Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good for all offerings today. A welcome rain shower in the area to settle some dust. Next Auction Date Sept 30th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.52/cwt on 811 head.

Average price

$170.52

811 head · 902 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.77

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	894	171.39	1,533	786
Large 1	1,146	143.28	1,642	25

One grade step is worth $28.11/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale811 hd

170.52

—

NE average6 barns · 4,903 hd

187.29

−16.77

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,504	$1,250	10

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Large 1	—	1,207	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,738	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,122	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,604	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,106	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,618	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,584	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,563	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	175.65/cwt	171.00–177.50	1,602	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	171.02/cwt	169.00–172.50	1,397	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	173.10/cwt	173.10–173.10	1,537	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	162.67/cwt	149.50–165.10	1,661	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	171.75/cwt	169.50–172.00	1,563	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	853	173.25/cwt	173.25–173.25	1,478	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	817	177.92/cwt	177.00–178.50	1,454	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,060	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,528	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,504	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	10

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 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 980Last week 1,090Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 45Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,207	144.00	144.00
18	—	1,122	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	451	182.00	182.00
11	—	1,106	146.25	146.25
13	—	1,058	149.75	149.75
15	—	983	159.00	159.00
30	—	817	169.00–172.50	171.02
58	—	888	173.10	173.10
98	—	1,021	149.50–165.10	162.67
309	—	910	169.50–172.00	171.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	853	173.25	173.25
184	—	817	177.00–178.50	177.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	912	171.00–177.50	175.65
18	—	558	190.00	190.00
20	—	863	177.00	177.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,504	1,250.00	1,250.00

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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