Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 650 lbs steers trading 8.00 higher and 700 lbs heifers trading 5.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Dates for Mar 11th & 18th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.11/cwt on 2,099 head.

Average price

$197.11

2,099 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$15.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	198.68	1,253	1,887
Medium and Large 1-2	611	183.11	1,119	212

One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about $134 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 sale2,099 hd

197.11

—

NE average9 barns · 12,391 hd

183.84

+13.27

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

32 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	—	704	148.21/cwt	141.50–149.50	1,043	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	184.83/cwt	181.50–193.00	893	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	173.54/cwt	169.00–176.00	986	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	175.04/cwt	169.00–180.00	915	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	158.53/cwt	154.50–160.75	972	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	174.33/cwt	166.50–178.00	854	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	223.00/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,200	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	585	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,167	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	157.67/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,171	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	190.75/cwt	190.75–190.75	1,167	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	216.71/cwt	212.25–225.00	1,250	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	162.85/cwt	161.25–164.00	1,246	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,280	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	164.09/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,375	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	192.60/cwt	182.00–198.00	896	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	219.06/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,069	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	203.99/cwt	198.00–209.25	1,242	439
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	927	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	914	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	154.32/cwt	146.00–161.50	870	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	184.07/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,211	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	178.88/cwt	172.00–180.25	1,270	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	192.91/cwt	187.00–196.00	808	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	694	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,110	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	147.80/cwt	141.50–149.75	1,150	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	150.32/cwt	147.50–153.00	1,010	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	191.18/cwt	188.00–199.00	1,027	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	183.17/cwt	180.50–187.00	1,051	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	162.50/cwt	161.00–163.00	834	25

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 Mar 4, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
253	—	704	141.50–149.50	148.21
207	—	483	181.50–193.00	184.83
207	—	568	169.00–176.00	173.54
185	—	523	169.00–180.00	175.04
195	—	613	154.50–160.75	158.53
47	—	419	187.00–196.00	192.91
108	—	778	141.50–149.75	147.80
133	—	672	147.50–153.00	150.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	490	166.50–178.00	174.33
25	—	646	141.50	141.50
29	—	564	146.00–161.50	154.32
5	—	373	201.00	201.00
25	—	513	161.00–163.00	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
254	—	694	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	538	214.00–225.00	223.00
176	—	577	212.25–225.00	216.71
54	—	765	161.25–164.00	162.85
22	—	880	145.50	145.50
78	—	838	151.00–165.00	164.09
77	—	488	215.00–227.00	219.06
439	—	609	198.00–209.25	203.99
12	—	448	207.00	207.00
263	—	658	173.00–186.00	184.07
392	—	710	172.00–180.25	178.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	585	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	743	147.00–160.00	157.67
95	—	612	190.75	190.75
23	—	465	182.00–198.00	192.60
6	—	660	169.00	169.00
32	—	537	188.00–199.00	191.18
12	—	574	180.50–187.00	183.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	530	235.00	235.00

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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