Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A nice selection of cow calf pairs today, a few bred for fall and summer. Good demand for all, with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date June 14th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −165.16 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$325.00

15 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−27.44

vs NE average

+19.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	325.00	1,827	15thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.10, low $455.00, median $490.16 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 sale15 hd

325.00

—

NE average4 barns · 333 hd

352.44

−27.44

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

+19.86

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−165.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,093	$2,800	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,118	$2,425	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,483	$2,400	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,032	$2,850	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,199	$3,388	62
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,364	$3,272	57
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,401	$2,980	110

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,343	3,280.86/head	2,250.00–3,550.00	3,281	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,477	3,226.81/head	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,227	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,483	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	2,425.33/head	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,425	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,204	3,383.73/head	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,384	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,192	3,394.19/head	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,394	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,306	2,740.57/head	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,741	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,266	2,402.39/head	2,200.00–3,225.00	2,402	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,466	3,249.44/head	2,350.00–3,325.00	3,249	71
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,323	2,522.42/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,953	10

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 May 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 0Year ago 1,326

Replacement CattleReceipts 350Last week 1,239Year ago 0

A nice selection of cow calf pairs today, a few bred for fall and summer. Good demand for all, with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date June 14th

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,032	2,850.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	48	—	1,343	2,250.00–3,550.00	3,280.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,477	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,226.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,204	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,383.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,192	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,394.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	71	—	1,466	2,350.00–3,325.00	3,249.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,323	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,522.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,306	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,740.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,266	2,200.00–3,225.00	2,402.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,483	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,118	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,425.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,093	2,800.00	2,800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	562	325.00	325.00
10	650–700	677	288.50	288.50

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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