Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 600 to 650 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 9.00 higher. 550 to 600 lbs heifer traded 9.00 to 10.00 higher and 700 lbs heifers traded 11.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Dates: Feb 21st Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction, Feb 28th & Mar 6th Special Calf/Feeder Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.05/cwt on 1,719 head.

Average price

$154.05

1,719 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$10.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	627	156.19	980	1,351
Medium and Large 1-2	621	146.19	908	368

One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $72 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 sale1,719 hd

154.05

—

NE average10 barns · 12,553 hd

146.27

+7.78

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

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	578	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,075	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	708	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,113	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	166.84/cwt	160.00–171.00	614	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	146.96/cwt	144.50–155.00	980	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	168.90/cwt	166.50–171.00	731	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	170.99/cwt	167.00–174.00	828	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	160.59/cwt	156.00–169.00	933	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	129.81/cwt	127.00–132.25	1,011	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,041	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,048	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	165.25/cwt	158.50–168.50	1,107	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	170.29/cwt	165.00–171.50	1,063	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	143.67/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,059	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	915	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	174.36/cwt	172.00–177.00	929	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	950	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	191.92/cwt	190.00–196.00	985	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	201.88/cwt	198.00–209.00	959	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	137.75/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,068	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	149.16/cwt	148.00–149.75	1,077	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	144.32/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,162	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,223	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	914	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	133.46/cwt	131.00–134.00	974	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	861	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	177.64/cwt	175.00–179.50	1,011	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	910	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	145.61/cwt	137.00–147.00	917	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	157.66/cwt	151.00–159.00	952	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	145.39/cwt	143.25–148.00	1,031	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	170.59/cwt	160.00–173.50	908	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	753	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	145.01/cwt	140.00–150.50	848	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	807	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,235	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	733	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,114	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	790	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,244	38

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	578	186.00	186.00
76	—	708	157.25	157.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	694	150.00	150.00
42	—	806	130.00	130.00
91	—	737	143.00–145.00	143.67
6	—	570	160.50	160.50
13	—	533	172.00–177.00	174.36
37	—	619	153.50	153.50
57	—	775	137.00–140.00	137.75
6	—	409	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	670	158.50–168.50	165.25
145	—	624	165.00–171.50	170.29
48	—	513	190.00–196.00	191.92
60	—	475	198.00–209.00	201.88
92	—	722	148.00–149.75	149.16
95	—	805	143.00–146.00	144.32
96	—	855	143.00	143.00
72	—	569	175.00–179.50	177.64
13	—	446	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	368	160.00–171.00	166.84
48	—	667	144.50–155.00	146.96
57	—	433	166.50–171.00	168.90
75	—	484	167.00–174.00	170.99
120	—	581	156.00–169.00	160.59
145	—	779	127.00–132.25	129.81
192	—	604	151.00–159.00	157.66
255	—	709	143.25–148.00	145.39
307	—	532	160.00–173.50	170.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	690	132.50	132.50
54	—	730	131.00–134.00	133.46
85	—	530	162.50	162.50
127	—	630	137.00–147.00	145.61
7	—	465	162.00	162.00
45	—	585	140.00–150.50	145.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	807	153.00	153.00
14	—	733	152.00	152.00
38	—	790	157.50	157.50

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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