Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with high internet bidding. Next Auction Date March 26th Special Calf and Video Pair Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.84/cwt on 650 head.

Average price

$140.84

650 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$5.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	141.20	899	606
Medium and Large 1-2	634	135.90	861	44

One grade step is worth $5.30/cwt here — about $38 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 sale650 hd

140.84

—

NE average3 barns · 3,274 hd

143.82

−2.99

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

28 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	—	825	127.63/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,053	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	160.23/cwt	154.00–167.00	689	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	124.16/cwt	123.50–125.50	1,075	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	146.55/cwt	145.00–147.00	866	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	136.75/cwt	134.00–138.50	929	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	134.32/cwt	134.00–135.00	990	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	183.63/cwt	182.50–184.00	938	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	139.46/cwt	138.50–140.00	1,099	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,082	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	147.11/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,059	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,146	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	149.14/cwt	144.00–160.00	764	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	180.18/cwt	177.00–185.00	870	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	168.99/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,033	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	140.82/cwt	138.00–142.00	877	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	957	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	769	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	170.36/cwt	168.00–172.00	733	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	130.45/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,135	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	129.03/cwt	127.50–130.00	999	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	152.71/cwt	151.00–153.50	950	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	157.43/cwt	152.00–164.00	839	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,015	6

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	825	127.00–128.00	127.63
36	—	430	154.00–167.00	160.23
37	—	866	123.50–125.50	124.16
6	—	388	165.00	165.00
19	—	490	157.00	157.00
57	—	591	145.00–147.00	146.55
97	—	679	134.00–138.50	136.75
102	—	737	134.00–135.00	134.32
97	—	512	144.00–160.00	149.14
126	—	623	138.00–142.00	140.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	647	134.00	134.00
8	—	563	140.50	140.50
16	—	549	140.00	140.00
13	—	774	127.50–130.00	129.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	511	182.50–184.00	183.63
97	—	788	138.50–140.00	139.46
26	—	670	161.50	161.50
33	—	720	145.00–148.50	147.11
8	—	844	135.75	135.75
50	—	483	177.00–185.00	180.18
65	—	611	160.00–171.00	168.99
35	—	573	167.00	167.00
49	—	870	129.00–135.00	130.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	430	168.00–172.00	170.36
37	—	622	151.00–153.50	152.71
8	—	686	139.00	139.00
13	—	533	152.00–164.00	157.43
6	—	715	142.00	142.00

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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