Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-21

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 very good today, for consigned cattle and very active internet bidding. Next Auction Date:

Nov 4th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.26/cwt on 1,259 head.

Average price

$217.26

1,259 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$20.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.67

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	219.35	1,178	1,118
Medium 1	519	202.71	1,053	72
Medium and Large 1-2	518	198.49	1,028	69

One grade step is worth $20.87/cwt here — about $150 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 sale1,259 hd

217.26

—

NE average10 barns · 13,467 hd

207.59

+9.67

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

37 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 1Unweaned	—	624	198.62/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,239	76
Heifers	Medium 1	—	384	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	437	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	940	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	177.23/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,008	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,248	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	164.60/cwt	162.00–168.00	955	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	213.96/cwt	203.50–219.00	1,247	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,099	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	213.13/cwt	202.00–219.00	1,145	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	241.04/cwt	230.00–250.50	798	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	222.65/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,089	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	240.85/cwt	230.50–248.00	1,021	153
Steers	Medium 1	—	405	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	883	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	174.39/cwt	171.00–179.00	1,195	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	246.09/cwt	240.00–249.00	906	19
Steers	Medium 1	—	460	211.80/cwt	207.00–215.00	974	15
Steers	Medium 1	—	566	196.09/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,110	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	191.11/cwt	181.00–199.00	1,101	37
Heifers	Medium 1Replacement	—	474	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,010	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	208.74/cwt	207.00–210.00	870	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	166.95/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,060	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	654	198.74/cwt	196.00–201.50	1,300	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,196	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	622	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,325	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	222.26/cwt	219.00–224.00	853	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	213.38/cwt	205.00–217.00	928	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,505	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	194.14/cwt	181.00–199.00	922	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	506	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,042	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	795	6
Heifers	Medium 1Replacement	—	508	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,006	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	217.02/cwt	207.50–220.50	714	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	184.94/cwt	180.00–189.00	984	49

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 Oct 21, 2022

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

Receipts 2,225Last week 1,760Year ago 2,655

Nov 4th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	624	190.00–204.00	198.62
35	—	685	171.00–179.00	174.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	583	203.50–219.00	213.96
128	—	537	202.00–219.00	213.13
15	—	331	230.00–250.50	241.04
137	—	489	214.00–226.00	222.65
153	—	424	230.50–248.00	240.85
19	—	368	240.00–249.00	246.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	547	201.00	201.00
37	—	576	181.00–199.00	191.11
21	—	417	207.00–210.00	208.74
5	—	476	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	405	218.00	218.00
15	—	460	207.00–215.00	211.80
46	—	566	195.00–197.00	196.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	654	196.00–201.50	198.74
232	—	529	226.00	226.00
96	—	622	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	384	191.00	191.00
9	—	437	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	569	177.00–178.00	177.23
16	—	709	176.00	176.00
74	—	384	219.00–224.00	222.26
94	—	435	205.00–217.00	213.38
6	—	865	174.00	174.00
52	—	475	181.00–199.00	194.14
31	—	329	207.50–220.50	217.02
49	—	532	180.00–189.00	184.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	580	162.00–168.00	164.60
6	—	490	193.00	193.00
6	—	410	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	474	213.00	213.00
9	—	508	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	635	166.00–170.00	166.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	170.00	170.00
7	—	635	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	506	206.00	206.00

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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