Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher and heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Good demand for grass cattle and replacement type heifers. Demand for feeder cattle was moderate to good. Bulk of the sale consisted of long strings of longtime weaned calves. Many lots displayed light to medium flesh as they had been running out on winter pastures and were hay and cake fed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.33/cwt on 3,317 head.

Average price

$150.33

3,317 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$139

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

$1.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	618	151.74	937	159
Medium and Large 1	716	150.25	1,076	3,158

One grade step is worth $1.48/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale3,317 hd

150.33

—

NE average9 barns · 16,394 hd

154.57

−4.25

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	909	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	806	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	832	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	618	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	928	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,114	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	669	141.45/cwt	141.00–143.00	946	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	183.82/cwt	175.00–189.00	978	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	844	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,146	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	157.23/cwt	153.00–162.00	686	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	134.68/cwt	133.00–137.00	909	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	125.40/cwt	123.25–125.85	1,067	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	141.19/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,242	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	868	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,170	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	774	135.03/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,045	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	141.75/cwt	136.00–142.85	1,021	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.96/cwt	140.00–141.50	806	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	140.11/cwt	137.75–143.00	1,153	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	167.85/cwt	164.50–176.00	979	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	149.66/cwt	145.50–152.50	1,016	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	138.68/cwt	137.00–139.50	958	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	145.03/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,060	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	143.02/cwt	139.00–145.75	1,113	462
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	129.22/cwt	128.50–129.75	989	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	151.02/cwt	147.00–153.00	960	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	152.30/cwt	145.50–160.00	899	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	823	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	182.86/cwt	180.00–186.00	887	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.99/cwt	125.00–135.00	948	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	159.55/cwt	156.50–164.75	852	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	170.28/cwt	170.00–170.50	891	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	133.79/cwt	132.00–136.00	941	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	726	145.77/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,058	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	613	165.19/cwt	163.75–166.50	1,013	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	630	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	895	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	851	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	154.96/cwt	148.00–157.00	896	398
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	139.86/cwt	135.50–142.00	866	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	159.68/cwt	151.00–164.00	766	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	155.98/cwt	149.50–159.00	975	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	762	143.85/cwt	143.85–143.85	1,096	83

How this sale compares

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 →

Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Fri Jan 29, 2021

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

Receipts 5,232Last week 0Year ago 2,485

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	602	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	806	123.00	123.00
9	—	693	120.00	120.00
10	—	618	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	436	153.00–162.00	157.23
77	—	675	133.00–137.00	134.68
82	—	851	123.25–125.85	125.40
56	—	765	128.50–129.75	129.22
209	—	724	125.00–135.00	130.99
349	—	534	156.50–164.75	159.55
398	—	578	148.00–157.00	154.96
161	—	619	135.50–142.00	139.86
43	—	480	151.00–164.00	159.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	636	135.50	135.50
20	—	572	140.00–141.50	140.96
5	—	436	155.00	155.00
9	—	656	120.00	120.00
5	—	359	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	726	145.00–148.50	145.77
83	—	762	143.85	143.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	630	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	928	120.00	120.00
35	—	669	141.00–143.00	141.45
144	—	844	135.75	135.75
60	—	868	134.75	134.75
92	—	774	129.00–137.00	135.03
95	—	720	136.00–142.85	141.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	532	175.00–189.00	183.82
232	—	880	137.00–143.00	141.19
346	—	823	137.75–143.00	140.11
394	—	583	164.50–176.00	167.85
420	—	679	145.50–152.50	149.66
295	—	731	140.00–146.50	145.03
462	—	778	139.00–145.75	143.02
74	—	485	180.00–186.00	182.86
11	—	432	197.00	197.00
205	—	625	149.50–159.00	155.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	755	131.00	131.00
18	—	691	137.00–139.50	138.68
27	—	636	147.00–153.00	151.02
32	—	590	145.50–160.00	152.30
6	—	465	177.00	177.00
41	—	523	170.00–170.50	170.28
18	—	703	132.00–136.00	133.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	613	163.75–166.50	165.19

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.

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