Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offering from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good for the Spring calves today with an active internet bidding

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $210.88/cwt on 716 head.

Average price

$210.88

716 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$15.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	213.51	1,033	592
Medium and Large 1-2	477	198.36	947	124

One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $87 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 sale716 hd

210.88

—

NE average7 barns · 8,314 hd

197.16

+13.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,422	$1,374	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,408	$1,274	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,207	$1,250	6

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	342	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	646	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	197.38/cwt	197.00–198.00	716	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	187.92/cwt	185.00–199.50	985	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,107	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	189.18/cwt	181.00–194.00	810	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	193.43/cwt	186.00–210.50	917	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,090	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	209.72/cwt	207.00–213.00	814	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,232	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	221.16/cwt	217.00–229.50	845	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	210.10/cwt	210.00–211.00	878	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	235.70/cwt	229.00–243.00	778	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	211.48/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,104	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	193.06/cwt	186.00–196.00	932	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	192.25/cwt	191.00–193.00	1,013	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,010	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	949	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,214	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	209.53/cwt	202.50–216.00	1,020	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	201.72/cwt	198.50–205.00	1,174	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	218.39/cwt	210.00–224.00	911	177
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,207	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,408	1,274.49/head	1,260.00–1,300.00	1,274	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,422	1,373.77/head	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,374	15

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 Sep 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,090Last week 2,560Year ago 2,300

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 88Year ago 0

No comparable offering from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good for the Spring calves today with an active internet bidding

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	342	189.00	189.00
13	—	363	197.00–198.00	197.38
52	—	524	185.00–199.50	187.92
53	—	552	200.50	200.50
74	—	428	181.00–194.00	189.18
123	—	474	186.00–210.50	193.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	552	183.00	183.00
14	—	530	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	559	195.00	195.00
11	—	388	207.00–213.00	209.72
29	—	418	210.00–211.00	210.10
38	—	483	186.00–196.00	193.06
40	—	527	191.00–193.00	192.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	632	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	382	217.00–229.50	221.16
46	—	330	229.00–243.00	235.70
63	—	522	211.00–212.00	211.48
65	—	487	202.50–216.00	209.53
114	—	582	198.50–205.00	201.72
177	—	417	210.00–224.00	218.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	562	216.00	216.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,207	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,408	1,260.00–1,300.00	1,274.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,422	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,373.77

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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