Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-02-07

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 7

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Jan 24Feb 7Feb 21 →

Receipts

1,366 head

▼ 2,411 vs last sale 3,777▲ 1,366 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of weaned feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.76/cwt on 365 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −117.92 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.

Average price

$312.76

365 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$46.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.24

vs NE average

+13.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	324.62	1,839	271
Medium and Large 1-2	549	278.56	1,528	94

One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale365 hd

312.76

—

NE average10 barns · 2,873 hd

330.00

−17.24

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

+13.90

This barn, trailing median12 sales

430.68

−117.92

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

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,707	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	347.94/cwt	330.00–356.00	1,632	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	507	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,015	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	339.42/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,775	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,799	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	326.80/cwt	322.00–352.50	1,879	92
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	323.72/cwt	321.00–328.00	2,072	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	330.48/cwt	329.00–331.50	2,161	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	288.90/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,953	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,936	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,146	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,122	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,468	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,481	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,438	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	317.27/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,494	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	356.49/cwt	335.00–368.50	1,683	120
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	345.89/cwt	337.00–349.00	1,799	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,491	78
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	318.96/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,847	214
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	295.91/cwt	281.00–303.00	1,719	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	303.08/cwt	297.50–311.00	1,946	82
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,711	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	282.89/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,932	82
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	261.07/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,893	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,991	11

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Receipts 1,366Last week 3,777Year ago 0

Nice packages of weaned feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the lower side 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$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	404	422.50	422.50
50	450–500	469	330.00–356.00	347.94
29	500–550	523	320.00–350.00	339.42
92	550–600	575	322.00–352.50	326.80
13	600–650	640	321.00–328.00	323.72
74	650–700	654	329.00–331.50	330.48
30	700–750	744	288.50	288.50
5	750–800	789	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	507	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	571	315.00	315.00
42	650–700	676	274.00–295.00	288.90
6	700–750	739	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	368	399.00	399.00
5	400–450	407	364.00	364.00
120	450–500	472	335.00–368.50	356.49
57	500–550	520	337.00–349.00	345.89
214	550–600	579	305.00–335.00	318.96
82	600–650	642	297.50–311.00	303.08
82	650–700	683	278.00–297.00	282.89
16	700–750	725	256.00–268.00	261.07
11	800–850	826	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	322.50	322.50
18	450–500	471	310.00–332.50	317.27
78	500–550	542	275.00	275.00
16	550–600	581	281.00–303.00	295.91
12	600–650	648	264.00	264.00

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.