Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Next Auction Dates for Nov 22nd Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction Nov 29th Special Day After Thanksgiving Calf & Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.53/cwt on 267 head.

Average price

$163.53

267 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$130

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

$2.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

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	464	166.30	771	15thin
Medium and Large 1	552	163.36	902	252

One grade step is worth $2.94/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale267 hd

163.53

—

NE average10 barns · 13,445 hd

166.98

−3.46

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

20 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	—	644	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	976	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,139	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,452	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	765	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	145.34/cwt	144.00–147.00	692	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	675	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	831	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	147.84/cwt	142.00–153.00	723	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	148.79/cwt	144.00–158.00	775	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	922	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	189.48/cwt	184.00–192.50	838	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	151.14/cwt	150.25–152.00	943	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	171.81/cwt	171.50–173.00	850	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	165.21/cwt	160.00–168.00	879	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	157.99/cwt	155.25–160.00	918	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	490	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	441	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	767	8

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 Nov 15, 2019

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

Receipts 630Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	644	151.50	151.50
12	—	1,139	127.50	127.50
8	—	526	145.50	145.50
8	—	1,068	135.00	135.00
14	—	476	144.00–147.00	145.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	393	160.00	160.00
13	—	441	153.00	153.00
20	—	577	144.00	144.00
58	—	489	142.00–153.00	147.84
91	—	521	144.00–158.00	148.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	580	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	190.00	190.00
8	—	690	145.50	145.50
17	—	442	184.00–192.50	189.48
23	—	624	150.25–152.00	151.14
34	—	495	171.50–173.00	171.81
51	—	532	160.00–168.00	165.21
98	—	581	155.25–160.00	157.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	157.50	157.50
8	—	441	174.00	174.00

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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