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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
First reported feeder sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.48/cwt on 837 head.
Average price
$139.48
837 head · 857 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$429
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.41
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1-2
539
143.00
771
9thin
Medium and Large 1
860
139.45
1,200
828
One grade step is worth $3.55/cwt here — about −$429 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale837 hd
139.48
—
NE average6 barns · 6,451 hd
152.89
−13.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
539
143.00/cwt
143.00–143.00
771
9
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
585
161.55/cwt
161.00–163.00
945
18
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
713
155.00/cwt
155.00–155.00
1,105
18
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
766
141.00/cwt
141.00–141.00
1,080
71
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
814
143.25/cwt
143.25–143.25
1,166
70
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
876
138.52/cwt
136.50–139.50
1,213
591
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
998
131.00/cwt
131.00–131.00
1,307
60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
526
131.00/cwt
131.00–131.00
689
7
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
577
147.00/cwt
147.00–147.00
848
19
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
First reported feeder sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
9
—
539
143.00
143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
591
—
876
136.50–139.50
138.52
71
—
766
141.00
141.00
70
—
814
143.25
143.25
60
—
998
131.00
131.00
18
—
713
155.00
155.00
18
—
585
161.00–163.00
161.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
7
—
526
131.00
131.00
Source: USDA AMS · Crawford · Fri, May 21 · slug 1857 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/ne/crawford-livestock-market-1857/2021-05-21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
19
—
577
147.00
147.00
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.