Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 lbs steers traded steady and 600 to 700 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 7.5 higher, 500 to 650 lbs heifers traded 10.00 to 15.00 higher with high demand for black and red replacement quality heifers. An active internet bidding should be noted with several buyers today at the barn. Cooler weather in the are with rain shower and light snow. Next Auction Date Feb 18th Special Bred Female Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.88/cwt on 2,519 head.

Average price

$165.88

2,519 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$174

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

$2.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	580	168.66	978	69
Medium and Large 1	694	165.80	1,151	2,450

One grade step is worth $2.86/cwt here — about −$174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,519 hd

165.88

—

NE average7 barns · 9,129 hd

168.11

−2.23

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

38 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	469	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	764	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	551	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	915	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	181.61/cwt	174.50–184.50	1,046	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	174.09/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,027	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	851	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	192.41/cwt	188.00–197.00	1,181	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	165.73/cwt	164.00–166.75	1,359	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	180.50/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,213	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	223.62/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,102	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,428	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	200.04/cwt	194.00–204.00	950	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	183.17/cwt	181.00–185.50	1,143	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	167.29/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,117	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,175	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	203.37/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,175	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	174.30/cwt	169.00–176.50	1,257	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	157.84/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,430	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	167.68/cwt	165.50–169.00	1,321	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	156.85/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,052	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	654	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,164	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	210.62/cwt	208.00–213.00	1,076	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	718	166.31/cwt	162.00–172.00	1,194	476
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	175.64/cwt	170.00–180.75	1,087	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	191.14/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,000	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,032	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	811	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,239	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	883	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,358	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	146.35/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,218	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	156.37/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,127	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	175.81/cwt	174.00–178.00	844	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	771	161.76/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,247	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	803	155.69/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,250	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	144.24/cwt	143.00–144.50	1,269	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	154.27/cwt	154.25–154.50	1,174	106

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 Feb 11, 2022

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

Receipts 3,910Last week 5,255Year ago 3,260

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	469	163.00	163.00
57	—	551	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	392	187.00	187.00
170	—	576	174.50–184.50	181.61
19	—	473	180.00	180.00
332	—	668	160.00–170.00	167.29
282	—	619	170.00–180.75	175.64
150	—	523	181.00–194.00	191.14
177	—	832	143.00–149.00	146.35
186	—	721	154.00–159.00	156.37
64	—	880	143.00–144.50	144.24
106	—	761	154.25–154.50	154.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	590	173.00–175.00	174.09
19	—	671	156.00–158.00	156.85
8	—	618	167.00	167.00
13	—	480	174.00–178.00	175.81
6	—	416	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	654	178.00	178.00
476	—	718	162.00–172.00	166.31
160	—	771	159.00–167.00	161.76
223	—	803	155.00–156.00	155.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	448	221.00	221.00
196	—	614	188.00–197.00	192.41
86	—	820	164.00–166.75	165.73
133	—	672	176.00–183.00	180.50
18	—	493	222.50–225.00	223.62
67	—	876	163.00	163.00
151	—	578	199.00–209.00	203.37
153	—	721	169.00–176.50	174.30
34	—	906	151.00–160.00	157.84
59	—	788	165.50–169.00	167.68
60	—	511	208.00–213.00	210.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	475	194.00–204.00	200.04
48	—	624	181.00–185.50	183.17
9	—	508	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	712	165.00	165.00
44	—	811	152.75	152.75
117	—	883	153.75	153.75

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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