Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 700 lbs steers traded steady and 500to 600 lbs heifers traded unevenly steady and 700 lbs heifers traded 4.00 lower. Demand was good with an active internet bidding. Next Auction Date March 5th Special Feeder Sale expecting 5000 head starting at 10:30 am sharp and no Weigh ups

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.04/cwt on 724 head.

Average price

$149.04

724 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$5.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.87

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	729	149.56	1,090	661
Medium and Large 1-2	708	143.59	1,017	63

One grade step is worth $5.97/cwt here — about $73 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 sale724 hd

149.04

—

NE average10 barns · 17,745 hd

153.91

−4.87

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

31 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	—	1,009	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	975	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	135.19/cwt	135.00–135.50	931	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	162.04/cwt	160.00–163.00	698	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	120.21/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,064	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	164.26/cwt	162.50–165.00	1,073	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,140	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	178.99/cwt	176.00–181.00	857	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	139.81/cwt	134.00–141.50	900	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	124.24/cwt	124.00–124.50	1,118	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	155.63/cwt	154.75–158.00	828	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	168.47/cwt	164.00–175.50	1,061	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,137	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	143.00/cwt	135.50–145.50	1,045	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	170.69/cwt	163.00–176.00	881	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	160.10/cwt	156.00–166.50	908	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	819	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	135.12/cwt	134.00–135.50	949	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	137.46/cwt	136.00–138.00	810	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	134.64/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,037	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	124.55/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,020	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	946	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	180.06/cwt	172.50–184.50	1,025	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,068	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	125.75/cwt	121.00–129.50	869	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	147.48/cwt	145.00–149.00	991	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	144.71/cwt	144.00–145.00	738	18

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 Feb 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,665Last week 3,260Year ago 1,390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,009	116.00	116.00
12	—	756	129.00	129.00
13	—	454	164.00	164.00
13	—	689	135.00–135.50	135.19
18	—	431	160.00–163.00	162.04
23	—	885	118.00–124.50	120.21
140	—	644	134.00–141.50	139.81
119	—	532	154.75–158.00	155.63
90	—	567	156.00–166.50	160.10
130	—	702	134.00–135.50	135.12
35	—	819	124.00–126.00	124.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	642	127.50	127.50
33	—	589	136.00–138.00	137.46
7	—	478	159.00	159.00
5	—	736	128.50	128.50
16	—	691	121.00–129.50	125.75
18	—	510	144.00–145.00	144.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	653	162.50–165.00	164.26
49	—	867	131.50	131.50
12	—	479	176.00–181.00	178.99
29	—	900	124.00–124.50	124.24
90	—	630	164.00–175.50	168.47
134	—	812	140.00	140.00
209	—	731	135.50–145.50	143.00
24	—	770	133.00–141.00	134.64
72	—	569	172.50–184.50	180.06
5	—	1,072	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	516	163.00–176.00	170.69
23	—	841	127.00	127.00
7	—	778	130.00	130.00
18	—	672	145.00–149.00	147.48

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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