Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago weaned and non-weaned steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Very cold weather in the area. Next Auction Date Dec. 19th SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION-HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC - DAY 1, Dec 20th HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION - DAY 2

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.81/cwt on 586 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −155.35 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$334.81

586 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$19.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.80

vs NE average

+10.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	343.78	1,926	319
Medium and Large 1-2	543	324.10	1,761	267

One grade step is worth $19.69/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale586 hd

334.81

—

NE average7 barns · 3,900 hd

345.61

−10.80

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+10.46

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−155.35

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

36 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 1Full	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	237.58/cwt	232.50–241.50	1,855	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	359.80/cwt	357.50–364.00	1,374	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	274.03/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,713	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	307.17/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,594	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,367	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	269.34/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,721	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	334.17/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,527	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	315.93/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,845	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	325.98/cwt	307.50–332.50	1,741	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,370	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	255.75/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,737	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	305.19/cwt	292.00–317.50	1,428	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	266.83/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,526	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,940	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,893	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	293.93/cwt	292.00–297.50	1,866	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	384.59/cwt	370.00–394.00	1,519	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,070	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	264.20/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,762	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	335.23/cwt	322.50–347.50	1,958	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	315.14/cwt	267.50–338.00	1,989	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	305.08/cwt	282.50–313.00	2,029	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,533	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,921	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,138	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	369.20/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,761	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	356.22/cwt	337.50–377.50	1,874	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	290.03/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,676	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	336.19/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,580	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	341.06/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,480	131

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 Dec 13, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	335.00	335.00
12	350–400	399	342.50	342.50
42	450–500	457	327.50–342.50	334.17
217	500–550	534	307.50–332.50	325.98
50	550–600	584	312.50–317.50	315.93
13	600–650	639	252.50–280.00	269.34
10	700–750	701	270.00	270.00
9	750–800	776	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
87	600–650	635	292.00–297.50	293.93
19	650–700	668	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	395	370.00–394.00	384.59
26	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
89	450–500	477	350.00–377.50	369.20
130	500–550	526	337.50–377.50	356.22
189	550–600	584	322.50–347.50	335.23
232	600–650	631	267.50–338.00	315.14
339	650–700	665	282.50–313.00	305.08
73	700–750	736	290.50	290.50
38	750–800	790	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	382	357.50–364.00	359.80
131	400–450	434	340.00–350.00	341.06
105	450–500	470	330.00–351.00	336.19
66	500–550	519	295.00–315.00	307.17
89	550–600	578	285.00–295.00	290.03
39	600–650	625	260.00–279.00	274.03
174	650–700	667	260.00–267.00	264.20
10	700–750	701	238.00	238.00
27	750–800	781	232.50–241.50	237.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	414	331.00	331.00
40	450–500	468	292.00–317.50	305.19
7	500–550	507	288.00	288.00
57	550–600	572	261.00–278.00	266.83
6	600–650	636	257.50	257.50
27	650–700	679	255.00–256.00	255.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	601	255.00	255.00

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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