Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction in Burwell, NE 500 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 lower and 550 lbs heifers traded 9.00 lower and 600 lbs heifers traded 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with colder weather in the area with high winds. Next Auction Dates for Jan 22nd and 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.45/cwt on 1,460 head.

Average price

$154.45

1,460 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$2.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.81

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	154.60	974	1,369
Medium and Large 1-2	597	152.22	908	91

One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about $66 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 sale1,460 hd

154.45

—

NE average10 barns · 23,661 hd

152.65

+1.81

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

29 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	—	444	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	733	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,035	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	119.90/cwt	119.00–120.00	846	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	946	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	155.74/cwt	153.00–163.00	751	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	156.09/cwt	150.50–159.00	821	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	173.39/cwt	168.00–175.50	917	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	157.21/cwt	154.00–161.50	987	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	145.49/cwt	143.75–150.00	979	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	900	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	141.71/cwt	139.00–145.00	816	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	192.66/cwt	188.00–194.00	828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	178.49/cwt	170.00–187.00	701	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	128.33/cwt	122.00–131.00	797	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	183.43/cwt	182.50–185.50	912	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.86/cwt	146.00–148.00	930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	136.93/cwt	132.00–139.00	978	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	153.12/cwt	152.00–154.00	906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	134.60/cwt	134.35–134.75	1,044	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	161.04/cwt	155.00–168.50	936	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	169.00/cwt	168.00–170.00	835	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	137.82/cwt	134.50–140.00	853	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	144.47/cwt	142.00–148.00	706	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	124.27/cwt	123.00–125.00	850	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	143.55/cwt	140.00–145.00	742	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	138.45/cwt	138.00–139.00	954	33

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 Jan 15, 2021

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	165.00	165.00
15	—	855	121.00	121.00
21	—	706	119.00–120.00	119.90
33	—	769	123.00	123.00
77	—	482	153.00–163.00	155.74
86	—	526	150.50–159.00	156.09
98	—	658	136.75	136.75
119	—	576	139.00–145.00	141.71
212	—	619	134.50–140.00	137.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	621	122.00–131.00	128.33
28	—	489	142.00–148.00	144.47
21	—	684	123.00–125.00	124.27
9	—	596	136.00	136.00
33	—	517	140.00–145.00	143.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	529	168.00–175.50	173.39
128	—	628	154.00–161.50	157.21
250	—	673	143.75–150.00	145.49
13	—	430	188.00–194.00	192.66
22	—	393	170.00–187.00	178.49
61	—	497	182.50–185.50	183.43
107	—	714	132.00–139.00	136.93
222	—	776	134.35–134.75	134.60
416	—	581	155.00–168.50	161.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	633	146.00–148.00	146.86
9	—	592	152.00–154.00	153.12
12	—	527	161.00	161.00
18	—	494	168.00–170.00	169.00
5	—	429	175.00	175.00
33	—	689	138.00–139.00	138.45

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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