Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-01-05

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
2,530 head
▲ 2,530 vs last sale 0▼ 570 vs year ago 3,100 · −18.4%
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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 the first cattle auction of the New Year. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Jan 12th and 19th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $268.57/cwt on 1,433 head.
Average price
$268.57
1,433 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.92
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646272.401,7611,260
Medium and Large 1-2638240.711,536173
One grade step is worth $31.69/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,433 hd
268.57
—
NE average8 barns · 14,795 hd
269.49
−0.92
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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1354337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,19513
Steers—Medium and Large 1405322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,30610
Steers—Medium and Large 1472315.77/cwt311.00–329.001,49051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479229.83/cwt222.50–242.001,10111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy483334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,61338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2637
Steers—Medium and Large 1522292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,52411
Steers—Medium and Large 1567301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,70731
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570310.50/cwt310.50–310.501,770200
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572268.50/cwt257.00–283.001,53642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622248.95/cwt245.00–251.001,54821
Steers—Medium and Large 1630273.00/cwt264.50–279.001,720163
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy650278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,80799
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677230.20/cwt220.00–239.001,55871
Steers—Medium and Large 1680256.33/cwt256.00–256.501,743241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy711252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,79543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5718
Steers—Medium and Large 1732243.54/cwt230.00–247.501,783331
Steers—Medium and Large 1765238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,82129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,76713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,08811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421279.23/cwt279.00–280.001,17634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470263.89/cwt263.00–265.001,24013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482256.75/cwt253.00–260.001,23818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,500125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528248.27/cwt246.00–250.001,31112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545234.13/cwt232.00–241.001,27634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy584271.60/cwt269.00–273.001,586155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584222.14/cwt221.00–225.001,29718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586253.18/cwt237.00–255.001,48485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement616268.08/cwt258.50–273.001,65162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637219.15/cwt216.00–225.001,39668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642245.28/cwt243.00–247.001,57547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667220.20/cwt219.00–221.001,46923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681230.50/cwt224.50–239.001,57092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706205.98/cwt204.00–210.001,45437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734212.75/cwt211.00–214.001,56221

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.