Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2023-03-10

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Mar 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
4,085 head
▲ 2,445 vs last sale 1,640▼ 145 vs year ago 4,230 · −3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given. Several buyers in the barn today and very active internet bidding. A high demand for light weight grass calves and home raised cattle off the ranch. Next Auction Date March 24th Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.08/cwt on 2,003 head.
Average price
$209.08
2,003 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,238
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.12
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592210.991,2481,843
Medium and Large 1-2598187.051,118160
One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $130 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 sale2,003 hd
209.08
—
NE average10 barns · 11,701 hd
197.96
+11.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1443288.91/cwt288.00–289.001,28072
Steers—Medium and Large 1505266.58/cwt262.00–274.501,346208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529238.19/cwt219.00–255.001,26049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2554236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,30711
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy567260.75/cwt260.75–260.751,478207
Steers—Medium and Large 1579243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,40785
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy608245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,49377
Steers—Medium and Large 1631222.68/cwt210.00–226.001,405247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635201.97/cwt191.00–205.501,28350
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy653244.25/cwt244.25–244.251,59576
Steers—Medium and Large 1729199.80/cwt196.00–201.001,457179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,68387
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC780201.25/cwt201.25–201.251,570116
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC808204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,64825
Steers—Medium and Large 1817191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,56575
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC871192.25/cwt192.25–192.251,674167
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC903186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,68034
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400234.00/cwt234.00–234.0093626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432224.48/cwt224.00–225.0097030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433209.00/cwt209.00–209.009056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462220.96/cwt215.00–226.001,021185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479200.83/cwt190.00–211.0096241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed492233.29/cwt231.00–235.001,148265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536223.57/cwt216.50–226.001,198443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567206.32/cwt200.00–218.001,170208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567191.13/cwt185.50–199.001,08448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609202.61/cwt186.50–205.001,234182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626172.29/cwt164.00–184.501,07932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662192.25/cwt187.00–195.001,27320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2697179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,24810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722182.71/cwt177.50–186.001,31976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC741190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,408175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,43814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC801187.75/cwt187.75–187.751,504210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2856174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,48918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1891166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,4799

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.