Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-01-24

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 24

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Jan 17Jan 24Feb 7 →

Receipts

3,777 head

▲ 3,777 vs last sale 0▲ 984 vs year ago 2,793 · +35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few load lots with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. Trend on the higher market compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.55/cwt on 456 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −105.30 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$360.55

456 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs NE average

+19.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	362.49	1,971	417
Medium and Large 1-2	550	339.75	1,867	39

One grade step is worth $22.75/cwt here — about $104 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 sale456 hd

360.55

—

NE average8 barns · 2,895 hd

357.90

+2.64

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+19.61

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

−105.30

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

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

32 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	445.48/cwt	435.00–453.00	1,858	109
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	392.47/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,719	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,905	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	364.50/cwt	359.00–370.00	1,717	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	376.64/cwt	360.00–391.00	1,947	217
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	346.30/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,860	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	347.14/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,989	200
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	333.42/cwt	316.00–342.50	2,071	161
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	304.37/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,921	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	313.69/cwt	301.00–321.50	2,121	474
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	299.59/cwt	289.00–310.00	2,181	185
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	292.64/cwt	289.00–296.00	2,265	163
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	287.12/cwt	261.00–288.00	2,337	157
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,270	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	905	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,652	70
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	399.85/cwt	399.00–400.00	1,447	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	399.75/cwt	391.00–413.00	1,735	131
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,543	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	357.59/cwt	344.00–370.00	1,716	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	343.73/cwt	332.50–349.00	1,832	193
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,640	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	333.55/cwt	321.00–341.00	1,905	192
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	303.68/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,777	110
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	304.82/cwt	289.00–318.00	1,905	333
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	285.77/cwt	284.00–286.00	1,840	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	287.35/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,931	123
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	694	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,190	84
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	281.26/cwt	271.00–286.00	2,053	39
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	273.28/cwt	262.00–280.50	2,061	142
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,287	41

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Fri Jan 24, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,777Last week 0Year ago 2,793

A few load lots with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. Trend on the higher market compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	900–950	905	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	438	385.00–400.00	392.47
10	450–500	471	359.00–370.00	364.50
27	500–550	537	340.00–350.00	346.30
12	550–600	578	325.00	325.00
24	600–650	631	300.00–309.00	304.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
109	400–450	417	435.00–453.00	445.48
26	450–500	458	416.00	416.00
217	500–550	517	360.00–391.00	376.64
200	550–600	573	331.00–360.00	347.14
161	600–650	621	316.00–342.50	333.42
474	650–700	676	301.00–321.50	313.69
185	700–750	728	289.00–310.00	299.59
163	750–800	774	289.00–296.00	292.64
157	800–850	814	261.00–288.00	287.12
14	850–900	860	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	362	399.00–400.00	399.85
131	400–450	434	391.00–413.00	399.75
65	450–500	480	344.00–370.00	357.59
193	500–550	533	332.50–349.00	343.73
192	550–600	571	321.00–341.00	333.55
333	600–650	625	289.00–318.00	304.82
123	650–700	672	267.00–291.00	287.35
39	700–750	730	271.00–286.00	281.26
142	750–800	754	262.00–280.50	273.28
41	800–850	801	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	332.50	332.50
5	500–550	542	302.50	302.50
110	550–600	585	290.00–317.50	303.68
43	600–650	644	284.00–286.00	285.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	650–700	694	315.50	315.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.