Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-03-14

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 14

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

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Receipts

1,466 head

▲ 1,297 vs last sale 169▲ 1,466 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder sale in several weeks a market comparison not applicable. Very attractive supply of long time weaned steers and heifers on hand. Sold a few in load lots with the rest in packages in run. Quite a few buyers bidding readily on Fridays offering.

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 $370.34/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −95.50 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$370.34

61 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.35

vs NE average

+11.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	370.34	1,985	61

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 sale61 hd

370.34

—

NE average8 barns · 2,100 hd

380.70

−10.35

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+11.67

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

−95.50

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

19 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,685	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	366.87/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,933	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,149	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	339.71/cwt	338.00–348.00	2,130	108
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	335.29/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,253	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,141	83
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	293.46/cwt	291.00–294.50	2,310	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,162	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,337	63
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,643	280
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,474	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,608	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	354.70/cwt	352.00–356.00	1,731	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	354.80/cwt	338.50–369.00	1,856	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	342.92/cwt	325.00–357.00	2,010	129
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	321.14/cwt	311.00–329.00	2,071	188
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	304.05/cwt	299.00–315.00	2,049	53
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	280.55/cwt	280.50–281.00	2,087	57
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,083	6

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 Mar 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,466Last week 169Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	415.00	415.00
46	500–550	527	355.00–385.00	366.87
15	550–600	564	381.00	381.00
108	600–650	627	338.00–348.00	339.71
74	650–700	672	330.00–347.00	335.29
17	750–800	787	291.00–294.50	293.46
30	800–850	822	263.00	263.00
63	850–900	882	265.00	265.00
280	1000–1050	1,007	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	650–700	695	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	402	400.00	400.00
37	450–500	488	352.00–356.00	354.70
39	500–550	523	338.50–369.00	354.80
129	550–600	586	325.00–357.00	342.92
188	600–650	645	311.00–329.00	321.14
53	650–700	674	299.00–315.00	304.05
57	700–750	744	280.50–281.00	280.55
6	750–800	783	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	375.00	375.00

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.