Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2019-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was a month ago a market comparison not applicable. Demand was good from start to finish for the nice run of fall calves and yearling feeders with most coming off of summer grass. Several load lots with a few packages sold on the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.55/cwt on 1,341 head.

Average price

$143.55

1,341 head · 850 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$8.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.28

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	853	143.78	1,226	1,303
Medium and Large 1-2	758	135.63	1,028	38

One grade step is worth $8.16/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,341 hd

143.55

—

NE average6 barns · 7,412 hd

142.27

+1.28

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

35 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 1Fleshy	—	869	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,091	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	967	113.50/cwt	112.50–114.50	1,098	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	687	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	921	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	694	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,166	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	125.15/cwt	125.00–125.25	1,208	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	832	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	953	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	146.20/cwt	145.00–147.50	925	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	133.86/cwt	133.50–135.50	1,191	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,037	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	1,211	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	140.27/cwt	136.50–143.50	1,011	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	137.85/cwt	134.50–138.75	1,078	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	134.78/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,135	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	723	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,052	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	682	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,023	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	927	134.35/cwt	134.35–134.35	1,245	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	923	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,049	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	901	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,160	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	731	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,031	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	144.17/cwt	143.50–146.00	898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	847	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,045	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	149.86/cwt	146.00–150.50	1,083	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	133.10/cwt	133.10–133.10	1,278	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	154.54/cwt	154.00–155.25	1,178	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	146.14/cwt	142.75–148.00	1,203	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	140.01/cwt	133.25–143.50	1,294	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	140.85/cwt	139.25–141.75	1,241	414
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,178	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	994	20

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 Sep 13, 2019

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

Receipts 2,450Last week 3,875Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	869	125.50	125.50
32	—	967	112.50–114.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	687	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	528	143.50	143.50
11	—	477	145.50	145.50
15	—	909	128.25	128.25
17	—	965	125.00–125.25	125.15
36	—	583	142.75	142.75
37	—	687	138.75	138.75
46	—	633	145.00–147.50	146.20
50	—	890	133.50–135.50	133.86
61	—	1,037	116.75	116.75
74	—	721	136.50–143.50	140.27
110	—	782	134.50–138.75	137.85
151	—	842	133.00–135.00	134.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	723	145.50	145.50
57	—	682	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	927	134.35	134.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	140.00	140.00
12	—	689	134.00	134.00
13	—	798	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	901	128.75	128.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	731	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	623	143.50–146.00	144.17
17	—	515	164.50	164.50
29	—	668	156.50	156.50
36	—	723	146.00–150.50	149.86
62	—	960	133.10	133.10
176	—	762	154.00–155.25	154.54
210	—	823	142.75–148.00	146.14
321	—	924	133.25–143.50	140.01
414	—	881	139.25–141.75	140.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	585	145.50	145.50
11	—	922	127.75	127.75
20	—	728	136.50	136.50

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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