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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003

Commission File No. 0-10810

KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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|Nebraska                        |  | 47-6131402                          
|                                |  |                                     
|(State or other jurisdiction of |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
|incorporation or organization)  |  |                                     
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|Trust Division                  |  |                                     
|U.S. Bank National Association  |  |                                     
|1700 Farnam Street              |  |                                     
|Omaha, Nebraska                 |  | 68102                               
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|(Address of Principal Executive |  | (Zip Code)                          
|Offices)                        |  |                                     

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| | ---------------------------------------------------- | 
| | (402) 348-6000                                       | 
| |                                                      | 
| | (Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code) | 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x
No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2) Yes o
No x

There were 12,633,432 Units of Beneficial Interest outstanding as of May
14, 2003.





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KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2003

INDEX

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|------------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | ---- | - | 
|                               |         |                                                                                       |    | Page
|                               |         |                                                                                       |    |     
|Part I.  Financial Information |         |                                                                                       |    |     
|                              
|                               | Item 1. | Financial Statements                                                                  |    |      | 3 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 2. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations |    |      | 6 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk                            |    |      | 7 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 4. | Controls and Procedures                                                               |    |      | 8 | 
|                              
|Part II.  Other Information    |         |                                                                                       |    |     
|                              
|                               | Item 1. | Legal Proceedings                                                                     |    |      | 8 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 2. | Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds                                             |    |      | 8 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities                                                       |    |      | 8 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                                   |    |      | 8 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 5. | Other Information                                                                     |    |      | 9 | 
|                              
|                               | Item 6. | Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                                      |    |      | 9 | 
|                              
|Signature                      |         |                                                                                       | 10 |     
|                              
|Certification                  |         |                                                                                       | 11 |     

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PART I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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|------- |  | ---------------------
|Item 1. |  | Financial Statements.

KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS
unaudited as of March 31, 2003 and audited as of December 31, 2002

|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | --------- | ----------------- |  | - | --------- | -
|                                                                                 |  | March 31, 2003 |           | December 31, 2002
|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                  
|                                                                                 |  | (unaudited)    |           |                   |  |  
|ASSETS                                                                           |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|Cash Equivalents                                                                 |  | $              | 1,358,655 |                   |  | $ | 189,611   |  
|Trust reserves                                                                   |  |                | 783,317   |                   |  |   | 783,317   |  
|Royalty and overriding
royalty interests in coal
leases                          |  |                | 167,817   |                   |  |   | 167,817   |  
|Less accumulated amortization                                                    |  |                | (138,122  | )                 |  |   | (137,500  | )
|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|Net royalty and overriding
royalty interests in coal leases                      |  |                | 29,695    |                   |  |   | 30,317    |  
|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|Total Assets                                                                     |  | $              | 2,171,667 |                   |  | $ | 1,003,245 |  
|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|LIABILITIES AND
TRUST CORPUS                                                     |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|Distributions payable to unit
holders                                            |  | $              | 1,358,655 |                   |  | $ | 189,611   |  
|Trust reserves payable                                                           |  |                | 783,317   |                   |  |   | 783,317   |  
|Trust corpus: 12,633,432 units of
beneficial interest authorized
and outstanding |  |                | 29,695    |                   |  |   | 30,317    |  
|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  
|Total Liabilities and Trust Corpus                                               |  | $              | 2,171,667 |                   |  | $ | 1,003,245 |  
|                                                                                 |  |                |           |                   |  |   |           |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the financial statements.

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KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST
STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME
(unaudited )

|                              |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           |  
|----------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | --------- | ---- |  | - | --------- | -
|                              |  | Three Months Ended March 31
|                              |  |                            
|                              |  | 2003                        |           | 2002
|                              |  |                             |           |     
|Royalty income                |  | $                           | 1,381,149 |      |  | $ | 2,098,047 |  
|Interest income               |  |                             | 4,993     |      |  |   | 9,507     |  
|Trust expenses                |  |                             | (27,487   | )    |  |   | (30,327   | )
|                              |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Distributable income          |  | $                           | 1,358,655 |      |  | $ | 2,077,227 |  
|                              |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           |  
|Distributable income per unit |  | $                           | 0.1075444 |      |  | $ | 0.1644230 |  
|                              |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           |  

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CORPUS
(unaudited )

|                                  |  |                             |            |      |  |   |            |  
|--------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | ---------- | ---- |  | - | ---------- | -
|                                  |  | Three Months Ended March 31
|                                  |  |                            
|                                  |  | 2003                        |            | 2002
|                                  |  |                             |            |     
|Trust corpus as of January 1      |  | $                           | 30,317     |      |  | $ | 37,386     |  
|Amortization of royalty interests |  |                             | (622       | )    |  |   | (4,357     | )
|Distributable income              |  |                             | 1,358,655  |      |  |   | 2,077,227  |  
|Distributions to unit holders     |  |                             | (1,358,655 | )    |  |   | (2,077,277 | )
|                                  |  |                             |            |      |  |   |            |  
|Trust corpus as of March 31       |  | $                           | 29,695     |      |  | $ | 33,029     |  
|                                  |  |                             |            |      |  |   |            |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the financial statements.

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KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the instructions for Form 10-Q and do not necessarily include all of the
information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the
Trustees opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been
included. For further information, refer to the financial statements and
footnotes included in the Trusts annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a)  Basis of Accounting:



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| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared on the
following basis:



| | (1) |  | Royalty income is recorded on a cash receipt basis.                                                                                                                                                              
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|
| | (2) |  | Trust administration expenses are recorded in the month in which
they are paid.                                                                                                                                  
|
| | (3) |  | Amortization of the net royalty and overriding royalty
interests, which is calculated on a units-of-production basis, is
charged directly to trust corpus since such amount does not affect
distributable income.
|
| | (4) |  | Royalty reserves will be
recognized upon settlement of litigation.                                                                                                                                               



| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | The preparation of financial statements requires estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
|
| | While these statements differ from financial statements prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America, the cash basis of reporting revenues is considered to be the most
meaningful because Quarterly Distributions to Unit Holders are based on net
cash receipts.                                       

(b)  Cash Equivalents:



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| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | The Trust
considers all highly liquid financial instruments with original
maturities of 3 months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

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|        |  |                                                                                       
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|Item 2. |  | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

a.       Material Changes in Financial Condition.

Kiewit Royalty Trust (the Trust) is a royalty trust with royalty and
overriding royalty interests in certain coal leases. The Trust was formed for
the purposes of (1) administering the income received from such coal leases and
(2) distributing such income (together with interest earned thereon less
payment of or provision for obligations) to the holders of the Units of
Beneficial Interest.

b.        Material Changes in Results of Operations.

During the three months ended March 31, 2003, the Trust received a total
of $1,381,149 of royalty and overriding royalty payments. The following
schedule reflects the gross royalty and overriding royalty payments received by
the Trust in respect of leases at the following mines:

|             |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           | 
|------------ |  | --------------------------- | --------- | ---- |  | - | --------- | 
|             |  | Three Months Ended March 31
|             |  |                            
|Mine         |  | 2003                        |           | 2002
|             |  |                             |           |     
|Decker       |  | $                           | 1,381,149 |      |  | $ | 2,098,047 | 
|Big Horn     |  |                             |          |      |  |   |          | 
|Spring Creek |  |                             |          |      |  |   |          | 
|             |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           | 
|Totals:      |  | $                           | 1,381,149 |      |  | $ | 2,098,047 | 
|             |  |                             |           |      |  |   |           | 



| |                    
| | -------------------
| | i.     Decker Mine.

Royalty
and overriding royalty amounts received by the Trust from the
Decker Mine decreased to $1,381,149 during the first three months of 2003 as
compared to $2,098,047 received during the same period in 2002. These changes
in royalty and overriding royalty amounts received were due to changes in the
relative amounts of coal mined under leases bearing high and low overriding
royalty rates per ton, which are a normal result of the execution of a mining
plan encompassing several coal leases bearing different royalty rates.

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| |                       
| | ----------------------
| | ii.     Big Horn Mine.

No

royalties were received from the Big Horn Mine during the first three
months of 2003 or 2002. The Big Horn Mine has reached the end of its
production cycle and it is foreseen that the Trust will receive no further
payments deriving from coal production from the Big Horn Mine.



| |                            
| | ---------------------------
| | iii.     Spring Creek Mine.

No

royalties were received from the Spring Creek Mine during the first
three months of 2003 and 2002 because royalties with respect to this mine are
typically paid by the mine operators on an annual basis during the second half
of the calendar year.



| |                        
| | -----------------------
| | iv.     Trust Expenses.

Trust
expenses decreased to $27,487 in the first three months of 2003, as
compared to $30,327 for the same period in 2002. This decrease was due
principally to a decrease in audit and legal fees paid during this period.



| |                      
| | ---------------------
| | v.     Trust Reserve.

On

June 29, 2001, the Trustee received notification from the operator of
the Spring Creek Mine initially alleging overpayments aggregating approximately
$476,000 related to the Trusts overriding royalty interest that were remitted
during the period from 1996 to 2000. Accordingly, the $783,317 royalty payment
received from the Spring Creek Mine on July 31, 2001 is being held in reserve
in connection with this matter. In April 2002, the Trust filed a complaint in
federal district court seeking a declaratory judgment and accounting against
Spring Creek Coal Company, the operator of the Spring Creek Mine, in connection
with this matter. On October 28, 2002, the Spring Creek Coal Company filed an
answer and a counterclaim to the Trusts complaint alleging that the Trust does
not own an overriding royalty interest in certain portions of lands encompassed
by Lease M-069782 at Spring Creek Mine. The Spring Creek Coal Company seeks
the return of $351,371 in allegedly mistaken payments made by it to the Trust
under such lease. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of this
litigation or whether it will have a material adverse effect on the Trusts
results of operations or financial condition. For a more detailed discussion
of the legal action instituted by the Trust, see Legal Proceedings.

|        |  |                                                            
|------- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------
|Item 3. |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.



| |                
| | ---------------
| | Not Applicable.

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|        |  |                         
|------- |  | ------------------------
|Item 4. |  | Controls and Procedures.



| |                
| | ---------------
| | Not Applicable.

PART II  OTHER INFORMATION.

|        |  |                   
|------- |  | ------------------
|Item 1. |  | Legal Proceedings.

On June 29, 2001, the Trustee received notification from the operator of
the Spring Creek Mine initially alleging overpayments aggregating approximately
$476,000 related to the Trusts overriding royalty interest that were remitted
during the period from 1996 to 2000. Accordingly, the $783,317 royalty payment
received from the Spring Creek Mine on July 31, 2001 is being held in reserve
in connection with this matter. In April 2002, the Trust filed a complaint in
Federal District Court for the District of Montana, Billings Division, seeking
a declaratory judgment and accounting against Spring Creek Coal Company, the
operator of the Spring Creek Mine. The suit seeks adjudication of a
reimbursement request to the Trust from Spring Creek Coal Company and an
accounting of all coal overriding royalties that Spring Creek Coal Company
should have paid to the Trust under certain agreements between the parties. On
October 28, 2002, the Spring Creek Coal Company filed an answer and a
counterclaim to the Trusts complaint alleging that the Trust does not own an
overriding royalty interest in certain portions of land encompassed by Lease
M-069782 at Spring Creek Mine. The Spring Creek Coal Company seeks the return
of $351,371 in allegedly mistaken payments made by it to the Trust under such
lease. A mandatory settlement conference between the parties has been
scheduled for June 10, 2003. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of
the litigation or whether it will have a material adverse effect on the Trusts
results of operations or financial condition. There are no other pending
material legal proceedings to which the Trust is a party or which any of its
property is the subject.

|        |  |                                           
|------- |  | ------------------------------------------
|Item 2. |  | Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.



| |                
| | ---------------
| | Not Applicable.

|        |  |                                 
|------- |  | --------------------------------
|Item 3. |  | Defaults Upon Senior Securities.



| |                
| | ---------------
| | Not Applicable.

|        |  |                                                     
|------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------
|Item 4. |  | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.



| |                
| | ---------------
| | Not Applicable.

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|        |  |                   
|------- |  | ------------------
|Item 5. |  | Other Information.



| |                
| | ---------------
| | Not Applicable.

|        |  |                                  
|------- |  | ---------------------------------
|Item 6. |  | Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.



| | a. |  | Exhibits
| | -- |  | --------

|                 |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|---------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|4.1              |  | Kiewit Royalty Trust Indenture
dated May 17, 1982, as amended June 9, 1982 and June
23, 1982 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Trusts Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
|4.2              |  | Order dated September 23, 1994, of
the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska (filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to the Trusts Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2002,
and incorporated herein by reference).             
|99.1*            |  | Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                         
|                
|* Filed herewith



| | b. |  | Reports on Form 8-K.
| | -- |  | --------------------

No
reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter for which this report is filed.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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| |  | KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST
(Registrant)                            
| |  |                                                               |  |                     
| |  | By: U.S. Bank National Association                           
| |  | in its capacity as Trustee and not in its individual capacity
| |  | or otherwise                                                 
| |  |                                                               |  |                     
| |  |                                                               |  | /s/ Susan K. Rosburg
| |  |                                                               |  |                     
| |  |                                                               |  | Susan K. Rosburg    
| |  |                                                               |  | Trust Officer       

Dated: May 15, 2003

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CERTIFICATION

I, Susan K. Rosburg, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Kiewit Royalty
Trust, for which U.S. Bank National Association acts as Trustee;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, distributable income and changes in trust
corpus of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
quarterly report;

4.     I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14), or for causing such procedures to be
established and maintained, for the registrant and I have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
controls and procedures to be designed, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant is made known to me by others within the registrant,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being
prepared;

b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
quarterly report (the Evaluation Date); and

c) presented in this quarterly report my conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on my evaluation
as of the Evaluation Date;

5.     I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation, to the
registrants auditors:

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves persons who have a
significant role in the registrants internal controls; and

6.     I have indicated in this quarterly report whether there were
significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of my most recent
evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses.

In giving the certifications in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above, I have relied
to the extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by Amber
Brewster, Bank of Oklahoma.

Date: May 15, 2003

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|By: |  | /s/ Susan K. Rosburg                      
|    |  |                                           
|    |  | Susan K. Rosburg                          
|    |  | Trust Officer                             
|    |  | U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

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