Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Cooler weather and light rain shower in the area. Next Auction Date Sept 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.62/cwt on 1,260 head.

Average price

$255.62

1,260 head · 928 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$419

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

$12.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

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	735	267.80	1,967	42
Medium and Large 1	935	255.20	2,387	1,218

One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about −$419 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 sale1,260 hd

255.62

—

NE average7 barns · 7,255 hd

260.80

−5.18

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

30 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	—	445	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,179	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,289	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	219.20/cwt	217.00–221.00	2,234	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,037	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	256.07/cwt	254.50–258.50	1,854	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	256.00/cwt	251.00–263.50	2,122	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	253.85/cwt	253.85–253.85	2,544	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	250.91/cwt	248.25–255.75	2,286	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,180	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	256.44/cwt	251.25–265.00	2,275	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	255.89/cwt	253.00–257.00	2,451	655
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	271.42/cwt	268.00–275.00	2,087	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	243.66/cwt	243.00–244.50	2,015	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	251.76/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,976	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,249	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	236.79/cwt	229.50–240.60	2,283	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	915	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,219	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,021	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,328	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	258.84/cwt	253.50–267.50	1,737	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	230.22/cwt	227.00–232.00	2,090	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	235.24/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,957	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,189	8

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,990Last week 940Year ago 980

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	445	265.00	265.00
8	—	553	259.00	259.00
9	—	1,055	217.00	217.00
11	—	1,019	217.00–221.00	219.20
19	—	878	232.00	232.00
33	—	724	254.50–258.50	256.07
39	—	827	243.00–244.50	243.66
54	—	785	250.00–254.00	251.76
87	—	915	245.75	245.75
99	—	964	229.50–240.60	236.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	915	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	671	253.50–267.50	258.84
17	—	908	227.00–232.00	230.22
25	—	832	232.00–239.00	235.24
6	—	776	245.00	245.00
8	—	636	256.00	256.00
8	—	962	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	829	251.00–263.50	256.00
114	—	1,002	253.85	253.85
175	—	911	248.25–255.75	250.91
187	—	887	251.25–265.00	256.44
655	—	958	253.00–257.00	255.89
5	—	594	283.00	283.00
7	—	655	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	886	246.00	246.00
5	—	906	238.00	238.00
6	—	633	267.00	267.00
8	—	532	292.50	292.50
18	—	769	268.00–275.00	271.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,021	228.00	228.00

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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