Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2019-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers and high internet activity.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.47/cwt on 1,346 head.

Average price

$151.47

1,346 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	152.12	938	1,215
Medium and Large 1-2	617	145.45	898	131

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $40 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 sale1,346 hd

151.47

—

NE average6 barns · 8,728 hd

154.04

−2.56

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

36 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 1	—	535	160.01/cwt	152.00–162.00	856	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	138.45/cwt	136.50–142.50	1,007	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	158.68/cwt	149.00–161.00	885	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	150.85/cwt	143.00–153.25	941	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	800	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,124	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	535	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	899	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	156.06/cwt	152.00–160.00	766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	869	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,053	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,093	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	133.01/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,016	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	145.00/cwt	142.00–147.00	973	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	169.26/cwt	161.00–175.50	735	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	169.64/cwt	161.00–172.25	792	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	148.23/cwt	147.00–151.00	846	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	978	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,095	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,237	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	187.35/cwt	182.00–194.00	907	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,215	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	178.82/cwt	177.50–182.50	1,123	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	181.64/cwt	176.00–187.00	1,055	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	190.04/cwt	185.00–195.00	825	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	161.76/cwt	159.75–163.00	1,231	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	188.24/cwt	181.00–194.75	1,001	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	171.53/cwt	160.00–175.25	1,148	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	454	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	533	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,082	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	736	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	164.34/cwt	160.00–179.00	851	39

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 Apr 26, 2019

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Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers and high internet activity.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	535	152.00–162.00	160.01
154	—	727	136.50–142.50	138.45
165	—	558	149.00–161.00	158.68
315	—	624	143.00–153.25	150.85
18	—	849	124.00	124.00
22	—	857	127.50	127.50
53	—	764	128.00–137.00	133.01
77	—	671	142.00–147.00	145.00
91	—	434	161.00–175.50	169.26
95	—	467	161.00–172.25	169.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	800	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	535	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	501	151.00	151.00
10	—	491	152.00–160.00	156.06
11	—	616	141.00	141.00
49	—	571	147.00–151.00	148.23
56	—	691	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	344	204.00	204.00
8	—	716	153.00	153.00
23	—	937	132.00	132.00
26	—	484	182.00–194.00	187.35
31	—	360	210.00	210.00
36	—	847	143.50	143.50
56	—	628	177.50–182.50	178.82
78	—	581	176.00–187.00	181.64
98	—	434	185.00–195.00	190.04
119	—	761	159.75–163.00	161.76
195	—	532	181.00–194.75	188.24
242	—	669	160.00–175.25	171.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	454	213.50	213.50
20	—	533	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	187.50	187.50
5	—	640	141.00	141.00
6	—	485	171.00	171.00
18	—	433	170.00	170.00
39	—	518	160.00–179.00	164.34

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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