Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 lbs steers traded 11.00 higher and 600 to 650 lbs steers traded steady 750 to 800 lbs steers traded steady to 8.00 lower. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifer with 650 lbs offerings 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and warmer weather in the area. Next Auction Date Spring Valley Ranch Bull Sale and Bred Cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.06/cwt on 3,116 head.

Average price

$174.06

3,116 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$3.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	626	177.73	1,113	229
Medium and Large 1	720	173.77	1,251	2,887

One grade step is worth $3.96/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale3,116 hd

174.06

—

NE average10 barns · 21,245 hd

175.95

−1.89

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	—	1,045	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,303	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	187.94/cwt	186.00–191.00	806	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,210	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	166.79/cwt	161.50–169.25	1,206	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	164.57/cwt	161.00–171.25	1,275	526
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	202.13/cwt	199.00–205.50	1,053	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	209.56/cwt	197.00–217.00	1,027	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	150.21/cwt	149.25–151.00	1,359	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	203.60/cwt	197.00–206.00	1,163	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	151.67/cwt	147.50–155.25	1,315	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	187.55/cwt	182.00–191.50	1,142	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	165.54/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,119	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	154.76/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,220	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	148.72/cwt	145.00–149.25	1,526	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	190.57/cwt	180.00–192.00	1,037	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	177.84/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,135	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	171.49/cwt	160.00–178.00	983	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	164.16/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,036	385
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,107	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	883	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	176.23/cwt	175.50–185.00	948	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	609	201.85/cwt	199.00–204.50	1,229	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	172.61/cwt	171.00–174.00	830	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	916	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	159.01/cwt	153.50–160.00	1,301	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	178.47/cwt	174.75–184.50	1,201	413
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	140.27/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,094	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	156.52/cwt	142.00–159.00	1,041	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	154.87/cwt	151.00–157.00	957	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	166.17/cwt	158.00–170.00	867	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	159.10/cwt	154.50–164.00	1,142	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,233	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	149.21/cwt	148.50–150.00	1,091	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	183.54/cwt	177.00–191.00	877	66

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 5,255Last week 0Year ago 5,232

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,045	132.50	132.50
9	—	398	195.00	195.00
22	—	944	138.00	138.00
40	—	429	186.00–191.00	187.94
40	—	855	141.50	141.50
218	—	573	160.00–178.00	171.49
385	—	631	162.00–169.00	164.16
148	—	538	175.50–185.00	176.23
184	—	665	142.00–159.00	156.52
279	—	718	154.50–164.00	159.10
120	—	830	148.50	148.50
66	—	478	177.00–191.00	183.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	178.00	178.00
43	—	481	171.00–174.00	172.61
14	—	591	155.00	155.00
18	—	780	138.00–145.00	140.27
106	—	618	151.00–157.00	154.87
71	—	522	158.00–170.00	166.17
57	—	731	148.50–150.00	149.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
471	—	723	161.50–169.25	166.79
526	—	775	161.00–171.25	164.57
87	—	521	199.00–205.50	202.13
103	—	490	197.00–217.00	209.56
110	—	905	149.25–151.00	150.21
158	—	571	197.00–206.00	203.60
215	—	867	147.50–155.25	151.67
267	—	609	182.00–191.50	187.55
7	—	395	215.00	215.00
86	—	1,026	145.00–149.25	148.72
271	—	818	153.50–160.00	159.01
413	—	673	174.75–184.50	178.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	676	164.00–167.00	165.54
31	—	788	152.00–157.00	154.76
57	—	544	180.00–192.00	190.57
93	—	638	174.00–179.00	177.84
6	—	592	187.00	187.00
15	—	455	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	609	199.00–204.50	201.85

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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