Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-02-21

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 21
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▼ 1,197 vs last sale 1,366▲ 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
477 head
▲ 477 vs last sale 0▲ 477 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A mixture of a few feeder heifers and steers. With packages of bred heifers and cows. No trend will be applicable. 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 $338.11/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −92.58 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$338.11
137 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.49
vs NE average
+40.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548338.111,852137
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale137 hd
338.11
—
NE average5 barns · 399 hd
328.62
+9.49
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
+40.28
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
−92.58
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,363$2,85685
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,417$2,654135
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,432$2,334151
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,073$3,20027

Every lot

11 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1894236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,11013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,6759
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,76542
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563335.50/cwt335.50–335.501,88995
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0733,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,20027
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2632,369.77/head2,300.00–2,450.002,37012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3021,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3632,855.69/head2,550.00–3,375.002,85685
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3852,233.70/head1,985.00–2,550.002,23486
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4322,681.22/head2,400.00–3,000.002,681123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5112,556.48/head2,475.00–2,600.002,55660

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.