Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 550 to 600 lbs steers trading steady to 10.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and very active internet. Next Auction Dates Oct 25th and Nov 1st

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.54/cwt on 801 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −169.62 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$320.54

801 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$17.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.83

vs NE average

+21.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	321.88	1,789	741
Medium and Large 1-2	520	304.00	1,581	60

One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale801 hd

320.54

—

NE average11 barns · 7,036 hd

313.72

+6.83

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+21.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−169.62

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

23 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 1-2	450–500	493	313.48/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,545	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,569	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	259.15/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,573	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	361.79/cwt	337.50–375.00	1,176	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	292.45/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,527	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	269.85/cwt	268.00–271.00	1,562	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	336.28/cwt	332.50–343.00	1,271	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	304.00/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,581	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,013	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	263.18/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,397	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	300.61/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,425	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	382.01/cwt	370.50–400.00	1,452	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,390	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,378	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	348.68/cwt	337.50–365.00	1,510	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	327.90/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,708	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	317.70/cwt	302.50–327.00	1,843	437
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	311.63/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,321	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	290.80/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,780	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	349.62/cwt	325.00–353.50	1,699	422
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,871	13

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 Oct 18, 2024

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

Receipts 3,195Last week 910Year ago 3,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	424	325.00	325.00
19	450–500	493	295.00–320.00	313.48
60	500–550	520	297.00–310.00	304.00
8	650–700	693	245.00	245.00
8	800–850	825	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	335	415.00	415.00
133	350–400	380	370.50–400.00	382.01
281	400–450	433	337.50–365.00	348.68
422	450–500	486	325.00–353.50	349.62
304	500–550	521	315.00–335.00	327.90
437	550–600	580	302.50–327.00	317.70
161	600–650	612	280.00–301.00	290.80
13	650–700	661	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	500–550	502	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	300–350	325	337.50–375.00	361.79
152	350–400	378	332.50–343.00	336.28
164	400–450	424	302.50–322.50	311.63
313	450–500	474	291.00–305.00	300.61
79	500–550	522	291.00–300.00	292.45
87	550–600	579	268.00–271.00	269.85
16	600–650	607	253.00–267.00	259.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	531	260.00–276.00	263.18
6	550–600	554	232.50	232.50

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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