Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

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 several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date: Nov 3rd Spring Calf Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $312.69/cwt on 1,780 head.

Average price

$312.69

1,780 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$21.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	315.63	1,707	1,536
Medium and Large 1-2	540	294.17	1,587	244

One grade step is worth $21.46/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,780 hd

312.69

—

NE average10 barns · 14,746 hd

300.30

+12.38

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

29 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	—	363	331.91/cwt	326.00–339.00	1,205	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	268.43/cwt	264.00–273.50	1,517	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	275.99/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,443	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	288.98/cwt	283.00–292.50	1,402	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	259.22/cwt	249.50–262.00	1,566	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	328.68/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,571	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	325.44/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,741	498
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	298.95/cwt	286.00–310.00	1,569	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	345.70/cwt	345.00–346.00	1,376	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	259.23/cwt	251.00–266.50	1,649	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	277.56/cwt	270.00–285.50	1,713	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	331.23/cwt	321.00–338.00	1,441	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,432	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	369.21/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,237	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	526	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,809	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	353.20/cwt	351.00–357.50	1,211	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	299.24/cwt	291.00–310.50	1,724	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	286.85/cwt	284.00–288.00	1,675	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	274.33/cwt	263.00–279.00	1,341	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,889	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,557	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	300.07/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,272	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	314.41/cwt	311.00–327.00	1,343	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	309.08/cwt	307.00–311.00	1,181	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	616	294.53/cwt	291.00–299.00	1,814	225

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 Oct 20, 2023

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

Receipts 3,150Last week 1,400Year ago 2,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	363	326.00–339.00	331.91
69	—	565	264.00–273.50	268.43
147	—	523	273.00–280.00	275.99
310	—	485	283.00–292.50	288.98
27	—	604	249.50–262.00	259.22
28	—	427	311.00–327.00	314.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	580	250.00	250.00
17	—	340	290.00	290.00
200	—	489	263.00–279.00	274.33
6	—	543	258.00	258.00
41	—	638	244.00	244.00
110	—	424	298.00–308.00	300.07
29	—	382	307.00–311.00	309.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	478	326.00–332.00	328.68
498	—	535	312.00–331.00	325.44
23	—	398	345.00–346.00	345.70
85	—	617	270.00–285.50	277.56
171	—	435	321.00–338.00	331.23
29	—	335	360.00–377.50	369.21
178	—	576	291.00–310.50	299.24
64	—	738	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	252.00	252.00
95	—	525	286.00–310.00	298.95
41	—	636	251.00–266.50	259.23
18	—	462	310.00	310.00
23	—	343	351.00–357.50	353.20
62	—	584	284.00–288.00	286.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	526	344.00	344.00
225	—	616	291.00–299.00	294.53

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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