Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 600 lbs steers trading 3.00 higher and 500 lbs heifers trading 6.00 higher. Demand was good with high internet bidding. Next Auction Date Friday Nov 27th Day after Thanksgiving Special Day after Thanksgiving Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.26/cwt on 949 head.

Average price

$161.26

949 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$19.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.25

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	401	166.88	670	55
Medium and Large 1	571	162.59	928	793
Medium and Large 2	416	147.73	615	101

One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about $55 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 sale949 hd

161.26

—

NE average10 barns · 12,533 hd

159.01

+2.25

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

30 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	—	1,030	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,133	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	990	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,212	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	900	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	152.50/cwt	152.00–155.00	717	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	174.02/cwt	165.00–178.50	888	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	184.94/cwt	181.00–185.50	862	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	152.62/cwt	146.00–156.00	952	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	162.06/cwt	152.50–166.00	919	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	142.13/cwt	140.00–143.00	955	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,034	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	136.30/cwt	135.00–137.00	856	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	147.48/cwt	140.00–153.00	851	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	165.18/cwt	164.50–167.00	712	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	153.10/cwt	148.00–155.50	787	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	189.52/cwt	182.00–197.00	768	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	131.50/cwt	128.00–137.00	955	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	792	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	144.50/cwt	110.00–156.00	630	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	140.71/cwt	138.00–146.00	733	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	170.68/cwt	154.00–208.00	616	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	392	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	613	91

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 Nov 20, 2020

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

Receipts 1,850Last week 1,325Year ago 1,790

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	110.00	110.00
6	—	859	127.50	127.50
7	—	786	126.00	126.00
9	—	1,107	109.50	109.50
12	—	652	138.00	138.00
29	—	470	152.00–155.00	152.50
68	—	628	135.00–137.00	136.30
85	—	577	140.00–153.00	147.48
88	—	431	164.50–167.00	165.18
177	—	514	148.00–155.50	153.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	591	134.00	134.00
29	—	436	110.00–156.00	144.50
10	—	360	172.00	172.00
15	—	521	138.00–146.00	140.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	338	116.00	116.00
88	—	385	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	510	165.00–178.50	174.02
108	—	466	181.00–185.50	184.94
203	—	624	146.00–156.00	152.62
273	—	567	152.50–166.00	162.06
22	—	672	140.00–143.00	142.13
25	—	756	136.75	136.75
26	—	405	182.00–197.00	189.52
33	—	726	128.00–137.00	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	430	159.00	159.00
5	—	541	148.00	148.00
8	—	483	166.00	166.00
37	—	361	154.00–208.00	170.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	510	118.00	118.00
91	—	406	151.00	151.00

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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