Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-01-23

Crawford

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857
Receipts
4,177 head
▲ 4,177 vs last sale 0▲ 400 vs year ago 3,777 · +10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads of weaned feeder heifers and steers. Mostly preconditioned shots and some heifer packages bangs vaccinated. Prices on the lower side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good on this very cold day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.73/cwt on 777 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −6.96 against this barn's trailing median of $430.68.
Average price
$423.73
777 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.17
vs NE average
+12.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555435.162,416556
Medium and Large 1-2587394.952,320221
One grade step is worth $40.21/cwt here — about $96 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 sale777 hd
423.73
—
NE average7 barns · 2,393 hd
428.89
−5.17
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
+12.86
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.68
−6.96
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

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

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,1205
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381602.11/cwt590.00–630.002,29440
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,4458
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476554.07/cwt530.00–573.002,637153
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493504.74/cwt490.00–522.002,48827
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523504.08/cwt480.00–522.502,636111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534447.28/cwt437.50–465.002,38823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575453.31/cwt437.50–458.002,60781
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,56325
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626450.79/cwt419.00–462.502,822302
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638403.10/cwt387.50–415.002,57246
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685405.64/cwt375.00–414.002,779156
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721394.72/cwt377.00–401.502,846218
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781375.71/cwt371.00–380.002,93462
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818371.56/cwt369.00–374.003,039214
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869349.00/cwt349.00–349.003,03334
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970351.50/cwt351.50–351.503,41066
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,07213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427511.08/cwt510.00–512.502,18227
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476478.66/cwt457.50–495.002,27894
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1NHTC519438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,2739
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530448.87/cwt426.00–470.002,379240
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540423.49/cwt420.00–425.002,28723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576425.51/cwt406.00–444.002,451281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC577412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,37726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593391.64/cwt387.50–400.002,322198
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626396.66/cwt377.50–412.502,483311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645372.62/cwt372.50–373.002,40336
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,19165
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670367.91/cwt364.00–376.002,465409
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720365.86/cwt345.00–374.002,634232
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761347.00/cwt322.00–352.002,64195
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819322.43/cwt312.50–327.502,64159

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.