Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-10-31

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 31
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
2,939 head
▼ 345 vs last sale 3,284▼ 649 vs year ago 3,588 · −18.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Just a few lot loads mostly made up of packages. Mostly bawling heifers and steers. There was a few batches of weaned calves. Shot consisted of preconditioned and spring. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $451.76/cwt on 898 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −14.08 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.
Average price
$451.76
898 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.00
vs NE average
+22.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547456.872,501794
Medium and Large 1-2553412.792,283104
One grade step is worth $44.08/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale898 hd
451.76
—
NE average9 barns · 6,211 hd
453.77
−2.00
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
+22.04
This barn, trailing median13 sales
465.84
−14.08
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
522485449413median 465.8403/1305/2909/1110/0210/30
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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393570.95/cwt570.00–572.502,24416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427534.86/cwt515.00–565.002,28483
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432485.45/cwt465.00–502.502,09729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477494.79/cwt475.00–523.002,360189
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481459.24/cwt442.50–470.002,20980
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514431.21/cwt400.00–437.502,21635
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528470.76/cwt448.00–485.002,486445
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572439.16/cwt414.00–457.002,512349
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573403.44/cwt375.00–412.502,31269
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy612431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,63885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621390.42/cwt365.00–401.002,42580
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633346.34/cwt340.00–350.002,19219
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652348.88/cwt347.50–350.002,27518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659384.74/cwt365.00–397.002,53582
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715379.59/cwt368.00–385.002,714160
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3998
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full332420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3945
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5305
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372445.03/cwt435.00–457.501,65619
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424433.15/cwt430.00–442.501,83732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy427520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,22017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434483.26/cwt470.00–490.002,09728
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full447442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,97818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473403.37/cwt400.00–410.001,90837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483439.09/cwt419.00–455.002,121170
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513430.89/cwt410.00–445.002,210112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535389.66/cwt375.00–397.002,08566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement558414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,31082
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563378.95/cwt347.50–382.502,13368
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586342.82/cwt332.50–345.002,00929
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617343.20/cwt335.00–347.502,11826
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627375.93/cwt357.50–392.002,35748

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.