Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-11-08

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
2,663 head
▼ 925 vs last sale 3,588▲ 963 vs year ago 1,700 · +56.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of calves with bawlers and weaned. Mostly in packages with spring shots and some had addition of fall shots. Prices mostly on the higher side compared to a week ago. 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 $307.44/cwt on 415 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −158.40 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.
Average price
$307.44
415 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.15
vs NE average
+5.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541308.071,666402
Medium and Large 1-2526287.811,51413thin
One grade step is worth $20.26/cwt here — about $152 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 sale415 hd
307.44
—
NE average11 barns · 4,412 hd
311.59
−4.15
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
+5.59
This barn, trailing median13 sales
465.84
−158.40
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.

Every lot

26 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 1-2304381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,1586
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318414.67/cwt394.00–432.501,31953
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385387.25/cwt365.00–398.001,491246
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417367.80/cwt355.00–370.001,53434
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1NHTC422347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,46410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435329.92/cwt327.50–331.001,43523
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1NHTC460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,54125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475342.09/cwt330.00–360.001,625329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486315.60/cwt305.00–324.001,53448
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy502339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,70271
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526287.81/cwt280.00–293.001,51413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530312.62/cwt295.00–323.001,657169
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569289.78/cwt271.00–298.501,649162
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,45411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622282.27/cwt268.00–294.501,75679
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,91913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319322.48/cwt320.00–325.001,02926
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328343.85/cwt333.00–362.001,12852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376345.42/cwt332.50–361.001,299140
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2959
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418330.70/cwt319.00–335.001,382173
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469308.08/cwt293.00–321.501,445451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479283.36/cwt282.00–285.001,35722
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517296.73/cwt280.00–306.501,53471
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564271.53/cwt260.00–280.001,53187
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618264.71/cwt264.00–266.001,63614

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.