Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date for April 28th Special Bred Female Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $222.48/cwt on 1,410 head.

Average price

$222.48

1,410 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$23.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	225.02	1,360	1,259
Medium and Large 1-2	591	201.29	1,190	151

One grade step is worth $23.73/cwt here — about $170 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 sale1,410 hd

222.48

—

NE average8 barns · 7,972 hd

217.09

+5.39

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

40 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 1Fleshy	—	555	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,179	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	236.60/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,138	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	273.37/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,055	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	210.35/cwt	203.00–214.00	1,464	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	239.82/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,237	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,047	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	262.42/cwt	260.50–275.00	1,491	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	297.46/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,276	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	456	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,361	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	747	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,634	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	850	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,751	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,538	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	639	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,591	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	517	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,396	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,211	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	240.87/cwt	232.00–243.00	1,522	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	632	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,403	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	281.05/cwt	279.00–291.50	1,301	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	229.77/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,565	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	251.33/cwt	235.00–262.00	1,352	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	276.41/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,440	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	185.16/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,259	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	226.80/cwt	223.50–233.00	1,313	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,658	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,198	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	180.65/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,290	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,449	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	273.43/cwt	257.50–305.00	1,006	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	182.73/cwt	177.50–188.25	1,471	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	203.97/cwt	193.00–209.00	1,505	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	236.08/cwt	232.50–245.00	982	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	252.92/cwt	247.50–257.00	1,088	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	218.28/cwt	214.00–227.50	1,375	166

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 Apr 14, 2023

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

Receipts 2,960Last week 1,900Year ago 1,420

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date for April 28th Special Bred Female Auction

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	555	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	481	232.00–240.00	236.60
50	—	386	270.00–274.00	273.37
75	—	696	203.00–214.00	210.35
78	—	516	235.00–244.00	239.82
221	—	579	223.50–233.00	226.80
89	—	805	177.50–188.25	182.73
211	—	738	193.00–209.00	203.97
101	—	430	247.50–257.00	252.92
166	—	630	214.00–227.50	218.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	520	212.50	212.50
56	—	680	180.00–193.00	185.16
7	—	352	230.00	230.00
7	—	616	194.50	194.50
25	—	714	180.00–181.00	180.65
5	—	464	229.00	229.00
14	—	585	200.00	200.00
31	—	416	232.50–245.00	236.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	632	222.00	222.00
137	—	518	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	346	302.50	302.50
68	—	568	260.50–275.00	262.42
69	—	429	290.00–300.00	297.46
37	—	392	309.00	309.00
83	—	632	232.00–243.00	240.87
68	—	463	279.00–291.50	281.05
156	—	681	226.00–236.00	229.77
142	—	521	265.00–287.50	276.41
22	—	786	211.00	211.00
28	—	725	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	456	298.50	298.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	747	218.75	218.75
57	—	850	206.00	206.00
108	—	639	249.00	249.00
141	—	517	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	435	235.00	235.00
18	—	696	221.00	221.00
41	—	538	235.00–262.00	251.33
22	—	368	257.50–305.00	273.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	671	216.00	216.00

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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