Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2022-08-26

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,560 head
2,560 vs last sale 0 2,063 vs year ago 497 · +415.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
462 vs last sale 550 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with an active internet. Bred cows today were bred black and was a complete dispersion of Fall Bred Cows off a single ranch. Next Auction Date Sept 9th and 16th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.29/cwt on 1,502 head.
Average price
$186.29
1,502 head · 898 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.71
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1880189.201,6641,169
Medium and Large 1-2790181.711,436117
Large 11,058173.001,830216
One grade step is worth $16.20/cwt here — about −$166 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 sale1,502 hd
186.29
NE average9 barns · 13,086 hd
198.99
−12.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,318$1,85916
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,561$1,52518
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,555$1,49144

Every lot, as filed

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11,120146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,63510
HeifersMedium and Large 1404200.00/cwt200.00–200.008086
HeifersMedium and Large 1593192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,13919
HeifersMedium and Large 11,035157.32/cwt155.50–159.001,62840
HeifersMedium and Large 1707178.30/cwt178.00–178.501,26153
HeifersMedium and Large 1801173.31/cwt171.75–182.001,38853
SteersMedium and Large 1958175.25/cwt175.25–175.251,679114
SteersMedium and Large 1826198.80/cwt190.00–203.001,642224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578187.78/cwt182.00–190.001,08521
SteersMedium and Large 1889183.20/cwt178.00–190.501,629341
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,051160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6828
SteersMedium and Large 1577225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,30112
SteersMedium and Large 1760195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,48633
SteersMedium and Large 11,018174.31/cwt172.00–174.501,77467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3656
HeifersMedium and Large 1937170.31/cwt162.00–176.751,596213
SteersMedium and Large 1716209.82/cwt203.50–216.001,50290
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2966159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,5368
SteersLarge 11,058173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,830216
SteersMedium and Large 1439235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0329
SteersMedium and Large 1940187.66/cwt186.50–191.001,764279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,03010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820182.77/cwt179.00–187.501,49982
HeifersMedium and Large 1867173.64/cwt170.00–176.501,505127
HeifersMedium and Large 1771176.92/cwt176.00–178.001,364106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765160.41/cwt160.00–161.001,22710
HeifersMedium and Large 1977169.59/cwt159.00–170.251,657130
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5611,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,52518
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3181,859.10/head1,775.00–1,900.001,85916
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,5571,485.00/head1,485.00–1,485.001,48527
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5531,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,50017

How this sale compares

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.