Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2022-03-04

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
4,230 head
▲ 3,030 vs last sale 1,200▼ 335 vs year ago 4,565 · −7.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 650 lbs steers trading 8.00 higher and 700 lbs heifers trading 5.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Dates for Mar 11th & 18th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.11/cwt on 2,099 head.
Average price
$197.11
2,099 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,240
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.27
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1631198.681,2531,887
Medium and Large 1-2611183.111,119212
One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about $134 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 sale2,099 hd
197.11
—
NE average9 barns · 12,391 hd
183.84
+13.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1448207.00/cwt207.00–207.0092712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465192.60/cwt182.00–198.0089623
Steers—Medium and Large 1488219.06/cwt215.00–227.001,06977
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy530235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,246142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537191.18/cwt188.00–199.001,02732
Steers—Medium and Large 1538223.00/cwt214.00–225.001,200208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574183.17/cwt180.50–187.001,05112
Steers—Medium and Large 1577216.71/cwt212.25–225.001,250176
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed585199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,16724
Steers—Medium and Large 1609203.99/cwt198.00–209.251,242439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612190.75/cwt190.75–190.751,16795
Steers—Medium and Large 1658184.07/cwt173.00–186.001,211263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1156
Steers—Medium and Large 1710178.88/cwt172.00–180.251,270392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743157.67/cwt147.00–160.001,17144
Steers—Medium and Large 1765162.85/cwt161.25–164.001,24654
Steers—Medium and Large 1838164.09/cwt151.00–165.001,37578
Steers—Medium and Large 1880145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,28022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373201.00/cwt201.00–201.007505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419192.91/cwt187.00–196.0080847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483184.83/cwt181.50–193.00893207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490174.33/cwt166.50–178.00854137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513162.50/cwt161.00–163.0083425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523175.04/cwt169.00–180.00915185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564154.32/cwt146.00–161.5087029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568173.54/cwt169.00–176.00986207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613158.53/cwt154.50–160.75972195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646141.50/cwt141.50–141.5091425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672150.32/cwt147.50–153.001,010133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed694160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,110254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704148.21/cwt141.50–149.501,043253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778147.80/cwt141.50–149.751,150108

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.