Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-04-18

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Apr 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
2,885 head
▲ 1,419 vs last sale 1,466▼ 131 vs year ago 3,016 · −4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned heifers and steers. Some calves NHTC and some heifers been bangs vaccinated. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last reported sale. Good attendance of buyers to have a moderate to good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.50/cwt on 353 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −93.18 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$337.50
353 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs NE average
+16.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553339.111,876330
Medium and Large 1-2550314.491,73023
One grade step is worth $24.62/cwt here — about $146 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 sale353 hd
337.50
—
NE average6 barns · 1,223 hd
331.48
+6.03
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
+16.32
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
−93.18
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

38 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381458.61/cwt448.00–480.001,74740
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422433.90/cwt423.00–460.001,83139
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448411.86/cwt400.00–417.001,84523
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488414.30/cwt396.00–432.502,02299
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526409.64/cwt392.00–431.002,155125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537378.43/cwt367.50–387.502,03245
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560407.55/cwt405.00–412.502,28229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,0885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617376.26/cwt355.00–383.502,322107
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1605
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663321.40/cwt321.00–322.002,13115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675354.12/cwt343.00–359.002,39042
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735336.86/cwt320.00–338.002,476153
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759296.29/cwt293.00–310.002,24931
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854293.82/cwt286.00–303.002,509103
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1964289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,786122
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,44318
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,058239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,52955
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fancy1,061269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,85958
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387422.86/cwt400.00–430.001,63626
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5326
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421389.45/cwt375.00–405.001,640117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477371.00/cwt357.00–392.001,770148
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487350.47/cwt345.00–352.501,70743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1NHTC510363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,85128
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527351.90/cwt339.00–366.001,855116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542328.88/cwt327.50–331.001,78315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6248
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576327.53/cwt318.00–335.001,887186
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,7885
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611335.79/cwt318.00–338.002,052133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1NHTC616344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,119149
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667308.47/cwt300.00–317.502,05771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713305.65/cwt300.00–311.002,179132
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790271.98/cwt252.00–278.002,14926
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1806256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,0636
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476417.15/cwt413.00–420.001,98628
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,98544

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.