Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Auction of the New Year, No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers today and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date: Jan 13th Special Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.97/cwt on 1,749 head.

Average price

$199.97

1,749 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$6.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	692	200.71	1,389	1,561
Medium and Large 1-2	615	193.80	1,193	188

One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $197 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 sale1,749 hd

199.97

—

NE average8 barns · 13,441 hd

201.69

−1.73

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

29 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 1Fancy	—	557	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,203	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	794	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	175.05/cwt	163.00–177.50	1,257	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	199.14/cwt	196.00–201.50	928	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	201.63/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,075	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	196.68/cwt	189.00–202.00	1,229	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	220.25/cwt	214.50–222.00	1,275	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	191.46/cwt	184.50–199.00	1,384	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,138	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	220.48/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,140	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	198.86/cwt	193.00–201.00	1,128	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,137	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	187.62/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,469	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	183.98/cwt	177.50–187.25	1,501	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	202.56/cwt	193.00–211.00	1,375	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	185.99/cwt	181.00–191.00	986	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	189.09/cwt	186.00–192.00	1,178	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	187.64/cwt	178.00–188.50	1,229	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	207.73/cwt	204.00–213.50	1,309	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	178.47/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,007	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,230	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	177.97/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,107	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	174.44/cwt	169.00–176.00	1,184	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	186.64/cwt	179.00–193.00	1,267	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	193.33/cwt	188.00–199.00	1,123	92

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 Jan 6, 2023

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

Receipts 3,100Last week 0Year ago 3,035

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	557	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	364	218.00	218.00
42	—	718	163.00–177.50	175.05
51	—	466	196.00–201.50	199.14
63	—	533	200.00–208.00	201.63
357	—	625	189.00–202.00	196.68
90	—	679	179.00–193.00	186.64
92	—	581	188.00–199.00	193.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	530	181.00–191.00	185.99
5	—	470	187.00	187.00
14	—	564	174.00–186.00	178.47
18	—	769	160.00	160.00
47	—	622	175.00–181.00	177.97
86	—	679	169.00–176.00	174.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	579	214.50–222.00	220.25
364	—	723	184.50–199.00	191.46
12	—	499	228.00	228.00
44	—	517	220.00–221.00	220.48
92	—	783	184.00–188.00	187.62
231	—	816	177.50–187.25	183.98
348	—	679	193.00–211.00	202.56
6	—	926	170.00	170.00
181	—	630	204.00–213.50	207.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	567	193.00–201.00	198.86
23	—	529	215.00	215.00
26	—	623	186.00–192.00	189.09
76	—	655	178.00–188.50	187.64
7	—	827	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	675	220.00	220.00

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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