Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported calf and feeder sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was good for all offerings. Moderate size crowd of buyers on hand with very active internet buying. Friday sale comprised of bawling and weaned fall calves most having some type of vaccination program.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $245.66/cwt on 550 head.

Average price

$245.66

550 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$74.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	593	249.61	1,481	489
Medium and Large 1-2	556	240.65	1,337	36
Large 1	767	175.44	1,346	25

One grade step is worth $74.17/cwt here — about $135 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 sale550 hd

245.66

—

NE average6 barns · 5,544 hd

230.91

+14.74

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 1	—	483	241.58/cwt	222.00–259.00	1,167	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	239.11/cwt	238.00–240.00	992	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,261	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	747	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,240	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	671	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,080	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	541	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	252.07/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,031	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,386	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,440	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,264	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	665	247.77/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,648	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	360	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	1,525	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	268.75/cwt	253.00–277.00	1,371	64
Steers	Large 1	—	810	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,369	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	260.42/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,216	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	450	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,179	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	779	218.41/cwt	218.00–218.50	1,701	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	246.54/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,287	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	256.45/cwt	255.50–258.00	1,477	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,265	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	944	20
Steers	Large 1	—	658	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,253	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	257.26/cwt	252.00–269.00	952	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,479	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	230.73/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,472	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	225.69/cwt	219.50–230.00	1,318	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	459	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,047	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	239.81/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,283	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,342	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	346	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	211.10/cwt	204.00–215.00	1,140	17

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 May 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,326Last week 670Year ago 1,950

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	483	222.00–259.00	241.58
13	—	409	243.00–256.00	252.07
18	—	704	178.00	178.00
27	—	370	252.00–269.00	257.26
168	—	584	219.50–230.00	225.69
40	—	535	239.00–240.00	239.81
20	—	653	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	238.00–240.00	239.11
5	—	381	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	747	166.00	166.00
7	—	671	161.00	161.00
9	—	541	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	628	201.50	201.50
4	—	362	243.00	243.00
20	—	425	222.00	222.00
11	—	459	228.00	228.00
3	—	346	222.00	222.00
17	—	540	204.00–215.00	211.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	568	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	488	284.00	284.00
6	—	439	288.00	288.00
80	—	658	231.75	231.75
64	—	510	253.00–277.00	268.75
162	—	576	255.50–258.00	256.45
9	—	701	211.00	211.00
24	—	638	224.00–236.00	230.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	236.00	236.00
6	—	360	265.00	265.00
11	—	450	262.00	262.00
7	—	663	214.00	214.00
9	—	440	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	656	219.50	219.50
12	—	467	257.00–264.00	260.42
10	—	522	245.00–249.00	246.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	665	246.00–248.00	247.77
27	—	779	218.00–218.50	218.41
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	810	169.00	169.00
7	—	658	192.00	192.00

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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