago 1,228

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 156Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	778	228.00	228.00
15	—	373	330.00–345.00	339.96
25	—	628	268.00–279.50	276.55
33	—	479	324.00–340.00	329.48
57	—	718	237.00–245.00	241.00
98	—	533	290.50–313.50	305.17
164	—	672	267.50–288.50	281.06
137	—	593	273.00–299.00	290.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	627	240.00–250.00	247.07
16	—	542	261.00–279.00	267.16
21	—	698	242.00–258.50	253.80
5	—	444	315.00	315.00
9	—	570	270.00	270.00
58	—	492	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	680	285.00–299.00	287.75
6	—	451	350.00	350.00
7	—	361	360.00	360.00
9	—	812	239.00	239.00
12	—	429	357.00	357.00
56	—	525	337.50–352.00	346.38
115	—	634	315.00–320.50	319.44
68	—	575	300.00–332.50	323.95
103	—	718	260.50–280.50	266.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	506	310.00–312.00	311.63
111	—	585	269.00–293.00	280.00
5	—	681	240.00	240.00
20	—	627	267.00	267.00
5	—	495	280.00	280.00
6	—	742	249.00	249.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,406	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,077.19

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,442	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,365.11

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.