Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-08-02

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 2

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,740 head

▲ 2,740 vs last sale 0▼ 451 vs year ago 3,191 · −14.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 377 vs last sale 390▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Auction, starting the day at 10:00 am. with Fall Bred cows, Spring calves off the cow, Fall calves and Yearlings off grass. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding for the day. Check the website for upcoming Auctions.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.47/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −144.40 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$320.47

42 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$33.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.36

vs NE average

+32.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	326.06	1,816	35
Medium and Large 1-2	599	292.50	1,752	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.56/cwt here — about $64 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

320.47

—

NE average2 barns · 95 hd

337.82

−17.36

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+32.68

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

−144.40

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

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,360	$2,500	9

Every lot

33 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	390.55/cwt	381.00–394.00	1,312	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,336	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	310.11/cwt	298.00–327.50	1,771	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,752	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	292.29/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,859	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,820	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	295.31/cwt	289.00–297.00	1,976	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	284.08/cwt	283.00–284.50	2,097	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	264.63/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,958	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	273.41/cwt	261.00–279.00	2,075	120
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,940	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	258.08/cwt	254.00–264.00	2,132	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	254.03/cwt	246.00–256.75	2,182	93
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,158	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	247.34/cwt	245.50–251.00	2,318	189
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	243.69/cwt	237.00–246.25	2,378	813
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,026	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,475	110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,205	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	301.30/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,473	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	294.84/cwt	292.50–301.00	1,569	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	269.45/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,719	70
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	260.91/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,766	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	250.79/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,826	102
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	242.95/cwt	239.50–248.00	1,868	171
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,848	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	242.35/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,990	32
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	233.76/cwt	229.50–236.00	2,003	185
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	2,185	39
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	226.38/cwt	224.00–227.50	2,171	78
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,360	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	9

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Fri Aug 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,740Last week 0Year ago 3,191

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 390Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	300–350	337	357.50	357.50
13	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
50	500–550	532	292.50–301.00	294.84
70	600–650	638	262.00–273.00	269.45
83	650–700	677	252.00–267.00	260.91
102	700–750	728	248.00–258.00	250.79
171	750–800	769	239.50–248.00	242.95
32	800–850	821	240.00–243.00	242.35
185	850–900	857	229.50–236.00	233.76
39	900–950	925	236.25	236.25
78	950–1000	959	224.00–227.50	226.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	489	297.50–305.00	301.30
7	750–800	793	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	336	381.00–394.00	390.55
14	350–400	354	377.50	377.50
16	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
19	550–600	571	298.00–327.50	310.11
12	600–650	636	287.00–295.00	292.29
90	650–700	669	289.00–297.00	295.31
39	700–750	738	283.00–284.50	284.08
120	750–800	759	261.00–279.00	273.41
64	800–850	826	254.00–264.00	258.08
93	850–900	859	246.00–256.75	254.03
189	900–950	937	245.50–251.00	247.34
813	950–1000	976	237.00–246.25	243.69
110	1000–1050	1,026	241.25	241.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	599	292.50	292.50
8	600–650	641	284.00	284.00
5	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
16	700–750	740	264.00–265.00	264.63
8	750–800	776	250.00	250.00
12	900–950	903	239.00	239.00

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 (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,360	2,500.00	2,500.00

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.