Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2022-02-25

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 25
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
1,200 head
▼ 2,710 vs last sale 3,910▼ 465 vs year ago 1,665 · −27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 650 lbs steers trading 4.00 lower and 700 lbs heifers trading 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with an active internet. Warmer weather forcasted in the area for next week. Expecting 5500 to 6000 head for next week, Friday March 4th 11:30 am start time

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.09/cwt on 661 head.
Average price
$168.09
661 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,240
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.13
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1742169.511,258520
Medium and Large 1-2721162.851,175141
One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $83 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 sale661 hd
168.09
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NE average8 barns · 9,606 hd
182.22
−14.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1427206.00/cwt206.00–206.008807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517191.91/cwt185.00–197.5099218
Steers—Medium and Large 1533200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,06625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,09711
Steers—Medium and Large 1668176.14/cwt169.00–182.001,177163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,11818
Steers—Medium and Large 1719170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,22220
Steers—Medium and Large 1758169.78/cwt156.00–172.501,287133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774154.37/cwt153.50–156.001,19567
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811152.90/cwt152.00–154.001,24027
Steers—Medium and Large 1818163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,33381
Steers—Medium and Large 1855152.77/cwt150.50–153.501,30675
Steers—Medium and Large 1939147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,38016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380195.00/cwt195.00–195.007416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1492177.00/cwt177.00–177.0087118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520167.00/cwt167.00–167.0086813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529167.65/cwt163.00–172.0088717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570171.42/cwt166.00–173.0097789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630163.88/cwt158.00–165.501,03290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670154.15/cwt154.00–154.501,03375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727153.87/cwt153.00–155.001,119133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815141.66/cwt140.00–142.501,15544

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.