Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offering from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with the first show of weaned and non weaned Spring calves. Cooler weather in the area with light rain showers. Next Auction Date Oct 8th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.62/cwt on 1,149 head.

Average price

$156.62

1,149 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$371

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

$8.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.49

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	495	164.23	813	137
Medium and Large 1	761	155.59	1,185	1,012

One grade step is worth $8.64/cwt here — about −$371 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 sale1,149 hd

156.62

—

NE average6 barns · 5,072 hd

155.13

+1.49

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,354	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	938	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,030	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	144.22/cwt	143.50–146.00	1,129	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	179.50/cwt	175.50–189.00	765	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	193.52/cwt	190.00–196.00	741	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	201.15/cwt	198.00–206.00	784	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	165.78/cwt	163.50–167.00	1,094	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	154.54/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,253	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	166.72/cwt	160.00–169.00	795	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	189.45/cwt	188.00–190.00	962	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,255	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,224	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	196.72/cwt	192.00–202.00	934	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	169.68/cwt	168.00–171.25	1,035	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	190.92/cwt	190.00–192.00	932	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	160.44/cwt	160.00–160.50	871	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	151.79/cwt	148.50–152.50	1,117	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	756	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	865	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	147.40/cwt	143.50–148.50	1,318	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	162.47/cwt	161.00–167.00	924	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	149.94/cwt	140.00–153.75	1,325	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	166.25/cwt	166.00–166.50	946	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,527	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	147.41/cwt	140.00–148.10	1,371	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	659	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	147.25/cwt	143.50–148.50	1,206	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	777	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,187	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	869	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,277	117

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

Fri Sep 24, 2021

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

Receipts 2,110Last week 2,300Year ago 2,650

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	981	137.00–139.00	138.01
15	—	518	181.00	181.00
30	—	669	154.00	154.00
30	—	783	143.50–146.00	144.22
38	—	426	175.50–189.00	179.50
48	—	383	190.00–196.00	193.52
63	—	488	190.00–192.00	190.92
90	—	736	148.50–152.50	151.79
51	—	894	143.50–148.50	147.40
71	—	569	161.00–167.00	162.47
214	—	930	140.00–148.10	147.41
186	—	819	143.50–148.50	147.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	477	160.00–169.00	166.72
56	—	543	160.00–160.50	160.44
5	—	638	155.50	155.50
6	—	415	160.00	160.00
17	—	381	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	777	152.75	152.75
117	—	869	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	390	198.00–206.00	201.15
49	—	660	163.50–167.00	165.78
54	—	811	150.00–155.50	154.54
49	—	508	188.00–190.00	189.45
28	—	789	159.00	159.00
64	—	475	192.00–202.00	196.72
87	—	610	168.00–171.25	169.68
90	—	884	140.00–153.75	149.94
175	—	1,008	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	816	150.00	150.00
19	—	394	192.00	192.00
8	—	528	170.00	170.00
15	—	475	182.00	182.00
12	—	569	166.00–166.50	166.25

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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