Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2020-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction in Burwell 500 lbs steers traded steady and 550 to 600 lbs steers traded 9.00 to 11.00 higher. A limited number of comparable offering for heifers with 500 lbs trading steady. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet activity. Upcoming Auction Dates for Dec 4th Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction and Dec 11th Special Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.12/cwt on 4,259 head.

Average price

$161.12

4,259 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$0.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	161.25	1,130	3,623
Medium and Large 1-2	578	160.34	926	636

One grade step is worth $0.91/cwt here — about $204 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 sale4,259 hd

161.12

—

NE average5 barns · 8,083 hd

161.75

−0.63

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

51 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 1Unweaned	—	599	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	916	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	689	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	731	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	144.97/cwt	142.00–149.00	780	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	772	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,202	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	174.61/cwt	171.00–183.00	908	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	145.45/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,268	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	158.89/cwt	143.00–166.00	976	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	154.11/cwt	146.00–161.25	1,053	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	145.74/cwt	135.00–150.50	921	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	152.27/cwt	147.50–156.50	729	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	171.08/cwt	162.00–179.25	984	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	143.08/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,472	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	184.08/cwt	175.00–189.00	885	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	131.39/cwt	128.50–133.25	1,282	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	164.29/cwt	159.00–171.00	1,030	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	148.74/cwt	138.50–151.00	1,130	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	154.36/cwt	149.00–158.00	872	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	160.28/cwt	157.00–167.00	697	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	136.53/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,076	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,083	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	137.32/cwt	133.00–139.50	916	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	672	165.45/cwt	165.00–165.75	1,112	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	983	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	134.53/cwt	134.35–135.25	1,251	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,142	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	156.60/cwt	144.00–160.25	1,115	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,204	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	170.22/cwt	165.00–171.00	846	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	180.18/cwt	170.00–189.00	753	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	191.29/cwt	186.00–200.00	809	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	165.37/cwt	150.00–168.00	871	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	144.63/cwt	141.00–148.50	979	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	659	159.43/cwt	159.00–159.75	1,051	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	850	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	158.07/cwt	148.00–161.00	975	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	151.74/cwt	151.50–152.00	669	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	157.68/cwt	148.00–160.00	897	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	141.27/cwt	141.00–141.50	821	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	153.90/cwt	147.00–159.75	816	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	719	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,172	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	988	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	135.23/cwt	134.00–136.00	995	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,155	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,372	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	146.51/cwt	143.75–151.00	1,342	302

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 6,280Last week 1,850Year ago 5,445

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	599	153.00	153.00
63	—	617	148.00–161.00	158.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	384	179.50	179.50
190	—	614	143.00–166.00	158.89
23	—	900	133.75	133.75
53	—	497	165.00–171.00	170.22
44	—	418	170.00–189.00	180.18
105	—	527	150.00–168.00	165.37
5	—	834	140.00	140.00
30	—	677	141.00–148.50	144.63
167	—	569	148.00–160.00	157.68
10	—	701	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	772	155.75	155.75
89	—	659	159.00–159.75	159.43
82	—	719	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	520	171.00–183.00	174.61
117	—	872	144.00–146.00	145.45
221	—	683	146.00–161.25	154.11
454	—	575	162.00–179.25	171.08
392	—	1,029	137.00–144.00	143.08
244	—	481	175.00–189.00	184.08
313	—	627	159.00–171.00	164.29
239	—	760	138.50–151.00	148.74
11	—	846	135.00	135.00
297	—	712	144.00–160.25	156.60
9	—	391	197.00	197.00
7	—	342	204.00	204.00
124	—	423	186.00–200.00	191.29
4	—	1,051	130.50	130.50
302	—	916	143.75–151.00	146.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
295	—	672	165.00–165.75	165.45
60	—	520	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	492	148.50	148.50
78	—	538	142.00–149.00	144.97
47	—	441	151.50–152.00	151.74
28	—	581	141.00–141.50	141.27
40	—	736	134.00–136.00	135.23
20	—	878	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	632	135.00–150.50	145.74
77	—	479	147.50–156.50	152.27
38	—	976	128.50–133.25	131.39
138	—	565	149.00–158.00	154.36
120	—	435	157.00–167.00	160.28
32	—	788	130.00–138.00	136.53
25	—	830	130.50	130.50
21	—	667	133.00–139.50	137.32
5	—	711	143.50	143.50
155	—	930	134.35–135.25	134.53
374	—	530	147.00–159.75	153.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	614	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	655	145.00	145.00

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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