Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2023-11-03

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 3
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
1,950 head
1,200 vs last sale 3,150 745 vs year ago 2,695 · 27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 450 to 550 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower and 500 lbs heifer offerings traded 6.00 higher. Demand was good for all offerings with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Nov 10th 17th and 24th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $303.16/cwt on 1,102 head.
Average price
$303.16
1,102 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.03
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538307.091,651853
Medium and Large 1-2544289.671,575249
One grade step is worth $17.42/cwt here — about $76 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 sale1,102 hd
303.16
NE average10 barns · 14,843 hd
295.12
+8.03
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

23 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 1420276.74/cwt271.00–285.001,16278
HeifersMedium and Large 1667243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,62116
HeifersMedium and Large 1608243.17/cwt241.00–243.501,47838
HeifersMedium and Large 1586259.02/cwt253.00–262.001,51851
HeifersMedium and Large 1464285.27/cwt281.00–298.001,32466
HeifersMedium and Large 1521282.16/cwt274.50–292.001,470161
SteersMedium and Large 1623277.96/cwt271.00–288.501,732232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645254.58/cwt245.00–269.001,64264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2446312.98/cwt311.00–318.001,39635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526300.81/cwt273.00–311.001,58267
SteersMedium and Large 1585295.31/cwt290.00–303.001,728144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578285.46/cwt275.00–288.001,65036
SteersMedium and Large 1512321.40/cwt313.00–331.001,646263
SteersMedium and Large 1374341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,27522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523261.53/cwt245.00–271.001,36875
SteersMedium and Large 1478330.57/cwt320.00–332.001,580111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2351270.00/cwt270.00–270.009485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,40018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476269.12/cwt265.00–271.001,28156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2406266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,0808
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495308.35/cwt300.00–311.001,52642
SteersMedium and Large 1418323.62/cwt320.00–337.001,35381

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.