Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-22

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. Next Auction Dates For April 12th and 26th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.19/cwt on 286 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −138.47 against this barn's trailing median of $443.66.

Average price

$305.19

286 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$2.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.94

vs NE average

+27.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	305.81	1,694	224
Medium and Large 1-2	543	302.95	1,645	62

One grade step is worth $2.86/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.71, low $428.75, median $443.66 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale286 hd

305.19

—

NE average5 barns · 827 hd

295.25

+9.94

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

+27.97

This barn, trailing median13 sales

443.66

−138.47

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	262.69/cwt	262.50–264.00	2,046	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	253.63/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,697	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	246.58/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,793	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	271.35/cwt	269.00–281.00	2,019	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,837	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	327.47/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,385	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,010	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,182	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	808	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,012	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	878	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,046	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,916	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	307.78/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,450	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	373.10/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,354	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	288.38/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,387	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,874	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	335.55/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,782	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	291.99/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,711	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	271.81/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,816	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,573	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	238.23/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,718	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	306.44/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,646	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,647	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,286	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,800	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,851	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	716	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,854	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	677	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,814	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	603	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,978	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	229.34/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,885	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	290.98/cwt	287.00–294.00	1,641	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	395.79/cwt	380.00–404.00	1,520	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	293.73/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,953	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	329.77/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,923	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	256.70/cwt	256.50–257.50	2,074	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	299.19/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,699	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	281.87/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,711	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	386.77/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,667	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,869	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	356.66/cwt	350.00–363.50	1,912	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	318.44/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,678	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	302.67/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,901	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,421	14

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

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

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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. Next Auction Dates For April 12th and 26th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	418.00	418.00
32	350–400	384	380.00–404.00	395.79
25	400–450	431	385.00–387.50	386.77
29	450–500	466	401.00	401.00
70	500–550	536	350.00–363.50	356.66
48	550–600	583	317.50–332.50	329.77
142	600–650	628	300.00–316.00	302.67
32	650–700	665	285.00–297.00	293.73
115	700–750	744	269.00–281.00	271.35
71	750–800	779	262.50–264.00	262.69
126	800–850	808	256.50–257.50	256.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	808	249.00	249.00
28	850–900	878	233.00	233.00
8	1000–1050	1,010	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	355.00	355.00
23	450–500	491	377.00	377.00
42	500–550	531	327.50–345.00	335.55
59	550–600	586	285.00–315.00	291.99
11	600–650	645	279.00	279.00
69	650–700	668	265.00–275.00	271.81
6	750–800	768	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	603	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	350–400	363	362.50–380.00	373.10
71	400–450	423	320.00–338.00	327.47
33	450–500	471	300.00–327.50	307.78
77	500–550	527	313.00–324.00	318.44
147	550–600	568	296.00–305.00	299.19
151	600–650	607	269.00–286.00	281.87
107	650–700	669	247.00–261.00	253.63
107	700–750	727	245.00–248.00	246.58
62	750–800	764	240.50	240.50
100	800–850	822	226.00–233.00	229.34
14	850–900	879	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	302.50	302.50
14	450–500	481	287.50–290.00	288.38
48	500–550	537	305.00–310.00	306.44
14	550–600	564	287.00–294.00	290.98
10	600–650	646	255.00	255.00
5	650–700	672	240.00	240.00
21	700–750	721	237.00–240.00	238.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	677	268.00	268.00
23	700–750	716	259.00	259.00

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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