Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2021-01-15

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
2,380 head
▼ 2,115 vs last sale 4,495▲ 2,380 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction in Burwell, NE 500 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 lower and 550 lbs heifers traded 9.00 lower and 600 lbs heifers traded 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with colder weather in the area with high winds. Next Auction Dates for Jan 22nd and 29th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.45/cwt on 1,460 head.
Average price
$154.45
1,460 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.81
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630154.609741,369
Medium and Large 1-2597152.2290891
One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about $66 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 sale1,460 hd
154.45
—
NE average10 barns · 23,661 hd
152.65
+1.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1393178.49/cwt170.00–187.0070122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429175.00/cwt175.00–175.007515
Steers—Medium and Large 1430192.66/cwt188.00–194.0082813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494169.00/cwt168.00–170.0083518
Steers—Medium and Large 1497183.43/cwt182.50–185.5091261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527161.00/cwt161.00–161.0084812
Steers—Medium and Large 1529173.39/cwt168.00–175.50917150
Steers—Medium and Large 1581161.04/cwt155.00–168.50936416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592153.12/cwt152.00–154.009069
Steers—Medium and Large 1628157.21/cwt154.00–161.50987128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633146.86/cwt146.00–148.0093014
Steers—Medium and Large 1673145.49/cwt143.75–150.00979250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689138.45/cwt138.00–139.0095433
Steers—Medium and Large 1714136.93/cwt132.00–139.00978107
Steers—Medium and Large 1776134.60/cwt134.35–134.751,044222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444165.00/cwt165.00–165.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482155.74/cwt153.00–163.0075177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489144.47/cwt142.00–148.0070628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517143.55/cwt140.00–145.0074233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526156.09/cwt150.50–159.0082186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576141.71/cwt139.00–145.00816119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2596136.00/cwt136.00–136.008119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619137.82/cwt134.50–140.00853212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621128.33/cwt122.00–131.0079720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658136.75/cwt136.75–136.7590098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684124.27/cwt123.00–125.0085021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706119.90/cwt119.00–120.0084621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769123.00/cwt123.00–123.0094633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,03515

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.