Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with colder weather in the area and light snow fall during the day. Next Auction Dates for Jan 17th Bred Cow Auction, Jan 24th and 31st Special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.73/cwt on 1,921 head.

Average price

$169.73

1,921 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$13.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.78

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	171.08	1,056	1,729
Medium and Large 1-2	632	157.62	995	192

One grade step is worth $13.45/cwt here — about $61 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 sale1,921 hd

169.73

—

NE average12 barns · 26,013 hd

165.95

+3.78

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

33 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	—	611	148.14/cwt	147.25–149.00	905	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	141.77/cwt	141.00–144.00	965	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	159.70/cwt	154.00–163.00	899	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	522	197.25/cwt	197.25–197.25	1,030	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,084	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	708	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	159.09/cwt	155.00–165.00	778	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	145.08/cwt	136.00–146.50	1,055	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	139.49/cwt	138.50–141.85	1,222	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	174.61/cwt	171.00–180.00	847	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	150.10/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,040	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	192.11/cwt	191.50–195.00	957	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	151.63/cwt	150.00–152.35	1,216	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	164.13/cwt	158.00–167.75	1,044	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	184.58/cwt	181.00–190.00	965	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	178.66/cwt	170.00–186.50	1,018	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	162.61/cwt	158.50–166.25	1,076	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	188.17/cwt	182.00–191.00	819	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	150.01/cwt	140.00–152.35	1,191	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	920	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	150.63/cwt	142.00–158.00	789	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	151.78/cwt	150.00–152.50	678	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	877	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	164.11/cwt	156.00–168.00	871	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	140.49/cwt	139.00–141.00	999	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	681	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,013	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	154.93/cwt	150.50–160.00	635	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	142.95/cwt	137.00–147.00	733	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	884	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	162.92/cwt	154.00–168.00	870	14

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 10, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	611	147.25–149.00	148.14
112	—	681	141.00–144.00	141.77
155	—	563	154.00–163.00	159.70
15	—	769	141.00	141.00
19	—	402	176.00	176.00
78	—	489	155.00–165.00	159.09
176	—	531	156.00–168.00	164.11
187	—	711	139.00–141.00	140.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	524	142.00–158.00	150.63
24	—	447	150.00–152.50	151.78
25	—	624	140.50	140.50
6	—	715	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	681	148.75	148.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	410	150.50–160.00	154.93
35	—	513	137.00–147.00	142.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	522	197.25	197.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	727	136.00–146.50	145.08
58	—	876	138.50–141.85	139.49
150	—	498	191.50–195.00	192.11
192	—	802	150.00–152.35	151.63
214	—	636	158.00–167.75	164.13
260	—	523	181.00–190.00	184.58
375	—	570	170.00–186.50	178.66
90	—	662	158.50–166.25	162.61
126	—	435	182.00–191.00	188.17
142	—	794	140.00–152.35	150.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	485	171.00–180.00	174.61
129	—	693	147.00–151.50	150.10
5	—	633	147.00	147.00
16	—	520	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	395	174.50	174.50
11	—	561	157.50	157.50
14	—	534	154.00–168.00	162.92

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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