Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 450 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher, and heifers 450 to 500 lbs traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Nov 8th Special Bred Cow & Heifer Auction, Nov 15th Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.44/cwt on 550 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −178.72 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$311.44

550 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs NE average

+10.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	314.96	1,725	488
Medium and Large 1-2	570	283.74	1,617	62

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $107 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 sale550 hd

311.44

—

NE average10 barns · 7,799 hd

311.98

−0.54

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+10.75

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−178.72

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	961	$1,400	21

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1Fancy	500–550	501	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,668	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	294.11/cwt	289.00–302.00	1,373	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,041	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,511	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,441	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	266.97/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,404	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	297.41/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,291	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,370	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,494	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	315.90/cwt	307.50–319.00	1,561	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	283.50/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,627	56
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	961	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	285.05/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,502	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	802	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,877	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	333.52/cwt	325.00–344.00	1,594	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	247.63/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,585	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	277.24/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,835	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	281.76/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,350	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	311.32/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,768	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	396.64/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,325	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	369.06/cwt	360.00–382.00	1,421	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,984	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	318.58/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,313	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	297.96/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,806	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,273	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	328.81/cwt	317.50–337.00	1,236	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	349.23/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,470	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	313.75/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,675	169

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 Nov 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,840Last week 1,780Year ago 1,950

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	500–550	501	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	369.00	369.00
7	350–400	397	345.00	345.00
12	400–450	446	335.00	335.00
50	450–500	494	307.50–319.00	315.90
6	500–550	533	286.00	286.00
56	550–600	574	265.00–290.00	283.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	334	387.50–405.00	396.64
88	350–400	385	360.00–382.00	369.06
107	400–450	421	340.00–358.00	349.23
379	450–500	478	325.00–344.00	333.52
169	500–550	534	295.00–320.00	313.75
256	550–600	568	294.00–325.00	311.32
90	650–700	696	285.00	285.00
17	900–950	909	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
98	600–650	606	289.00–305.00	297.96
104	650–700	662	272.00–279.00	277.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	317.50	317.50
73	350–400	376	317.50–337.00	328.81
92	400–450	412	315.00–325.00	318.58
311	450–500	467	289.00–302.00	294.11
187	500–550	527	270.00–292.00	285.05
24	550–600	552	261.00	261.00
23	600–650	603	250.50	250.50
7	650–700	687	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	434	290.00–307.50	297.41
57	450–500	479	270.00–284.00	281.76
20	500–550	526	264.00–269.00	266.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	802	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	640	246.00–251.00	247.63

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	961	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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