Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers . Demand was good with several buyers today first show of spring calves off the cow. Next Auction Date Oct. 9th Spring calf and feeder auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.89/cwt on 1,346 head.

Average price

$142.89

1,346 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$285

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

$26.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	430	161.50	694	17thin
Medium and Large 1	775	142.78	1,106	1,308
Medium and Large 1-2	725	135.09	979	21

One grade step is worth $26.41/cwt here — about −$285 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 sale1,346 hd

142.89

—

NE average8 barns · 8,488 hd

142.64

+0.25

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	—	878	133.99/cwt	133.50–135.50	1,176	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	155.61/cwt	154.50–159.50	814	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,102	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	157.82/cwt	146.00–158.50	966	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	147.08/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,007	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	145.73/cwt	144.50–146.50	1,058	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	821	142.63/cwt	134.00–143.25	1,171	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,254	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.81/cwt	146.00–156.00	873	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	910	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,183	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	598	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	134.89/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,107	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	131.15/cwt	127.50–132.85	1,276	181
Heifers	Medium 1	—	430	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	694	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	160.86/cwt	159.00–162.50	761	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	132.81/cwt	128.50–133.50	1,226	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	137.45/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,078	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	175.01/cwt	171.50–178.50	844	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,356	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	191.36/cwt	181.00–193.00	842	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	162.88/cwt	156.50–164.50	1,023	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,200	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	165.11/cwt	163.75–166.25	931	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,120	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	138.78/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,299	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	160.48/cwt	159.25–161.00	841	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,164	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	139.02/cwt	138.00–142.25	1,197	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	989	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	165.96/cwt	163.25–170.50	878	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,202	8

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 Sep 25, 2020

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

Receipts 2,650Last week 2,185Year ago 3,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	878	133.50–135.50	133.99
138	—	523	154.50–159.50	155.61
24	—	787	140.00	140.00
111	—	612	146.00–158.50	157.82
22	—	685	145.00–148.50	147.08
98	—	726	144.50–146.50	145.73
10	—	1,007	124.50	124.50
81	—	575	146.00–156.00	151.81
8	—	352	170.00	170.00
43	—	821	134.50–136.00	134.89
181	—	973	127.50–132.85	131.15
37	—	473	159.00–162.50	160.86
159	—	923	128.50–133.50	132.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	696	121.00	121.00
5	—	623	144.00	144.00
11	—	784	137.00–138.00	137.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	821	134.00–143.25	142.63
67	—	910	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	482	171.50–178.50	175.01
244	—	1,012	134.00	134.00
55	—	440	181.00–193.00	191.36
236	—	628	156.50–164.50	162.88
41	—	812	147.75	147.75
216	—	564	163.75–166.25	165.11
35	—	724	154.75	154.75
95	—	936	136.00–139.00	138.78
13	—	793	146.75	146.75
90	—	861	138.00–142.25	139.02
69	—	529	163.25–170.50	165.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	524	159.25–161.00	160.48
11	—	689	143.50	143.50
8	—	879	136.75	136.75

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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