Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-04-19

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2024-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-19

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Apr 19

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Mar 1Apr 19May 31 →

Receipts

3,016 head

▲ 1,304 vs last sale 1,712▼ 123 vs year ago 3,139 · −3.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of feeder cutting bulls, heifers, and steers. Bangs vaccinated heifers for replacements if wanted. No trend will be applicable. Nice spring day with demand moderate to good on calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.54/cwt on 488 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −142.14 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.

Average price

$288.54

488 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$22.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs NE average

+24.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	290.39	1,614	447
Medium and Large 1-2	555	268.37	1,490	41

One grade step is worth $22.02/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale488 hd

288.54

—

NE average4 barns · 1,062 hd

290.71

−2.17

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+24.02

This barn, trailing median12 sales

430.68

−142.14

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.35, low $388.75, median $430.68 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	416.67/cwt	407.50–427.50	1,396	18
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,281	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,341	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	366.80/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,574	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	363.81/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,735	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	355.93/cwt	337.50–367.50	1,844	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	322.87/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,692	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	306.22/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,727	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	329.99/cwt	322.00–346.00	1,934	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	317.00/cwt	316.50–317.50	1,956	78
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,791	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	288.50/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,936	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	284.74/cwt	264.00–290.00	2,073	107
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,910	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	811	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,153	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,885	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	231.11/cwt	217.00–234.50	2,015	106
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	226.62/cwt	215.00–234.00	2,096	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	239.47/cwt	236.50–242.50	2,337	342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,109	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	326.44/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,211	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	309.69/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,356	49
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,304	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	298.12/cwt	284.50–312.50	1,419	80
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,392	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	502	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,619	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	298.61/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,541	134
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	271.73/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,478	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	285.82/cwt	275.00–296.50	1,643	304
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	257.97/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,522	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	258.24/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,640	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	289.91/cwt	286.50–294.00	1,844	183
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	266.20/cwt	261.50–268.00	1,784	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	675	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,526	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	241.75/cwt	241.50–242.00	1,658	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	259.99/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,849	84
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,588	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	222.53/cwt	216.00–236.00	1,800	58
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,347	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,643	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	320.26/cwt	305.00–329.00	1,685	42
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	294.62/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,785	72

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 3,016Last week 1,712Year ago 3,139

Nice sale of feeder cutting bulls, heifers, and steers. Bangs vaccinated heifers for replacements if wanted. No trend will be applicable. Nice spring day with demand moderate to good on calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	800–850	811	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	493	330.00	330.00
27	500–550	524	315.00–330.00	322.87
34	550–600	564	302.50–312.50	306.22
8	600–650	635	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	407.50–427.50	416.67
32	350–400	353	380.00	380.00
63	400–450	429	350.00–382.50	366.80
23	450–500	477	360.00–367.50	363.81
78	500–550	518	337.50–367.50	355.93
30	550–600	586	322.00–346.00	329.99
78	600–650	617	316.50–317.50	317.00
45	650–700	671	279.00–299.00	288.50
107	700–750	728	264.00–290.00	284.74
7	750–800	764	250.00	250.00
25	800–850	823	229.00	229.00
106	850–900	872	217.00–234.50	231.11
13	900–950	925	215.00–234.00	226.62
342	950–1000	976	236.50–242.50	239.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	421	320.00	320.00
27	450–500	498	330.00	330.00
42	500–550	526	305.00–329.00	320.26
72	600–650	606	279.00–299.00	294.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	448	291.00	291.00
5	450–500	497	280.00	280.00
31	500–550	544	267.50–272.50	271.73
10	550–600	590	255.00–261.00	257.97
65	600–650	635	252.00–267.00	258.24
12	650–700	686	241.50–242.00	241.75
6	700–750	722	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	675	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	371	310.00–335.00	326.44
49	400–450	438	300.00–324.00	309.69
80	450–500	476	284.50–312.50	298.12
134	500–550	516	285.00–310.00	298.61
304	550–600	575	275.00–296.50	285.82
183	600–650	636	286.50–294.00	289.91
67	650–700	670	261.50–268.00	266.20
84	700–750	711	249.00–261.00	259.99
58	800–850	809	216.00–236.00	222.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	502	322.50	322.50

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.