Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 600 lbs Steers traded 4.00 to 8.00 higher and 500 to 550 lbs Heifers traded 4.00 higher. No comparable offerings for Yearlings offerings a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec. 3rd Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.47/cwt on 4,771 head.

Average price

$177.47

4,771 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$11.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	178.45	1,256	4,361
Medium and Large 1-2	646	167.02	1,079	410

One grade step is worth $11.43/cwt here — about $176 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 sale4,771 hd

177.47

—

NE average4 barns · 7,155 hd

177.66

−0.19

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

43 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	—	433	180.73/cwt	178.00–183.00	783	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,248	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	182.86/cwt	174.00–186.00	708	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	151.93/cwt	142.50–158.00	1,173	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	151.98/cwt	151.75–153.00	1,392	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	175.04/cwt	170.00–187.00	845	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	166.85/cwt	166.85–166.85	1,695	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	184.77/cwt	180.00–194.50	1,070	553
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	625	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,166	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	972	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,611	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	164.52/cwt	159.50–167.00	1,491	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	163.30/cwt	156.00–164.50	1,409	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	738	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,363	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	790	180.85/cwt	180.85–180.85	1,429	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	171.08/cwt	169.00–172.25	1,423	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	206.04/cwt	194.00–219.00	966	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	195.61/cwt	185.00–201.50	1,043	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	175.22/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,253	521
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	157.44/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,304	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	217.92/cwt	217.00–219.00	915	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	174.83/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,178	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	164.24/cwt	162.25–165.00	1,089	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	166.45/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,062	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	156.00/cwt	152.00–166.50	1,067	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	173.54/cwt	168.50–180.50	1,093	603
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	758	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,364	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	670	185.85/cwt	180.75–190.00	1,245	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,253	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	173.81/cwt	168.00–177.00	992	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	173.33/cwt	168.00–175.00	1,333	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,031	147.93/cwt	140.00–151.50	1,525	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	161.75/cwt	157.00–166.00	843	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	162.66/cwt	154.50–168.50	1,196	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	157.93/cwt	153.00–163.00	907	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	159.49/cwt	153.00–163.50	1,002	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,341	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	145.50/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,321	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	146.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	982	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	798	30

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 Nov 26, 2021

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Receipts 7,300Last week 1,605Year ago 6,280

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	433	178.00–183.00	180.73
20	—	829	150.50	150.50
31	—	387	174.00–186.00	182.86
65	—	772	142.50–158.00	151.93
72	—	916	151.75–153.00	151.98
88	—	483	170.00–187.00	175.04
334	—	684	152.00–166.50	156.00
170	—	1,031	140.00–151.50	147.93
195	—	521	157.00–166.00	161.75
155	—	735	154.50–168.50	162.66
320	—	574	153.00–163.00	157.93
244	—	628	153.00–163.50	159.49
93	—	882	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	580	150.00	150.00
10	—	908	144.00–147.00	145.50
5	—	716	149.00	149.00
56	—	670	145.00–150.00	146.55
30	—	475	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	1,016	166.85	166.85
553	—	579	180.00–194.50	184.77
149	—	906	159.50–167.00	164.52
99	—	863	156.00–164.50	163.30
7	—	343	194.00	194.00
164	—	832	169.00–172.25	171.08
206	—	469	194.00–219.00	206.04
239	—	533	185.00–201.50	195.61
521	—	715	168.00–180.00	175.22
21	—	420	217.00–219.00	217.92
421	—	674	169.00–178.50	174.83
603	—	630	168.50–180.50	173.54
360	—	769	168.00–175.00	173.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	625	186.50	186.50
71	—	972	165.75	165.75
79	—	738	184.75	184.75
69	—	790	180.85	180.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	828	154.00–159.00	157.44
154	—	663	162.25–165.00	164.24
83	—	638	161.00–168.00	166.45
8	—	541	178.00	178.00
8	—	793	158.00	158.00
120	—	571	168.00–177.00	173.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	758	180.00	180.00
316	—	670	180.75–190.00	185.85

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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