Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-22

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 for the SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION-INCLUDING HEREFORD INFLUENCE. Several buyers today and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Nov 29th SPECIAL DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING CALF & FEEDER AUCTION expecting 4500 to 5000 head starting at 10:00 am SHARP!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.96/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −160.20 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$329.96

243 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$20.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.26

vs NE average

+20.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	331.46	1,801	225
Medium and Large 1-2	558	311.18	1,735	18thin

One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $66 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

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 sale243 hd

329.96

—

NE average10 barns · 3,190 hd

322.70

+7.26

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+20.70

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−160.20

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

30 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	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,579	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	318.30/cwt	311.00–322.50	1,709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,239	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	313.96/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,246	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	278.63/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,432	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,217	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	255.13/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,822	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	277.62/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,710	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	290.50/cwt	277.00–297.00	1,650	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	338.29/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,441	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	315.80/cwt	307.50–330.00	1,532	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	277.38/cwt	276.00–282.50	1,576	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	298.10/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,374	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	263.04/cwt	252.50–268.00	1,610	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	290.26/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,817	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	286.15/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,934	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	372.86/cwt	367.50–377.50	1,331	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	381.00/cwt	372.50–392.50	1,596	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	279.71/cwt	273.00–281.00	2,020	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	312.35/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,799	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	299.15/cwt	294.00–306.00	1,995	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	367.59/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,746	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	344.68/cwt	337.50–354.00	1,796	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	297.20/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,866	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	288.23/cwt	276.00–310.00	1,513	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,965	9

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,790Last week 0Year ago 6,740

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	475	332.50	332.50
11	500–550	537	311.00–322.50	318.30
7	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
11	600–650	626	287.50–292.50	290.26
51	650–700	676	275.00–292.00	286.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	357	367.50–377.50	372.86
46	400–450	419	372.50–392.50	381.00
125	450–500	475	355.00–372.50	367.59
133	500–550	521	337.50–354.00	344.68
92	550–600	576	300.00–327.50	312.35
158	600–650	628	292.50–310.00	297.20
92	650–700	667	294.00–306.00	299.15
56	700–750	722	273.00–281.00	279.71
9	750–800	763	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
15	350–400	397	307.00–320.00	313.96
10	400–450	403	307.50	307.50
55	450–500	461	285.00–300.00	298.10
15	500–550	514	267.50–287.50	278.63
37	550–600	568	276.00–282.50	277.38
27	600–650	612	252.50–268.00	263.04
6	700–750	724	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	310	392.50	392.50
85	400–450	426	327.50–345.00	338.29
92	450–500	485	307.50–330.00	315.80
166	500–550	525	276.00–310.00	288.23
77	550–600	568	277.00–297.00	290.50
66	600–650	616	271.00–280.00	277.62
26	700–750	714	250.00–257.50	255.13

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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