Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2026-11-06

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2026-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 6

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Oct 30Nov 6latest

Receipts

1,861 head

▼ 653 vs last sale 2,514▼ 1,122 vs year ago 2,983 · −37.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most had preconditioned shots while some had just spring shots. Prices lower on the heifers and steers compared to a week ago. 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 $413.86/cwt on 521 head, down $38.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −50.97 against this barn's trailing median of $464.84.

Average price

$413.86

▼ 38.05 vs prior sale

521 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$25.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.32

vs NE average

−2.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	418.77	2,344	422
Medium and Large 1-2	521	392.96	2,046	99

One grade step is worth $25.81/cwt here — about $298 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 sale521 hd

413.86

—

NE average11 barns · 4,288 hd

436.18

−22.32

National average161 barns · 22,907 hd

416.81

−2.95

This barn, trailing median14 sales

464.84

−50.97

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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $413.86, median $464.84 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,914	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,829	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,129	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	442.74/cwt	417.50–460.00	2,054	66
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	397.16/cwt	375.00–411.00	2,041	87
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	444.98/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,318	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	438.93/cwt	436.00–441.00	2,454	84
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,059	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	400.82/cwt	382.00–416.00	2,309	239
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	375.07/cwt	356.00–388.00	2,352	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,257	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	366.56/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,445	151
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,494	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,558	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,665	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	416.21/cwt	402.50–442.00	1,727	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,765	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	398.67/cwt	390.00–418.00	1,890	91
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	1,800	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,928	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	387.23/cwt	372.00–409.00	2,076	233
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	363.06/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,066	117
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	602	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,709	154
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	348.33/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,215	58

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 Nov 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,861Last week 2,514Year ago 2,983

Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most had preconditioned shots while some had just spring shots. Prices lower on the heifers and steers compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	559	436.00–441.00	438.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	445.00	445.00
87	500–550	514	375.00–411.00	397.16
12	550–600	568	362.50	362.50
6	650–700	660	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	580.00	580.00
6	400–450	430	495.00	495.00
66	450–500	464	417.50–460.00	442.74
99	500–550	521	425.00–460.00	444.98
239	550–600	576	382.00–416.00	400.82
55	600–650	627	356.00–388.00	375.07
151	650–700	667	350.00–385.00	366.56
10	700–750	740	337.00	337.00
11	750–800	766	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	394	422.50	422.50
30	400–450	415	402.50–442.00	416.21
91	450–500	474	390.00–418.00	398.67
233	500–550	536	372.00–409.00	387.23
117	550–600	569	345.00–377.50	363.06
58	600–650	636	340.00–357.50	348.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	393.00	393.00
7	450–500	491	366.50	366.50
7	500–550	521	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
154	600–650	602	450.00	450.00

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.