Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offering from last week for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers, 550 to 600 lbs heifers traded 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet activity. Next Auction Dates: March 20th Special Bred Cow & Video Pair Auction, March 23rd Fred Charolais Bull Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.54/cwt on 2,447 head.

Average price

$170.54

2,447 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$10.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.57

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	171.26	1,069	2,277
Medium and Large 1-2	613	160.88	987	170

One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $82 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 sale2,447 hd

170.54

—

NE average6 barns · 9,198 hd

158.96

+11.57

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

41 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 1Fancy	—	502	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	889	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	1,003	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	134.51/cwt	131.00–142.50	908	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	158.61/cwt	155.50–163.00	839	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	733	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,067	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	894	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	788	34
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	664	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	830	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	171.89/cwt	170.00–175.00	645	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	169.48/cwt	162.00–174.00	741	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	130.50/cwt	127.00–131.50	921	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	149.53/cwt	140.50–155.75	924	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,139	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	125.26/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,090	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	153.91/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,093	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	189.60/cwt	180.50–193.50	1,018	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	556	192.75/cwt	192.75–192.75	1,072	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	153.39/cwt	150.00–154.50	985	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,070	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	124.28/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,025	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	206.19/cwt	200.00–218.00	998	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	175.05/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,022	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	532	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,059	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	915	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	995	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	1,092	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	192.26/cwt	191.00–193.00	806	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	152.42/cwt	149.00–156.00	1,047	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	139.09/cwt	129.00–139.75	1,084	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	169.19/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,059	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	919	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	169.78/cwt	166.00–171.00	990	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	687	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,031	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	141.68/cwt	140.00–144.50	826	32
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	769	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	915	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,013	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	120.03/cwt	118.00–122.50	921	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	177.39/cwt	173.00–182.50	846	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	158.73/cwt	151.00–161.00	914	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	774	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,101	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	820	26

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 Mar 6, 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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	502	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	841	119.25	119.25
100	—	675	131.00–142.50	134.51
184	—	529	155.50–163.00	158.61
15	—	375	170.00–175.00	171.89
99	—	437	162.00–174.00	169.48
168	—	706	127.00–131.50	130.50
491	—	618	140.50–155.75	149.53
14	—	881	115.00	115.00
83	—	767	118.00–122.50	120.03
119	—	477	173.00–182.50	177.39
184	—	576	151.00–161.00	158.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	733	145.50	145.50
101	—	774	142.25	142.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	643	139.00	139.00
34	—	476	165.50	165.50
32	—	583	140.00–144.50	141.68
26	—	545	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	664	125.00	125.00
20	—	769	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	687	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	965	118.00	118.00
58	—	870	125.00–126.00	125.26
211	—	710	145.00–156.00	153.91
260	—	537	180.50–193.50	189.60
46	—	825	122.00–127.00	124.28
179	—	484	200.00–218.00	206.19
258	—	584	170.00–180.00	175.05
46	—	419	191.00–193.00	192.26
175	—	687	149.00–156.00	152.42
229	—	779	129.00–139.75	139.09
425	—	626	162.00–171.00	169.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	556	192.75	192.75
24	—	532	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	642	150.00–154.50	153.39
20	—	484	189.00	189.00
52	—	696	143.00	143.00
14	—	519	177.00	177.00
47	—	583	166.00–171.00	169.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	556	192.50	192.50
90	—	601	181.75	181.75

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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