Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2023-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.17/cwt on 691 head.

Average price

$233.17

691 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$311

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

$11.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	242.43	1,385	124
Medium and Large 1	734	231.15	1,696	567

One grade step is worth $11.28/cwt here — about −$311 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 sale691 hd

233.17

—

NE average6 barns · 2,964 hd

236.75

−3.58

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

18 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 1-2	—	600	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,425	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	540	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,542	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	611	282.53/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,726	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,551	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	461	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	248.34/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,334	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,353	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,674	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	556	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,610	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,596	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,627	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	206.25/cwt	206.25–206.25	1,829	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	227.12/cwt	218.50–230.00	1,606	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,873	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	828	204.15/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,690	70

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

Fri Jun 16, 2023

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

Receipts 925Last week 1,326Year ago 1,080

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	600	237.50	237.50
36	—	537	245.00–250.00	248.34
26	—	550	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	299.00	299.00
23	—	556	289.50	289.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	641	249.00	249.00
78	—	691	235.50	235.50
70	—	887	206.25	206.25
63	—	707	218.50–230.00	227.12
62	—	918	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	828	200.00–205.00	204.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	285.50	285.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	611	280.00–285.00	282.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	623	249.00	249.00
6	—	756	221.00	221.00
6	—	550	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	627	267.00	267.00
10	—	584	279.00	279.00

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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