Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2022-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. A very active internet today. Cold and windy weather in the area, next Auction Date Nov 25 Day after Thanksgiving Auction expecting 6500 head starting at 9:00 am no weigh ups

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $196.06/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$196.06

436 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,164

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$4.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	196.60	1,173	382
Medium and Large 1-2	574	192.24	1,103	54

One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about $69 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 sale436 hd

196.06

—

NE average9 barns · 12,584 hd

202.62

−6.56

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

22 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	—	350	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,209	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,130	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	180.33/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,039	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,022	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	192.31/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,181	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	224.35/cwt	220.00–232.00	974	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,047	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	182.29/cwt	181.00–185.00	1,384	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	197.83/cwt	195.50–205.00	1,143	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	198.52/cwt	194.00–207.00	945	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	195.39/cwt	187.00–205.00	1,004	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	193.31/cwt	192.00–194.00	1,127	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	188.35/cwt	185.50–190.00	1,187	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	182.30/cwt	180.00–183.00	970	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,117	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,016	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	223.25/cwt	223.25–223.25	1,228	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	186.09/cwt	179.00–193.00	1,239	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	204.07/cwt	195.00–213.50	1,063	71

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 Nov 18, 2022

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

Receipts 884Last week 2,695Year ago 1,605

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	350	233.00	233.00
5	—	742	163.00	163.00
9	—	422	206.00	206.00
9	—	681	166.00	166.00
36	—	576	174.00–185.00	180.33
40	—	476	194.00–207.00	198.52
51	—	514	187.00–205.00	195.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	495	175.00	175.00
21	—	532	180.00–183.00	182.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	661	169.00	169.00
6	—	605	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	542	188.50	188.50
42	—	583	192.00–194.00	193.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	614	189.00–195.00	192.31
14	—	434	220.00–232.00	224.35
14	—	476	220.00	220.00
19	—	759	181.00–185.00	182.29
63	—	578	195.50–205.00	197.83
81	—	666	179.00–193.00	186.09
71	—	521	195.00–213.50	204.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	630	185.50–190.00	188.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	550	223.25	223.25

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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