Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.99/cwt on 336 head.

Average price

$150.99

336 head · 820 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$298

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

$1.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.46

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	633	152.42	965	28
Medium and Large 1	837	150.86	1,262	308

One grade step is worth $1.56/cwt here — about −$298 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 sale336 hd

150.99

—

NE average7 barns · 6,491 hd

153.46

−2.46

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

16 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	—	945	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,389	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,057	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	150.33/cwt	148.50–153.00	1,212	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	152.42/cwt	150.00–153.50	965	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	153.24/cwt	151.00–156.75	1,134	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	171.88/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,062	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	903	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	149.53/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,283	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	180.51/cwt	179.00–181.00	783	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	861	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,270	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	143.56/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,413	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	143.62/cwt	142.50–145.25	1,468	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	844	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,317	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	691	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,133	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,136	14

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 Aug 27, 2021

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

Receipts 497Last week 4,915Year ago 680

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	945	147.00	147.00
10	—	1,076	137.00	137.00
12	—	684	154.50	154.50
34	—	806	148.50–153.00	150.33
54	—	740	151.00–156.75	153.24
90	—	858	148.00–152.00	149.53
35	—	984	138.00–146.00	143.56
39	—	1,022	142.50–145.25	143.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	633	150.00–153.50	152.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	434	179.00–181.00	180.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	861	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	618	171.00–173.00	171.88
14	—	668	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	434	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	844	156.00	156.00
24	—	691	164.00	164.00

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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