Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-05-31

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, May 31
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▼ 1,296 vs year ago 1,326 · −97.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 889 vs last sale 1,239▲ 350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A nice selection of cow calf pairs today, a few bred for fall and summer. Good demand for all, with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date June 14th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −139.86 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$325.00
15 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−27.44
vs NE average
+19.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562325.001,82715thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
325.00
—
NE average4 barns · 333 hd
352.44
−27.44
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
+19.86
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
−139.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales
537492447402median 464.8603/0605/1508/0710/1610/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.92, low $416.01, median $464.86 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,093$2,80010
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$2,42514
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,483$2,4002thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,032$2,85012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,199$3,38862
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,364$3,27257
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,401$2,980110

Every lot

14 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,82715
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,95310
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0322,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,85012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1923,394.19/head3,000.00–3,650.003,39425
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2043,383.73/head3,200.00–3,600.003,38437
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,2662,402.39/head2,200.00–3,225.002,40225
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3062,740.57/head2,650.00–2,900.002,7418
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3232,522.42/head2,300.00–2,900.002,5226
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3433,280.86/head2,250.00–3,550.003,28148
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4663,249.44/head2,350.00–3,325.003,24971
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4773,226.81/head3,100.00–3,300.003,2279
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0932,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,80010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1182,425.33/head2,150.00–2,500.002,42514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4832,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002

This sale against other markets

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.