Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 7.00 lower and a limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 500 lbs offerings trading steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Dec 28th SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION-HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-DAY 1, Dec 29th HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION - DAY 2

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $264.31/cwt on 1,904 head.

Average price

$264.31

1,904 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$17.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	266.40	1,631	1,681
Medium and Large 1-2	582	248.58	1,446	223

One grade step is worth $17.82/cwt here — about $185 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 sale1,904 hd

264.31

—

NE average10 barns · 16,179 hd

271.44

−7.13

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

35 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 1Fancy	—	526	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,431	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	265.33/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,144	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	220.39/cwt	219.50–220.75	1,450	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	270.84/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,262	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	252.53/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,318	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	242.11/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,462	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	287.63/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,522	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	245.02/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,639	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,243	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	968	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	247.47/cwt	242.00–251.00	1,453	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	232.69/cwt	228.75–237.00	1,561	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,928	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	230.79/cwt	219.50–236.50	1,657	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	313.08/cwt	295.00–323.00	1,459	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	270.55/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,163	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	257.76/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,626	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	283.09/cwt	261.00–304.00	1,328	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	274.27/cwt	266.00–292.00	1,599	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	228.18/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,415	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	222.41/cwt	218.00–224.50	1,366	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	319.17/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,245	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,129	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	274.66/cwt	269.50–280.00	1,681	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	531	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,625	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,506	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	244.32/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,046	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,766	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	246.01/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,181	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	798	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	221.12/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,280	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	244.58/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,377	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	235.33/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,257	28

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 Dec 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,945Last week 0Year ago 3,030

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	526	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	431	265.00–267.00	265.33
84	—	658	219.50–220.75	220.39
95	—	466	261.00–275.00	270.84
107	—	522	244.00–259.00	252.53
107	—	604	241.00–243.00	242.11
7	—	384	294.00	294.00
100	—	563	235.00–248.00	244.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	614	218.00–224.50	222.41
34	—	428	244.00–245.00	244.32
55	—	480	238.00–248.00	246.01
8	—	686	200.00	200.00
16	—	323	247.00	247.00
44	—	579	220.00–223.00	221.12
28	—	534	230.00–237.50	235.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	529	282.00–290.00	287.63
318	—	669	235.00–253.00	245.02
7	—	420	296.00	296.00
34	—	855	225.50	225.50
158	—	718	219.50–236.50	230.79
124	—	466	295.00–323.00	313.08
259	—	631	250.00–267.00	257.76
449	—	583	266.00–292.00	274.27
24	—	390	310.00–340.00	319.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	352	275.00	275.00
23	—	587	242.00–251.00	247.47
29	—	671	228.75–237.00	232.69
22	—	430	270.00–271.00	270.55
38	—	469	261.00–304.00	283.09
5	—	972	146.00	146.00
50	—	620	221.00–240.00	228.18
10	—	538	280.00	280.00
29	—	768	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	612	269.50–280.00	274.66
64	—	531	306.00	306.00

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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