Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-10-25

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 25
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,218 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 4,150▼ 814 vs year ago 5,032 · −16.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
262 head
▲ 262 vs last sale 0▲ 262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A dispersion of bred cows with a sale of some weaned calves and mostly bawler calves. Sale of some bulls, heifers, and steers. Calves coming off short dry grass. Trend prices on the mix side of some weights higher while some lower. 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 $304.00/cwt on 1,209 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −161.84 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.
Average price
$304.00
1,209 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.92
vs NE average
+4.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537309.411,662989
Medium and Large 1-2552279.701,544220
One grade step is worth $29.71/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale1,209 hd
304.00
—
NE average11 barns · 6,772 hd
308.92
−4.92
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
+4.96
This barn, trailing median13 sales
465.84
−161.84
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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,116$2,746112
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,337$2,57269
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,335$2,01471

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329403.06/cwt397.50–410.001,32611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377370.75/cwt360.00–385.001,39884
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425333.80/cwt327.50–340.001,419109
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431348.76/cwt342.00–375.001,503131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full451280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2636
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466339.29/cwt330.00–350.001,581168
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485310.39/cwt296.00–322.501,50584
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518284.32/cwt282.50–290.001,473106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521314.99/cwt297.50–328.001,641597
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562300.91/cwt287.00–316.001,691392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584275.40/cwt260.00–280.751,608114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621291.11/cwt273.00–300.001,808617
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626259.38/cwt246.00–270.001,62440
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660286.99/cwt279.50–303.001,89472
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,7099
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721257.16/cwt250.00–262.001,85454
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329354.33/cwt345.00–370.001,16617
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3795
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,12723
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375334.85/cwt320.00–342.501,25634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425313.12/cwt300.00–325.001,331123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Replacement430335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,44123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,23839
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463303.02/cwt290.00–318.001,403229
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487279.75/cwt276.00–281.001,36259
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement510317.20/cwt316.00–320.001,61868
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517300.29/cwt281.00–309.001,552240
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525263.16/cwt247.50–271.001,38275
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement557305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,70240
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573293.70/cwt271.00–299.001,683157
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576263.49/cwt250.00–267.501,51891
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646238.59/cwt235.00–245.001,54114
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1654235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5379
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5647
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,30715
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1162,745.69/head2,585.00–2,825.002,746112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3352,014.45/head1,800.00–2,050.002,01471
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3372,571.60/head2,450.00–2,700.002,57269

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.