Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings to make an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steer or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Dates for Jan 20th & 27th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.91/cwt on 806 head.

Average price

$194.91

806 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$4.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	195.22	1,345	744
Medium and Large 1-2	584	191.20	1,117	62

One grade step is worth $4.03/cwt here — about $228 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 sale806 hd

194.91

—

NE average13 barns · 27,927 hd

200.12

−5.21

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	1,538	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	190.12/cwt	182.00–191.00	1,270	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	171.72/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,166	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	209.43/cwt	206.00–215.00	892	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	209.91/cwt	206.00–212.00	976	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	186.16/cwt	179.00–189.50	1,069	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	176.15/cwt	172.50–179.00	1,104	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	198.55/cwt	197.00–201.00	911	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	218.33/cwt	217.00–219.25	1,205	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	179.00/cwt	176.25–183.50	1,308	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	962	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	206.85/cwt	194.00–208.75	1,285	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,195	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,539	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	222.83/cwt	221.00–225.00	938	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,031	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	226.10/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,049	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,103	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	200.11/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,111	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	220.16/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,143	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	173.05/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,016	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	666	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	975	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	884	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,070	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,167	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	178.90/cwt	178.50–182.00	1,370	86

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,490Last week 3,100Year ago 2,495

Not enough comparable offerings to make an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steer or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Dates for Jan 20th & 27th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	846	181.75	181.75
60	—	668	182.00–191.00	190.12
86	—	552	217.00–219.25	218.33
87	—	731	176.25–183.50	179.00
145	—	621	194.00–208.75	206.85
49	—	895	172.00	172.00
24	—	421	221.00–225.00	222.83
33	—	464	214.00–230.00	226.10
39	—	519	215.00–224.00	220.16
86	—	766	178.50–182.00	178.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	491	196.00	196.00
8	—	699	171.00	171.00
4	—	711	174.50	174.50
8	—	649	170.00	170.00
29	—	555	199.00–203.00	200.11
7	—	507	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,031	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	679	168.00–174.00	171.72
35	—	426	206.00–215.00	209.43
66	—	465	206.00–212.00	209.91
115	—	574	179.00–189.50	186.16
150	—	627	172.50–179.00	176.15
9	—	381	232.00	232.00
32	—	506	211.50	211.50
20	—	703	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	459	197.00–201.00	198.55
10	—	587	170.00–176.00	173.05
11	—	333	200.00	200.00
9	—	533	183.00	183.00

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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