Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2020-08-07

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
4,585 head
▲ 3,910 vs last sale 675▲ 710 vs year ago 3,875 · +18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special BBQ and Customer Appreciation Auction consisted of fall and yearling cattle. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Date Aug. 21st.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.68/cwt on 2,660 head.
Average price
$150.68
2,660 head · 797 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,200
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$286
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.82
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554165.6191837
Medium and Large 1800150.471,2042,623
One grade step is worth $15.14/cwt here — about −$286 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 sale2,660 hd
150.68
—
NE average8 barns · 8,638 hd
146.85
+3.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1476183.00/cwt183.00–183.008717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495169.00/cwt169.00–169.0083710
Steers—Medium and Large 1528179.22/cwt176.00–180.5094639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533167.00/cwt167.00–167.0089016
Steers—Medium and Large 1571175.24/cwt171.00–176.501,00181
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned587151.00/cwt151.00–151.0088617
Steers—Medium and Large 1622170.41/cwt166.00–179.001,060107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,02611
Steers—Medium and Large 1665163.19/cwt154.50–169.501,085240
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural724155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,12230
Steers—Medium and Large 1730156.46/cwt154.00–162.001,142362
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned731139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,01616
Steers—Medium and Large 1781144.71/cwt143.50–146.001,13031
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural798160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,277128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned822130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,06912
Steers—Medium and Large 1824144.27/cwt141.50–146.751,189484
Steers—Medium and Large 1866145.18/cwt139.50–148.751,257610
Steers—Medium and Large 1926141.23/cwt135.00–143.251,308325
Steers—Medium and Large 1970133.75/cwt132.50–134.851,297134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489160.60/cwt158.50–162.5078515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528161.59/cwt159.00–165.0085329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562159.66/cwt155.00–162.0089764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Spayed568149.00/cwt149.00–149.008469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed580158.00/cwt158.00–158.0091614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585149.00/cwt149.00–149.008729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615157.64/cwt152.50–160.50969211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630132.75/cwt132.75–132.7583612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed657156.46/cwt150.50–158.001,02860
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural664158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,04951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686149.17/cwt146.00–151.751,023154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1702144.24/cwt139.00–146.751,01331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned705131.00/cwt131.00–131.0092420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed751141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,06564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756141.87/cwt141.50–142.101,073129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806134.86/cwt130.00–136.001,087138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879135.01/cwt132.00–136.851,187190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915135.22/cwt130.00–139.001,237117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1959130.28/cwt130.00–130.501,24918
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,014126.23/cwt125.00–127.001,28013

This sale against other markets

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.