Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2019-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offering from last week a trend will not be given. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Oct 11th, 18th, 25th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.73/cwt on 396 head.

Average price

$148.73

396 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

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

$34.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	150.47	848	376
Medium and Large 1-2	800	115.95	928	20

One grade step is worth $34.52/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale396 hd

148.73

—

NE average8 barns · 6,989 hd

146.24

+2.49

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

16 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	—	464	163.48/cwt	155.00–165.00	759	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,007	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	873	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	877	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,057	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	172.92/cwt	170.50–177.00	745	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,269	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	989	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	784	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	589	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	164.82/cwt	155.50–165.50	951	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	873	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	151.11/cwt	148.00–153.00	801	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	177.16/cwt	169.00–178.00	868	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 Oct 4, 2019

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

Receipts 870Last week 3,290Year ago 0

Not enough comparable offering from last week a trend will not be given. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Oct 11th, 18th, 25th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	464	155.00–165.00	163.48
50	—	606	144.00	144.00
33	—	762	138.75	138.75
16	—	993	127.75	127.75
12	—	390	151.00	151.00
7	—	580	150.50	150.50
185	—	530	148.00–153.00	151.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	903	109.50	109.50
6	—	561	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	658	153.00	153.00
32	—	525	167.00	167.00
27	—	431	170.50–177.00	172.92
180	—	577	155.50–165.50	164.82
83	—	490	169.00–178.00	177.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	623	141.00	141.00
7	—	519	151.00	151.00

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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