Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-05-30

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-30

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, May 30

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← May 9May 30Jun 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,197 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 1,207▲ 480 vs year ago 717 · +66.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

249 head

▼ 121 vs last sale 370▲ 199 vs year ago 50 · +398.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few cow/calf pairs brought in because of short grass. There was a few lot loads of feeder cattle the rest made up of packages. Some fall calves majority coming in because of short grass. No trend will be applicable. 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 $412.34/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −53.50 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$412.34

75 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$46.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.93

vs NE average

+38.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	416.70	2,417	68
Medium and Large 1-2	576	370.00	2,131	7thin

One grade step is worth $46.70/cwt here — about $286 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 sale75 hd

412.34

—

NE average4 barns · 668 hd

419.27

−6.93

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+38.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

−53.50

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.

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,238	$4,000	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,427	$3,590	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,536	$3,042	29

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,826	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,131	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	416.70/cwt	395.00–419.00	2,417	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	351.59/cwt	341.00–360.00	2,408	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	336.42/cwt	318.00–338.00	2,577	116
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,708	135
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	317.61/cwt	314.50–322.00	2,751	513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,665	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,882	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	339.06/cwt	334.50–346.00	1,906	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	340.40/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,145	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	292.77/cwt	281.00–303.00	2,269	24
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,574	49
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,428	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,238	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,427	3,589.99/head	3,325.00–3,825.00	3,590	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,479	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,554	2,832.99/head	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,833	22

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 May 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,197Last week 1,207Year ago 717

Replacement CattleReceipts 249Last week 370Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	486	342.50	342.50
13	500–550	544	346.00	346.00
73	550–600	562	334.50–346.00	339.06
25	600–650	630	330.00–350.00	340.40
24	750–800	775	281.00–303.00	292.77
49	800–850	844	305.00	305.00
5	850–900	883	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	750–800	750	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	460.00	460.00
68	550–600	580	395.00–419.00	416.70
48	650–700	685	341.00–360.00	351.59
116	750–800	766	318.00–338.00	336.42
135	800–850	845	320.50	320.50
513	850–900	866	314.50–322.00	317.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	576	370.00	370.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,238	4,000.00	4,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,427	3,325.00–3,825.00	3,589.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,479	3,700.00	3,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,554	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,832.99

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.