Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 550 to 650 lbs steers trading unevenly steady, no comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was moderate to good, with an active internet bidding. Next Auction dates: Jan 21st and 28th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.04/cwt on 1,522 head.

Average price

$181.04

1,522 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$5.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	181.72	1,207	1,321
Medium and Large 1-2	595	176.62	1,050	201

One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about $157 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 sale1,522 hd

181.04

—

NE average10 barns · 23,622 hd

179.13

+1.92

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,006	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	190.16/cwt	181.00–192.00	776	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	148.01/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,163	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	156.11/cwt	156.00–157.00	973	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	172.75/cwt	172.00–174.00	917	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	180.44/cwt	172.00–183.00	852	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	165.52/cwt	157.50–169.50	948	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	167.68/cwt	161.00–171.60	1,353	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	176.65/cwt	164.00–186.50	1,178	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	175.80/cwt	174.50–180.00	1,041	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	188.96/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,177	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,094	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	200.03/cwt	191.00–203.00	964	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	161.82/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,110	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	218.51/cwt	212.00–220.00	902	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	216.71/cwt	214.00–218.50	1,066	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	209.10/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,069	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	164.47/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,197	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	843	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	192.36/cwt	188.00–197.75	1,081	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	159.15/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,377	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	152.87/cwt	150.00–155.75	1,033	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	151.69/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,103	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	687	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,178	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	170.62/cwt	160.00–183.00	1,078	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	166.32/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,299	165

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 2,495Last week 3,035Year ago 2,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	541	186.00	186.00
82	—	592	174.50–180.00	175.80
5	—	729	150.00	150.00
19	—	482	191.00–203.00	200.03
26	—	686	154.00–167.00	161.82
33	—	632	160.00–183.00	170.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	807	161.00–171.60	167.68
224	—	667	164.00–186.50	176.65
308	—	623	186.00–190.00	188.96
35	—	413	212.00–220.00	218.51
41	—	492	214.00–218.50	216.71
46	—	511	207.00–210.00	209.10
80	—	728	160.00–168.00	164.47
221	—	562	188.00–197.75	192.36
81	—	865	155.00–160.00	159.15
165	—	781	160.00–170.00	166.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	408	181.00–192.00	190.16
41	—	786	146.00–150.00	148.01
45	—	623	156.00–157.00	156.11
62	—	531	172.00–174.00	172.75
65	—	472	172.00–183.00	180.44
88	—	573	157.50–169.50	165.52
167	—	676	150.00–155.75	152.87
96	—	727	148.00–154.00	151.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	188.00	188.00
23	—	463	182.00	182.00
7	—	532	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	687	171.50	171.50

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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