Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-11-21

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
948 head
▲ 948 vs last sale 0▼ 93 vs year ago 1,041 · −8.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of bawling and long weaned calves. Shots consisted of preconditioned and just spring shots. Prices on the mix side on the steers and heifers. 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 $422.88/cwt on 230 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −42.96 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.
Average price
$422.88
230 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.52
vs NE average
+12.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553427.602,365203
Medium and Large 1-2587387.362,27427
One grade step is worth $40.24/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale230 hd
422.88
—
NE average9 barns · 2,105 hd
428.40
−5.52
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
+12.80
This barn, trailing median13 sales
465.84
−42.96
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

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2339485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6446
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8846
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,81516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431513.56/cwt510.00–514.002,21344
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474478.12/cwt472.50–483.002,26628
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,9966
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,42154
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567412.24/cwt396.00–429.002,337149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587387.36/cwt385.00–388.002,27427
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,43215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674375.93/cwt375.00–376.002,53489
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,1665
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,44516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,65610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,7015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425426.05/cwt422.50–430.001,81112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428456.36/cwt454.00–470.001,95357
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457455.83/cwt435.00–462.502,08325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475407.12/cwt396.00–417.501,93415
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517397.76/cwt375.00–411.002,056118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581378.50/cwt378.50–378.502,19958
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629332.75/cwt325.00–350.002,09320
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,24758

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.