Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-23

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 moderate to good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Sept 13th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $268.67/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −221.50 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$268.67

18 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.85

vs NE average

−1.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	278.00	1,624	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	511	250.00	1,278	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale18 hd

268.67

—

NE average5 barns · 358 hd

305.52

−36.85

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−1.83

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−221.50

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,397	$2,781	28

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1	1000–1050	1,048	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,007	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,173	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	223.99/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,736	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	199.79/cwt	192.00–203.00	2,126	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	1,972	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	906	228.25/cwt	228.25–228.25	2,068	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,756	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,653	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,078	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,397	2,780.54/head	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,781	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,663	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	221.67/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,827	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	246.66/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,894	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,266	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,624	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,719	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	237.19/cwt	236.00–237.50	1,497	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,414	7

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 Aug 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 0Last week 2,740Year ago 940

Replacement CattleReceipts 655Last week 13Year ago 0

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Sept 13th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	720	231.00	231.00
12	750–800	775	222.00–225.00	223.99
27	800–850	833	236.75	236.75
8	850–900	865	232.00	232.00
3	1000–1050	1,048	209.00	209.00
13	1050–1100	1,064	192.00–203.00	199.79
11	1100–1150	1,106	196.50	196.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
106	900–950	906	228.25	228.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	561	252.00	252.00
28	600–650	631	236.00–237.50	237.19
11	700–750	728	227.00	227.00
18	800–850	824	221.00–222.00	221.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	250.00	250.00
7	600–650	605	251.00	251.00
13	700–750	708	248.00	248.00
31	750–800	768	246.00–250.00	246.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	584	278.00	278.00
43	650–700	661	260.00	260.00
8	850–900	866	240.00	240.00
213	950–1000	960	236.00	236.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,397	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,780.54

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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