Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers, 550 to 600 lbs heifers traded 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with some internet activity. Next Auction Dates March 6th & 13th Special Calf & Feeder Auction, March 20th Special Bred Cow & Pair Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.30/cwt on 798 head.

Average price

$147.30

798 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$1.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	147.38	932	750
Medium and Large 1-2	539	146.10	788	48

One grade step is worth $1.28/cwt here — about $144 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 sale798 hd

147.30

—

NE average8 barns · 8,075 hd

145.60

+1.70

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

25 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 1	—	468	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	179.17/cwt	177.50–180.00	1,009	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	140.89/cwt	140.50–141.50	1,002	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	986	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	936	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,033	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	129.73/cwt	127.00–130.50	1,016	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	833	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	166.99/cwt	165.00–169.00	735	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,045	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	150.45/cwt	148.00–155.50	990	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	939	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	152.49/cwt	150.50–156.00	877	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	701	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,080	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	136.33/cwt	130.00–141.00	905	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	679	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,046	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	144.41/cwt	142.50–145.50	836	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	678	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	155.33/cwt	150.00–158.50	809	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	145.58/cwt	138.50–148.50	916	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	152.51/cwt	151.00–154.00	593	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	160.12/cwt	158.00–163.00	865	51

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 Feb 28, 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	468	181.50	181.50
27	—	563	177.50–180.00	179.17
53	—	711	140.50–141.50	140.89
19	—	807	128.00	128.00
51	—	783	127.00–130.50	129.73
9	—	520	170.00	170.00
33	—	649	161.00	161.00
76	—	658	148.00–155.50	150.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	697	141.50	141.50
27	—	604	155.00	155.00
6	—	496	168.00	168.00
12	—	440	165.00–169.00	166.99
10	—	597	157.00	157.00
51	—	540	158.00–163.00	160.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	751	125.00	125.00
159	—	575	150.50–156.00	152.49
6	—	747	144.50	144.50
82	—	664	130.00–141.00	136.33
6	—	452	150.00	150.00
66	—	521	150.00–158.50	155.33
235	—	629	138.50–148.50	145.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	701	154.00	154.00
18	—	679	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	579	142.50–145.50	144.41
10	—	389	151.00–154.00	152.51

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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