Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-05-08

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, May 8

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Apr 24May 8May 15 →

Receipts

2,135 head

▲ 2,135 vs last sale 0▲ 928 vs year ago 1,207 · +76.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few nice lot loads of heifers and steers rest made up of packages. Some heifers were bangs vaccinated for replacement, while some were spayed. A few packages made up of fall calves. Most cattle brought in because little rain and short grass. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last reported feeder sale. 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 $491.37/cwt on 72 head, up $0.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +25.52 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$491.37

▲ 0.95 vs prior sale

72 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−27.66

vs NE average

+3.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	491.37	2,738	72

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

491.37

—

NE average6 barns · 1,799 hd

519.03

−27.66

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+3.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

+25.52

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.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,532	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	490.84/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,636	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	491.57/cwt	475.00–507.00	2,777	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	435.18/cwt	410.00–446.00	2,820	98
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,545	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	431.09/cwt	430.00–433.00	2,880	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	390.16/cwt	388.00–392.00	2,848	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,925	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,833	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	408.31/cwt	404.00–410.10	3,360	345
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,835	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	3,396	240
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	373.75/cwt	373.75–373.75	3,472	325
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	3,516	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	464.67/cwt	440.00–473.00	2,282	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,165	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	469.82/cwt	467.50–472.50	2,509	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Spayed	545	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,439	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,608	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,227	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	429.34/cwt	413.00–439.00	2,666	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	674	387.26/cwt	379.00–397.00	2,610	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	388.67/cwt	372.50–391.00	2,678	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,744	86
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	747	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,854	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	771	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,934	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	360.53/cwt	353.00–365.00	2,837	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,791	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,875	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,798	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	359.70/cwt	345.00–361.00	3,187	74

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 8, 2026

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

Receipts 2,135Last week 0Year ago 1,207

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	410.00	410.00
6	600–650	610	365.00	365.00
5	800–850	848	339.00	339.00
11	850–900	877	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	491	440.00–473.00	464.67
28	500–550	534	467.50–472.50	469.82
34	550–600	552	472.50	472.50
78	600–650	621	413.00–439.00	429.34
77	650–700	689	372.50–391.00	388.67
86	700–750	700	392.00	392.00
19	750–800	787	353.00–365.00	360.53
8	800–850	809	345.00	345.00
74	850–900	886	345.00–361.00	359.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	447.50	447.50
82	650–700	674	379.00–397.00	387.26
77	700–750	747	382.00	382.00
84	750–800	771	380.50	380.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	661	385.00	385.00
8	750–800	798	355.00	355.00
8	850–900	879	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	487	520.00	520.00
20	500–550	537	480.00–502.50	490.84
52	550–600	565	475.00–507.00	491.57
98	600–650	648	410.00–446.00	435.18
30	650–700	668	430.00–433.00	431.09
28	700–750	730	388.00–392.00	390.16
24	750–800	752	389.00	389.00
345	800–850	823	404.00–410.10	408.31
240	850–900	896	379.00	379.00
325	900–950	929	373.75	373.75
52	950–1000	974	361.00	361.00

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.