Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2021-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 500 to 600 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 9.00 higher and 600 lbs heifers traded 3.00 higher. Demand was good for both weaned and non-weaned offerings. Cooler weather with snow in the area. Next Action Date Dec. 17th SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION, Dec 28th SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION-HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-DAY 1, Dec 29th HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION - DAY 2

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.29/cwt on 1,473 head.

Average price

$182.29

1,473 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$13.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	186.74	1,078	998
Medium and Large 1-2	585	172.95	1,012	475

One grade step is worth $13.80/cwt here — about $65 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 sale1,473 hd

182.29

—

NE average9 barns · 13,854 hd

181.82

+0.47

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

34 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	—	670	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	995	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,166	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,216	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,072	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	175.24/cwt	171.00–181.00	743	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	170.71/cwt	167.00–175.00	772	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	189.37/cwt	180.00–197.00	1,081	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	156.04/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,183	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	161.33/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,094	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	211.58/cwt	203.00–217.00	999	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	875	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,361	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	171.29/cwt	168.00–174.75	993	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	180.73/cwt	171.00–192.00	969	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	695	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,089	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,002	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	204.89/cwt	199.00–212.50	1,057	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	211.38/cwt	207.00–220.00	797	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	166.91/cwt	162.00–175.00	880	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	162.66/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,031	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	167.32/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,091	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	159.54/cwt	153.50–164.00	1,152	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	857	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	165.31/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,035	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	152.12/cwt	149.00–157.00	818	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	154.99/cwt	148.00–158.00	966	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	202.66/cwt	198.00–209.50	867	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	175.36/cwt	171.00–179.00	1,101	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	732	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	160.13/cwt	155.00–166.00	759	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	154.38/cwt	150.00–157.50	903	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	170.29/cwt	165.00–174.00	991	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	946	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	714	12

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.

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Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Fri Dec 10, 2021

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Receipts 2,595Last week 7,300Year ago 2,270

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	670	148.50	148.50
9	—	788	148.00	148.00
10	—	833	146.00	146.00
19	—	729	147.00	147.00
25	—	424	171.00–181.00	175.24
28	—	452	167.00–175.00	170.71
96	—	527	162.00–175.00	166.91
122	—	634	160.00–172.00	162.66
38	—	582	165.00–174.00	170.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	538	149.00–157.00	152.12
84	—	623	148.00–158.00	154.99
18	—	441	166.00	166.00
52	—	474	155.00–166.00	160.13
116	—	585	150.00–157.50	154.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	648	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
298	—	571	180.00–197.00	189.37
5	—	840	153.00	153.00
32	—	758	155.00–158.00	156.04
57	—	472	203.00–217.00	211.58
169	—	516	199.00–212.50	204.89
23	—	377	207.00–220.00	211.38
50	—	652	165.00–169.00	167.32
98	—	722	153.50–164.00	159.54
85	—	428	198.00–209.50	202.66
163	—	628	171.00–179.00	175.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	678	161.00–163.00	161.33
77	—	580	168.00–174.75	171.29
202	—	536	171.00–192.00	180.73
21	—	476	180.00	180.00
60	—	626	163.00–167.00	165.31
12	—	359	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	875	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	695	156.75	156.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	638	157.00	157.00

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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