Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-26

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 at the auction and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates May 3rd & 19th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.84/cwt on 469 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −132.82 against this barn's trailing median of $443.66.

Average price

$310.84

469 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$17.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.55

vs NE average

+40.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	313.73	1,714	391
Medium and Large 1-2	536	296.37	1,589	78

One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about $124 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 sale469 hd

310.84

—

NE average8 barns · 1,413 hd

302.29

+8.55

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+40.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

443.66

−132.82

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

36 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	600–650	605	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,860	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	372.03/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,339	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	239.14/cwt	233.00–251.00	1,844	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	272.18/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,837	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	354.81/cwt	352.50–357.00	1,522	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,871	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	298.97/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,588	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	312.92/cwt	290.00–328.00	1,483	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	291.54/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,956	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	353.91/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,713	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,438	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	333.89/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,452	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	356.22/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,379	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	267.13/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,726	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	350.98/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,499	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	314.70/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,690	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	323.91/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,830	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	387.48/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,418	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,890	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	373.03/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,742	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,032	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,674	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	271.08/cwt	265.00–282.00	2,093	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	333.43/cwt	315.00–336.00	2,064	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	304.35/cwt	301.50–317.00	2,094	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	323.00/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,667	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	283.65/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,767	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	308.26/cwt	299.50–315.00	1,739	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	357.13/cwt	350.00–365.50	1,850	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	338.13/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,971	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	339.44/cwt	331.00–344.00	1,585	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	286.12/cwt	279.00–289.00	2,009	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	398.89/cwt	398.00–400.00	1,715	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,108	86

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	600–650	605	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	360	370.00–375.00	372.03
88	400–450	429	352.50–357.00	354.81
133	450–500	467	331.00–344.00	339.44
145	500–550	516	312.50–327.50	323.00
246	550–600	564	299.50–315.00	308.26
200	600–650	623	275.00–288.00	283.65
75	650–700	675	270.00–276.00	272.18
110	700–750	731	256.00	256.00
61	750–800	771	233.00–251.00	239.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	327.50	327.50
28	350–400	387	355.00–357.50	356.22
18	400–450	435	325.00–345.00	333.89
79	450–500	474	290.00–328.00	312.92
71	500–550	531	280.00–302.50	298.97
7	550–600	589	270.00	270.00
29	600–650	646	263.00–271.00	267.13
10	650–700	663	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	365.00	365.00
11	400–450	427	345.00–357.50	350.98
94	450–500	484	352.50–360.00	353.91
26	500–550	537	301.00–326.00	314.70
31	550–600	565	320.00–327.50	323.91
41	650–700	671	281.00–293.00	291.54
7	700–750	735	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	366	382.50–395.00	387.48
67	400–450	430	398.00–400.00	398.89
37	450–500	467	362.50–380.00	373.03
187	500–550	518	350.00–365.50	357.13
265	550–600	583	330.00–349.00	338.13
116	600–650	619	315.00–336.00	333.43
134	650–700	688	301.50–317.00	304.35
66	700–750	702	279.00–289.00	286.12
98	750–800	772	265.00–282.00	271.08
21	850–900	855	221.00	221.00
86	950–1000	976	216.00	216.00

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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