Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-01-26

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
4,970 head
▲ 4,970 vs last sale 0▼ 920 vs year ago 5,890 · −15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, steer offerings, 500 to 650 lbs traded 16.00 to as much as 30.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was very good today with several buyers at the barn and active internet bidding. Warmer weather in the area after several days of snow and wind. Next Auction Dates for Feb 2nd and 9th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $288.83/cwt on 2,790 head.
Average price
$288.83
2,790 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.52
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637289.461,8442,652
Medium and Large 1-2607276.601,679138
One grade step is worth $12.86/cwt here — about $165 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 sale2,790 hd
288.83
—
NE average12 barns · 23,276 hd
271.30
+17.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1429351.83/cwt342.50–354.001,50952
Steers—Medium and Large 1465340.41/cwt325.00–345.001,58387
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy479320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,53326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526304.96/cwt297.00–312.501,60465
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed530343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,818185
Steers—Medium and Large 1530333.04/cwt320.00–336.001,765233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5155
Steers—Medium and Large 1572312.27/cwt304.00–319.001,786401
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed601308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,85119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,62023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy622299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,860116
Steers—Medium and Large 1633279.95/cwt266.50–294.001,772290
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671255.96/cwt254.50–259.001,71718
Steers—Medium and Large 1672271.78/cwt263.50–276.001,826404
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy681282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,924115
Steers—Medium and Large 1726256.87/cwt250.00–261.501,865443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7459
Steers—Medium and Large 1773247.27/cwt242.00–253.501,911150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy777240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,86920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,80118
Steers—Medium and Large 1809229.53/cwt227.00–230.001,85757
Steers—Medium and Large 1867229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,98554
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378311.97/cwt307.50–320.001,17913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422307.28/cwt304.00–312.501,29777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463318.49/cwt302.50–338.001,475104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493295.43/cwt295.00–296.001,45642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,662170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517299.89/cwt291.00–307.501,550328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526276.03/cwt269.00–281.001,45247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585276.50/cwt267.00–287.001,618239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632256.48/cwt246.00–264.001,621275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661252.09/cwt245.00–254.001,666206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668234.97/cwt228.00–238.001,570103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,70422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725222.49/cwt211.00–225.001,61345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750224.51/cwt222.00–226.501,684188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,73926

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.