Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given. Demand was good for Weaned Fall Calves and Feeders today. Next Auction Dates Sept 17th and 24th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.29/cwt on 1,243 head.

Average price

$154.29

1,243 head · 942 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,453

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$4.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.97

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	945	154.42	1,459	1,206
Medium and Large 1-2	849	150.22	1,276	37

One grade step is worth $4.20/cwt here — about $183 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 sale1,243 hd

154.29

—

NE average6 barns · 5,944 hd

157.26

−2.97

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

23 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 1-2	—	1,017	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,424	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,220	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,149	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	153.76/cwt	152.00–157.00	969	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	900	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	142.62/cwt	140.00–143.50	1,326	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	158.29/cwt	157.50–158.50	1,051	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	158.15/cwt	154.50–158.60	1,368	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,287	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	154.37/cwt	146.00–154.50	1,490	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	150.65/cwt	150.50–150.75	1,537	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,290	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,130	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	161.33/cwt	154.50–163.60	1,325	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	152.92/cwt	150.00–154.75	1,194	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	150.02/cwt	146.00–151.75	1,239	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,156	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	880	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	145.06/cwt	140.00–147.25	1,393	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	155.62/cwt	148.75–159.00	1,416	287

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 Sep 10, 2021

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

Receipts 2,300Last week 497Year ago 2,185

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given. Demand was good for Weaned Fall Calves and Feeders today. Next Auction Dates Sept 17th and 24th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,017	140.00	140.00
5	—	515	170.00	170.00
24	—	863	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	590	158.00	158.00
74	—	865	154.50–158.60	158.15
30	—	791	162.75	162.75
325	—	965	146.00–154.50	154.37
391	—	1,020	150.50–150.75	150.65
21	—	711	159.00	159.00
73	—	821	154.50–163.60	161.33
287	—	910	148.75–159.00	155.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	850	143.50	143.50
17	—	739	155.50	155.50
22	—	630	152.00–157.00	153.76
23	—	568	158.50	158.50
46	—	930	140.00–143.50	142.62
70	—	664	157.50–158.50	158.29
235	—	781	150.00–154.75	152.92
254	—	826	146.00–151.75	150.02
108	—	960	140.00–147.25	145.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	141.00	141.00
5	—	776	149.00	149.00
7	—	622	141.50	141.50

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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