Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offering today with 750 lbs steers trading 7.00 higher and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with an active internet bidding. Next Auction Date March 3rd Spring Valley Ranch Bull Auction followed by consigned Bred Cow and Heifers

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.83/cwt on 830 head.

Average price

$188.83

830 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$11.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	189.41	1,282	789
Medium and Large 1-2	612	177.69	1,087	41

One grade step is worth $11.72/cwt here — about $195 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 sale830 hd

188.83

—

NE average7 barns · 8,489 hd

190.73

−1.90

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 1	—	542	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,051	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,023	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	213.66/cwt	209.00–221.00	906	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,153	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,203	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	197.30/cwt	194.00–199.50	1,417	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	193.83/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,250	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	711	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,514	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	188.08/cwt	185.50–189.50	1,443	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	202.99/cwt	201.00–208.00	1,190	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,455	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	174.98/cwt	174.00–175.50	1,564	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,099	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	720	189.06/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,361	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	192.34/cwt	190.00–201.00	1,269	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	592	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,172	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	680	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,312	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	211.45/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,121	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	225.12/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,378	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,055	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	185.81/cwt	180.00–190.00	979	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	172.29/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,306	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	179.80/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,329	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,204	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	192.35/cwt	189.50–195.00	1,187	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	762	188.69/cwt	186.75–196.00	1,438	80

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.

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Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	194.00	194.00
10	—	324	230.00	230.00
10	—	494	207.00	207.00
18	—	424	209.00–221.00	213.66
46	—	596	193.50	193.50
53	—	659	182.50	182.50
54	—	758	170.00–176.00	172.29
75	—	739	177.00–180.00	179.80
121	—	617	189.50–195.00	192.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	720	184.00–195.00	189.06
80	—	762	186.75–196.00	188.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	592	198.00	198.00
101	—	680	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	689	170.00	170.00
22	—	527	180.00–190.00	185.81
13	—	719	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	718	194.00–199.50	197.30
11	—	595	220.00	220.00
157	—	767	185.50–189.50	188.08
20	—	894	174.00–175.50	174.98
12	—	407	270.00	270.00
39	—	660	190.00–201.00	192.34
21	—	530	205.00–214.00	211.45
156	—	612	219.00–231.00	225.12
7	—	473	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	645	180.00–199.00	193.83
31	—	586	201.00–208.00	202.99
11	—	815	178.50	178.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	711	213.00	213.00

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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