Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2023-08-25

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 25
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
940 head
2,251 vs last sale 3,191 1,620 vs year ago 2,560 · 63.3%
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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 several buyers and active internet bidding. Another hot and humid day in the Sandhills. Next Auction Dates for Sept 8th,15th, 22nd and 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.80/cwt on 528 head.
Average price
$258.80
528 head · 856 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.14
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1859258.822,222517
Medium and Large 1-2712257.911,83711thin
One grade step is worth $0.91/cwt here — about $386 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 sale528 hd
258.80
NE average7 barns · 4,945 hd
251.66
+7.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1983226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2227
HeifersMedium and Large 1570274.57/cwt270.00–279.001,56512
HeifersMedium and Large 1635264.19/cwt261.00–266.501,67812
HeifersMedium and Large 1776249.25/cwt246.00–254.501,93418
HeifersMedium and Large 1928230.26/cwt230.00–230.502,13721
HeifersMedium and Large 1700258.25/cwt258.25–258.251,80828
SteersMedium and Large 1519312.89/cwt300.00–314.001,62450
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2767238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,82910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed909235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,13617
SteersMedium and Large 1620295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,82912
SteersMedium and Large 1419337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,41237
SteersMedium and Large 1863253.46/cwt249.50–255.002,18755
SteersMedium and Large 1943245.25/cwt245.00–245.502,313243
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed980222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,1766
HeifersMedium and Large 1482305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,47341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9185
SteersMedium and Large 1987238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,354120
HeifersMedium and Large 1854241.98/cwt240.00–243.002,067104
HeifersMedium and Large 1403326.50/cwt326.50–326.501,31650

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.