Need advice on Deadlifts

Okay so I just started doing deadlifts for the first time today since I heard that it is such a good excercise and I had a couple questions.

My first question is that when I do deadlifts, I can tell that it is working my whole body because I get tired after, similar to squats. But I was wondering which parts of my body I should be feeling a burn in. Currently I feel it the most in the muscle in my upper back right between my shoulder blades, since I am trying to keep my back straight and stable. Is that normal? Just want to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong because I heard it's supposed to work legs and lower back. I don't think I went too heavy, since it was only 95 pounds that I was lifting, but it might have been heavy because I've never done deadlifts before. Just curious as to why I didn't feel it much in my legs and lower back, I'm thinking my legs are stronger than my back and my back needs to catch up or something, since I squat 165 but only deadlift 95... Any advice would be appreciated.
 
Deadlifts work almost every muscle in the body.

I feel it in my hams and lumbar region, but you could also feel it in your quads, forearms, lats, traps, etc.

Depends on what is weakest in the chain.

If you're certain your form is spot on, then I'd have to say it's your traps that are weakest.
 
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