Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offering from last week with 700 lbs steers trading 6.00 higher, 500 and 600 lbs heifers traded steady to 8.00 higher Demand was good with an active internet bidding. Spring like conditions in the area. Next Auction Dates March 19th and 26th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.51/cwt on 2,434 head.

Average price

$172.51

2,434 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$10.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	172.87	1,045	2,347
Medium and Large 1-2	579	162.73	943	87

One grade step is worth $10.14/cwt here — about $102 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 sale2,434 hd

172.51

—

NE average7 barns · 12,527 hd

157.22

+15.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,067	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	802	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,033	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	167.31/cwt	166.00–174.00	641	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	173.60/cwt	165.00–179.00	750	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	514	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	147.96/cwt	142.00–158.00	858	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	791	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	906	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	133.32/cwt	133.25–133.50	843	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	154.19/cwt	148.00–158.00	728	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,114	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	199.44/cwt	195.00–201.50	860	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	136.10/cwt	136.10–136.10	1,102	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	143.13/cwt	143.00–143.25	952	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	158.49/cwt	155.00–165.00	964	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	169.51/cwt	168.00–170.75	971	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	802	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	173.35/cwt	168.00–176.00	813	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	156.23/cwt	152.00–160.00	820	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	654	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	846	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	187.67/cwt	180.50–191.00	985	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	147.74/cwt	135.00–149.25	903	423
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	137.88/cwt	130.50–142.50	935	570
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	153.23/cwt	150.50–157.00	1,045	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	188.67/cwt	182.00–194.00	913	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	757	138.30/cwt	135.00–141.50	1,047	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	181.22/cwt	172.00–186.50	1,024	545
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	173.86/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,076	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	149.47/cwt	141.00–157.50	1,081	419

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.

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Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

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Receipts 4,565Last week 1,665Year ago 5,060

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	553	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	802	128.75	128.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	759	133.50	133.50
11	—	541	166.00	166.00
14	—	423	187.00	187.00
15	—	665	143.00–143.25	143.13
20	—	608	155.00–165.00	158.49
22	—	573	168.00–170.75	169.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	783	142.25	142.25
73	—	431	195.00–201.50	199.44
77	—	810	136.10	136.10
10	—	366	219.00	219.00
321	—	525	180.50–191.00	187.67
163	—	682	150.50–157.00	153.23
209	—	484	182.00–194.00	188.67
545	—	565	172.00–186.50	181.22
338	—	619	171.00–175.00	173.86
419	—	723	141.00–157.50	149.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	383	166.00–174.00	167.31
37	—	432	165.00–179.00	173.60
47	—	325	158.00	158.00
119	—	580	142.00–158.00	147.96
139	—	469	168.00–176.00	173.35
209	—	525	152.00–160.00	156.23
423	—	611	135.00–149.25	147.74
570	—	678	130.50–142.50	137.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	722	125.50	125.50
34	—	632	133.25–133.50	133.32
46	—	472	148.00–158.00	154.19
8	—	406	161.00	161.00
8	—	524	144.00	144.00
13	—	568	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	757	135.00–141.50	138.30

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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