Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 650 lbs steers trading 4.00 lower and 700 lbs heifers trading 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with an active internet. Warmer weather forcasted in the area for next week. Expecting 5500 to 6000 head for next week, Friday March 4th 11:30 am start time

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.09/cwt on 661 head.

Average price

$168.09

661 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$6.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	742	169.51	1,258	520
Medium and Large 1-2	721	162.85	1,175	141

One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $83 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 sale661 hd

168.09

—

NE average8 barns · 9,606 hd

182.22

−14.13

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

23 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 1	—	757	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,120	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	868	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	871	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	141.66/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,155	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	154.15/cwt	154.00–154.50	1,033	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	171.42/cwt	166.00–173.00	977	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	152.77/cwt	150.50–153.50	1,306	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	176.14/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,177	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	152.90/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,240	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	154.37/cwt	153.50–156.00	1,195	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,097	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,066	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	191.91/cwt	185.00–197.50	992	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,333	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	167.65/cwt	163.00–172.00	887	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,222	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	163.88/cwt	158.00–165.50	1,032	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	153.87/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,119	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	169.78/cwt	156.00–172.50	1,287	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,118	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,380	16

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 1,200Last week 3,910Year ago 1,665

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	757	148.00	148.00
13	—	520	167.00	167.00
18	—	492	177.00	177.00
44	—	815	140.00–142.50	141.66
75	—	670	154.00–154.50	154.15
89	—	570	166.00–173.00	171.42
90	—	630	158.00–165.50	163.88
133	—	727	153.00–155.00	153.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	163.00–172.00	167.65
6	—	380	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	855	150.50–153.50	152.77
163	—	668	169.00–182.00	176.14
7	—	427	206.00	206.00
25	—	533	200.00	200.00
81	—	818	163.00	163.00
20	—	719	170.00	170.00
133	—	758	156.00–172.50	169.78
16	—	939	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	811	152.00–154.00	152.90
67	—	774	153.50–156.00	154.37
11	—	579	189.50	189.50
18	—	517	185.00–197.50	191.91
18	—	682	164.00	164.00

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