Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Auction of the New Year. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet bidding. Colder weather this past week in the area. Next Auction Dates Jan. 14th 21st and 28th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.69/cwt on 1,595 head.

Average price

$186.69

1,595 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$4.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	186.82	1,199	1,543
Medium and Large 1-2	557	182.72	1,018	52

One grade step is worth $4.10/cwt here — about $182 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 sale1,595 hd

186.69

—

NE average11 barns · 25,828 hd

178.53

+8.16

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 1-2	—	577	163.94/cwt	151.00–167.00	946	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	200.74/cwt	192.00–201.75	1,170	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	169.64/cwt	166.00–171.50	1,198	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	152.60/cwt	151.50–155.00	1,036	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,233	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	189.74/cwt	186.00–191.00	706	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	191.00/cwt	188.00–195.00	900	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,263	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,388	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	215.12/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,058	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	193.77/cwt	190.00–197.00	940	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	505	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,096	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	206.77/cwt	198.00–211.00	1,086	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	187.50/cwt	180.00–191.50	1,189	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	165.55/cwt	159.00–173.00	1,043	421
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	148.12/cwt	148.00–148.25	1,136	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	222.06/cwt	220.00–222.50	904	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	198.99/cwt	197.50–199.50	1,218	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	175.79/cwt	172.00–176.25	1,202	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	149.12/cwt	144.00–153.50	1,075	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	182.82/cwt	177.00–188.00	952	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	171.66/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,057	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	164.99/cwt	155.00–169.25	1,272	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	964	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	905	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	194.48/cwt	190.00–195.00	869	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	179.20/cwt	173.00–182.00	1,030	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	566	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,075	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	672	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,215	172

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 Jan 7, 2022

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

Receipts 3,035Last week 0Year ago 4,495

First Auction of the New Year. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet bidding. Colder weather this past week in the area. Next Auction Dates Jan. 14th 21st and 28th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	577	151.00–167.00	163.94
10	—	494	170.00	170.00
13	—	610	158.00	158.00
23	—	547	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	679	151.50–155.00	152.60
14	—	822	150.00	150.00
21	—	372	186.00–191.00	189.74
38	—	471	188.00–195.00	191.00
421	—	630	159.00–173.00	165.55
82	—	767	148.00–148.25	148.12
71	—	721	144.00–153.50	149.12
82	—	521	177.00–188.00	182.82
112	—	447	190.00–195.00	194.48
155	—	575	173.00–182.00	179.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	566	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	583	192.00–201.75	200.74
148	—	706	166.00–171.50	169.64
28	—	815	155.00	155.00
43	—	881	157.50	157.50
71	—	492	215.00–216.00	215.12
99	—	525	198.00–211.00	206.77
312	—	634	180.00–191.50	187.50
49	—	407	220.00–222.50	222.06
6	—	925	147.00	147.00
231	—	684	172.00–176.25	175.79
77	—	771	155.00–169.25	164.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	155.00	155.00
5	—	578	187.00	187.00
17	—	485	190.00–197.00	193.77
6	—	400	206.00	206.00
19	—	616	169.00–174.00	171.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	505	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	612	197.50–199.50	198.99
172	—	672	180.75	180.75

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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