Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-01-09

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
5,541 head
▲ 5,541 vs last sale 0▼ 274 vs year ago 5,815 · −4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads, mostly made up of packages of weaned heifers and steers. Some heifers retained for replacements with being vaccinated with bangs. No trend will be applicable been over a month since last feeder sale. Most barns reporting higher prices. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.25/cwt on 663 head. That ranks 11 of 12 comparable sales and sits +16.57 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$447.25
663 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs NE average
+37.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557449.662,506551
Medium and Large 1-2554435.392,411112
One grade step is worth $14.27/cwt here — about $95 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 sale663 hd
447.25
—
NE average10 barns · 3,523 hd
447.87
−0.62
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
+37.15
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
+16.57
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

43 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 1387645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,49621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,61115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473565.56/cwt555.00–601.002,67575
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490527.95/cwt520.00–530.002,58723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530521.93/cwt500.00–532.002,766155
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,5349
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy562517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,906105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564496.93/cwt467.50–507.502,803114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,4757
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627460.80/cwt437.50–480.002,889581
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5476
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679425.26/cwt410.00–445.002,888316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC680436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,96575
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721405.70/cwt389.00–421.002,925561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740377.20/cwt374.00–380.002,79130
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,6975
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779391.26/cwt385.00–396.003,048187
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817370.03/cwt351.00–377.003,02354
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905323.76/cwt323.00–324.002,93030
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345532.40/cwt510.00–555.001,83710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,06813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0968
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431541.86/cwt517.50–565.002,33594
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480490.80/cwt481.00–505.002,35680
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481427.56/cwt415.00–455.002,05724
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529471.69/cwt455.00–502.502,495188
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540447.58/cwt441.00–451.002,41780
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572438.25/cwt420.00–459.002,507363
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588404.93/cwt387.50–417.002,38132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614413.28/cwt390.00–425.002,538467
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement636455.07/cwt430.00–462.002,894115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638378.84/cwt375.00–385.002,41750
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement666428.78/cwt410.00–440.002,856176
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677387.33/cwt365.00–398.002,622232
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,45010
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705389.90/cwt370.00–405.002,749214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712354.51/cwt345.00–362.502,52430
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement714417.72/cwt414.00–422.502,983153
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771364.39/cwt360.00–373.002,809243
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement775469.62/cwt465.00–472.503,640123
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1797415.00/cwt415.00–415.003,30810
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2842308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,5939
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,7678

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.