Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-01-10

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
5,815 head
▲ 5,815 vs last sale 0▲ 5,815 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale of lot loads with lots of packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable it has been more than a month from last sale. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.65/cwt on 1,186 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −112.03 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$318.65
1,186 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.14
vs NE average
+13.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560320.971,7991,041
Medium and Large 1-2569302.001,719145
One grade step is worth $18.97/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,186 hd
318.65
—
NE average11 barns · 4,698 hd
321.79
−3.14
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
+13.41
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
−112.03
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
504461418375median 430.6803/1305/2909/1810/0910/30
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

35 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 1-2326415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,35313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386437.01/cwt410.00–445.001,68750
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420422.27/cwt400.00–430.001,77454
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6687
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474396.25/cwt375.00–405.001,87898
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489345.44/cwt332.00–362.501,68993
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy502399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,003108
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523375.37/cwt354.00–390.001,963268
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533344.78/cwt335.00–357.001,83872
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571319.29/cwt308.00–324.001,82325
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579352.71/cwt335.00–362.502,042243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620322.95/cwt310.00–340.002,002677
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630296.46/cwt290.00–306.001,86831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660311.44/cwt292.00–322.002,056299
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC666331.25/cwt331.25–331.252,20685
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9985
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710299.03/cwt293.00–312.502,123390
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,01010
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761288.78/cwt265.00–292.002,19887
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328357.48/cwt355.00–360.001,17314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382337.64/cwt337.00–338.001,29013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,57621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432377.64/cwt352.00–389.001,63183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435327.43/cwt318.00–347.501,42427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474313.76/cwt300.00–322.501,48794
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481340.32/cwt326.00–356.001,637277
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522331.32/cwt320.00–352.001,729327
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536311.09/cwt300.00–317.501,66728
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577299.82/cwt295.00–304.001,730117
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578316.23/cwt306.00–335.001,828714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement626335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,09775
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627300.41/cwt285.00–312.001,884323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643272.83/cwt270.00–280.001,75437
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675285.75/cwt269.00–290.501,929427
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743274.06/cwt262.50–275.002,036175

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.