Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 to 750 lbs steers traded steady to as much as 16.00 higher and heifer offerings 600 to 650 lbs traded steady to 16.00 higher. Demand was very good with several buyer and internet bidders. A high interest in program cattle today. Next Auction Date Feb 16th Bred cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.00/cwt on 2,837 head.

Average price

$274.00

2,837 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$257

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

$17.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.57

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	597	290.90	1,737	154
Medium and Large 1	730	273.03	1,994	2,683

One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale2,837 hd

274.00

—

NE average6 barns · 11,923 hd

282.57

−8.57

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

42 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	—	607	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,736	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	876	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,822	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	352.73/cwt	351.00–355.00	1,287	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	300.16/cwt	289.00–302.50	1,528	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,897	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	222.96/cwt	219.00–225.50	1,694	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	319.78/cwt	308.00–325.50	1,810	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,076	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	813	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	2,124	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	725	278.44/cwt	272.50–279.75	2,019	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	644	304.34/cwt	304.00–307.00	1,960	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,434	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	347.17/cwt	346.00–357.50	1,576	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,083	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	262.92/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,767	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	296.50/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,862	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	257.48/cwt	248.50–264.00	1,872	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	286.94/cwt	274.00–301.75	1,934	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	247.04/cwt	235.00–250.75	1,996	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	255.71/cwt	246.50–258.50	2,000	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	718	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,021	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	774	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,920	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,585	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	295.49/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,726	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	316.21/cwt	302.50–326.00	1,692	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	252.18/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,722	509
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,348	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	736	242.63/cwt	241.50–246.00	1,786	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	813	232.40/cwt	226.50–239.00	1,889	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	760	243.35/cwt	239.00–251.50	1,849	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	654	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,874	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	276.71/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,613	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,840	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	246.14/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,629	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,676	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	272.76/cwt	257.00–277.00	1,691	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	232.68/cwt	229.00–237.50	1,710	259

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 Feb 9, 2024

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

Receipts 5,745Last week 0Year ago 3,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	607	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	876	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	365	351.00–355.00	352.73
35	—	509	289.00–302.50	300.16
38	—	944	201.00	201.00
39	—	760	219.00–225.50	222.96
509	—	683	249.00–261.00	252.18
47	—	442	305.00	305.00
91	—	583	274.00–282.00	276.71
125	—	816	225.50	225.50
190	—	620	257.00–277.00	272.76
259	—	735	229.00–237.50	232.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	758	250.00	250.00
209	—	654	286.50	286.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	736	241.50–246.00	242.63
241	—	813	226.50–239.00	232.40
254	—	760	239.00–251.50	243.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	662	245.00–253.00	246.14
16	—	802	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	566	308.00–325.50	319.78
201	—	851	244.00	244.00
5	—	1,070	198.00	198.00
6	—	446	342.50	342.50
11	—	385	372.50	372.50
14	—	546	341.00	341.00
49	—	454	346.00–357.50	347.17
64	—	936	222.50	222.50
195	—	628	285.00–305.00	296.50
216	—	727	248.50–264.00	257.48
219	—	674	274.00–301.75	286.94
244	—	808	235.00–250.75	247.04
425	—	782	246.50–258.50	255.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	813	261.25	261.25
235	—	725	272.50–279.75	278.44
132	—	644	304.00–307.00	304.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	640	268.00	268.00
66	—	672	259.00–269.00	262.92
19	—	473	335.00	335.00
24	—	584	275.00–302.50	295.49
40	—	535	302.50–326.00	316.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	718	281.50	281.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	774	248.00	248.00

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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