Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given for the first cattle auction of the New Year. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Jan 12th and 19th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $268.57/cwt on 1,433 head.

Average price

$268.57

1,433 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$31.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	272.40	1,761	1,260
Medium and Large 1-2	638	240.71	1,536	173

One grade step is worth $31.69/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,433 hd

268.57

—

NE average8 barns · 14,795 hd

269.49

−0.92

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

37 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	—	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	584	271.60/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,586	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	256.75/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,238	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	248.27/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,311	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	263.89/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,240	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,306	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	268.50/cwt	257.00–283.00	1,536	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,524	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,707	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	273.00/cwt	264.50–279.00	1,720	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	248.95/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,548	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,195	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	256.33/cwt	256.00–256.50	1,743	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	230.20/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,558	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,767	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	315.77/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,490	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	230.50/cwt	224.50–239.00	1,570	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,821	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	650	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,807	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	711	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,795	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,770	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	243.54/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,783	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	219.15/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,396	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	229.83/cwt	222.50–242.00	1,101	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	279.23/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,176	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	253.18/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,484	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	616	268.08/cwt	258.50–273.00	1,651	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	245.28/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,575	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	220.20/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,469	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	483	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,613	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	212.75/cwt	211.00–214.00	1,562	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	234.13/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,276	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	222.14/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,297	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	205.98/cwt	204.00–210.00	1,454	37

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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,530Last week 0Year ago 3,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	500	300.00	300.00
155	—	584	269.00–273.00	271.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	482	253.00–260.00	256.75
68	—	637	216.00–225.00	219.15
23	—	667	219.00–221.00	220.20
34	—	545	232.00–241.00	234.13
18	—	584	221.00–225.00	222.14
37	—	706	204.00–210.00	205.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	372	292.50	292.50
12	—	528	246.00–250.00	248.27
13	—	470	263.00–265.00	263.89
92	—	681	224.50–239.00	230.50
34	—	421	279.00–280.00	279.23
85	—	586	237.00–255.00	253.18
47	—	642	243.00–247.00	245.28
21	—	734	211.00–214.00	212.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	616	258.50–273.00	268.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	405	322.50	322.50
11	—	522	292.00	292.00
31	—	567	301.00	301.00
163	—	630	264.50–279.00	273.00
13	—	354	337.50	337.50
241	—	680	256.00–256.50	256.33
51	—	472	311.00–329.00	315.77
29	—	765	238.00	238.00
331	—	732	230.00–247.50	243.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	572	257.00–283.00	268.50
21	—	622	245.00–251.00	248.95
7	—	521	242.50	242.50
71	—	677	220.00–239.00	230.20
8	—	714	220.00	220.00
13	—	818	216.00	216.00
11	—	479	222.50–242.00	229.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	650	278.00	278.00
43	—	711	252.50	252.50
200	—	570	310.50	310.50
38	—	483	334.00	334.00

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.

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