Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 650 and 750 lbs steers traded 3.00 to 6.00 lower, with 800 lbs steers trading steady. Heifer offerings 650 and 750 lbs traded 4.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was good with a full crowd on hand today and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 17th Bred Cow & Heifer Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.98/cwt on 1,816 head.

Average price

$174.98

1,816 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$14.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	175.62	1,297	1,738
Medium and Large 1-2	741	160.79	1,191	78

One grade step is worth $14.83/cwt here — about $106 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 sale1,816 hd

174.98

—

NE average6 barns · 9,691 hd

182.58

−7.59

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

32 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	—	891	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,461	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,071	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,553	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	176.81/cwt	171.00–182.50	1,038	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,494	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	186.37/cwt	184.00–188.50	990	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	180.68/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,115	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	178.17/cwt	176.00–179.75	1,584	488
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	182.44/cwt	176.00–185.75	1,494	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,584	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,278	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,276	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	231.05/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,315	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,074	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	188.57/cwt	184.00–191.25	1,390	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	815	178.46/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,454	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	628	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,193	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	194.84/cwt	187.00–201.50	1,323	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,324	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	652	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,216	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	166.04/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,378	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	181.04/cwt	177.00–187.25	1,407	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,265	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,280	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	164.94/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,179	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	176.92/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,217	393
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	165.72/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,047	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	174.85/cwt	170.00–183.50	1,250	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	736	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,362	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	176.19/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,339	353
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,311	15

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 Feb 10, 2023

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

Receipts 3,290Last week 5,890Year ago 3,910

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	891	164.00	164.00
11	—	1,071	145.00	145.00
14	—	587	171.00–182.50	176.81
22	—	911	164.00	164.00
41	—	531	184.00–188.50	186.37
134	—	617	174.00–186.00	180.68
251	—	830	164.00–170.00	166.04
393	—	688	169.00–182.00	176.92
187	—	715	170.00–183.50	174.85
353	—	760	171.00–178.00	176.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	815	175.00–183.00	178.46
24	—	628	190.00	190.00
40	—	652	186.50	186.50
10	—	736	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	665	164.00	164.00
19	—	785	163.00	163.00
14	—	715	161.00–169.00	164.94
19	—	632	164.00–167.00	165.72
15	—	901	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
488	—	889	176.00–179.75	178.17
107	—	819	176.00–185.75	182.44
11	—	900	176.00	176.00
31	—	525	243.00	243.00
50	—	569	228.00–238.00	231.05
10	—	444	242.00	242.00
55	—	737	184.00–191.25	188.57
114	—	679	187.00–201.50	194.84
12	—	632	209.50	209.50
283	—	777	177.00–187.25	181.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	702	182.00	182.00
12	—	575	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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