Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2024-12-06

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 6
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
2,931 head
▲ 1,890 vs last sale 1,041▲ 2,931 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads mostly made up of packages of heifers and steers. With calves mostly weaned for 45 plus days. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good at sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.42/cwt on 447 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −123.42 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.
Average price
$342.42
447 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.55
vs NE average
+17.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555345.811,919404
Medium and Large 1-2540310.641,67643
One grade step is worth $35.17/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale447 hd
342.42
—
NE average11 barns · 5,029 hd
348.97
−6.55
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
+17.05
This barn, trailing median13 sales
465.84
−123.42
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

34 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,47336
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,50213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390422.79/cwt410.00–427.501,64994
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,38020
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427391.43/cwt387.50–395.001,67133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473333.12/cwt330.00–337.001,57615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479382.15/cwt370.00–395.001,830196
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517312.67/cwt308.00–319.001,61726
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530352.15/cwt338.00–364.001,866153
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570341.94/cwt328.00–360.001,949251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574307.53/cwt290.00–317.501,76517
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619311.51/cwt297.00–320.501,928175
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629280.66/cwt277.50–287.001,76518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy653325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,12288
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672264.38/cwt260.00–276.001,77734
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679305.56/cwt286.50–316.502,075257
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,86511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730289.67/cwt289.00–294.002,11579
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778252.68/cwt250.00–257.001,96618
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1836
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,34926
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3085
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372399.11/cwt390.00–400.001,48567
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433367.14/cwt350.00–379.001,590146
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439331.90/cwt331.00–335.001,45725
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474307.35/cwt306.00–308.001,45716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482333.51/cwt320.00–339.001,608168
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524324.90/cwt312.00–344.001,702170
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532296.68/cwt291.00–311.001,57869
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558312.37/cwt291.00–320.001,743130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588280.02/cwt275.00–285.001,64744
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6767
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610302.81/cwt285.00–309.501,847165
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678251.44/cwt246.00–263.501,70519

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.