Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-05-31

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, May 31
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Feeder Cattle receipts
717 head
▼ 2,299 vs last sale 3,016▲ 37 vs year ago 680 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 0▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Small run of nice feeder heifers and steers. With a few cow and calf pairs. No trend will be applicable.Nice spring day with some rain in the area. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $334.00/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −131.84 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.
Average price
$334.00
11 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−18.44
vs NE average
+28.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522334.001,74311thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
334.00
—
NE average4 barns · 333 hd
352.44
−18.44
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
+28.86
This barn, trailing median13 sales
465.84
−131.84
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

13 sales
522485449413median 465.8403/1305/2909/1110/0210/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $427.00, median $465.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,366$2,74126

Every lot

13 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6486
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,74311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624309.75/cwt308.00–313.001,93317
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,9559
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,195148
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870263.50/cwt263.00–264.002,292397
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,58111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6078
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,78311
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1892231.25/cwt231.25–231.252,06349
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1485
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3362,641.74/head2,325.00–2,925.002,64216
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,4132,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,90010

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.