Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special BBQ and Customer Appreciation Auction consisted of fall and yearling cattle. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Date Aug. 21st.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.68/cwt on 2,660 head.

Average price

$150.68

2,660 head · 797 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$286

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

$15.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.82

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	554	165.61	918	37
Medium and Large 1	800	150.47	1,204	2,623

One grade step is worth $15.14/cwt here — about −$286 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 sale2,660 hd

150.68

—

NE average8 barns · 8,638 hd

146.85

+3.82

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

39 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	—	562	159.66/cwt	155.00–162.00	897	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	157.64/cwt	152.50–160.50	969	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	751	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,065	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	144.24/cwt	139.00–146.75	1,013	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	135.01/cwt	132.00–136.85	1,187	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	657	156.46/cwt	150.50–158.00	1,028	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	161.59/cwt	159.00–165.00	853	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	149.17/cwt	146.00–151.75	1,023	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	580	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	916	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	130.28/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,249	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	134.86/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,087	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	924	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	160.60/cwt	158.50–162.50	785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	175.24/cwt	171.00–176.50	1,001	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	144.27/cwt	141.50–146.75	1,189	484
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	587	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	886	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	179.22/cwt	176.00–180.50	946	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	156.46/cwt	154.00–162.00	1,142	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	731	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,016	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	144.71/cwt	143.50–146.00	1,130	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	141.23/cwt	135.00–143.25	1,308	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	822	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,069	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	871	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	163.19/cwt	154.50–169.50	1,085	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	798	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,277	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	890	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	133.75/cwt	132.50–134.85	1,297	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	724	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,122	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,026	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	170.41/cwt	166.00–179.00	1,060	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	145.18/cwt	139.50–148.75	1,257	610
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	837	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	141.87/cwt	141.50–142.10	1,073	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	872	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	568	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	846	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	126.23/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,280	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	135.22/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,237	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	664	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,049	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	836	12

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 Aug 7, 2020

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

Receipts 4,585Last week 675Year ago 3,875

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	562	155.00–162.00	159.66
211	—	615	152.50–160.50	157.64
31	—	702	139.00–146.75	144.24
190	—	879	132.00–136.85	135.01
29	—	528	159.00–165.00	161.59
154	—	686	146.00–151.75	149.17
18	—	959	130.00–130.50	130.28
138	—	806	130.00–136.00	134.86
15	—	489	158.50–162.50	160.60
129	—	756	141.50–142.10	141.87
13	—	1,014	125.00–127.00	126.23
117	—	915	130.00–139.00	135.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	751	141.75	141.75
60	—	657	150.50–158.00	156.46
14	—	580	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	705	131.00	131.00
9	—	585	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	568	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	664	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	630	132.75	132.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	571	171.00–176.50	175.24
484	—	824	141.50–146.75	144.27
39	—	528	176.00–180.50	179.22
362	—	730	154.00–162.00	156.46
31	—	781	143.50–146.00	144.71
325	—	926	135.00–143.25	141.23
7	—	476	183.00	183.00
240	—	665	154.50–169.50	163.19
134	—	970	132.50–134.85	133.75
107	—	622	166.00–179.00	170.41
610	—	866	139.50–148.75	145.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	587	151.00	151.00
16	—	731	139.00	139.00
12	—	822	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	798	160.00	160.00
30	—	724	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	533	167.00	167.00
11	—	639	160.50	160.50
10	—	495	169.00	169.00

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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