Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2021-08-27

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 27
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
497 head
▼ 4,418 vs last sale 4,915▼ 183 vs year ago 680 · −26.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.99/cwt on 336 head.
Average price
$150.99
336 head · 820 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,238
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$298
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.46
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2633152.4296528
Medium and Large 1837150.861,262308
One grade step is worth $1.56/cwt here — about −$298 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 sale336 hd
150.99
—
NE average7 barns · 6,491 hd
153.46
−2.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434208.00/cwt208.00–208.0090320
Steers—Medium and Large 1618171.88/cwt171.00–173.001,06228
Steers—Medium and Large 1668170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,13614
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full691164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,13324
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full844156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,31717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434180.51/cwt179.00–181.0078323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633152.42/cwt150.00–153.5096528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,05712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740153.24/cwt151.00–156.751,13454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806150.33/cwt148.50–153.001,21234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858149.53/cwt148.00–152.001,28390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed861147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1945147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1984143.56/cwt138.00–146.001,41335
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,022143.62/cwt142.50–145.251,46839
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,076137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,47410

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.