Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last weeks a trend will not be given. Today's auction started the day with Feeders off grass, pregged checked open heifers then onto Fall calves and finished up the auction with Spring calves. Demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 16th 23rd & 30th Spring Calf and Feeder Auctions

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.89/cwt on 68 head, up $10.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −27.21 against this barn's trailing median of $441.10.

Average price

$413.89

▲ 10.95 vs prior sale

68 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$177

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.55

vs NE average

+60.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	415.00	2,162	20
Medium and Large 1	566	413.42	2,339	48

One grade step is worth $1.58/cwt here — about −$177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.71, low $402.86, median $441.10 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale68 hd

413.89

—

NE average5 barns · 892 hd

423.44

−9.55

National average179 barns · 12,503 hd

352.96

+60.93

This barn, trailing median14 sales

441.10

−27.21

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

32 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	268.82/cwt	260.00–276.00	2,844	26
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	288.64/cwt	280.00–296.00	2,973	371
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	322.39/cwt	311.00–325.00	2,595	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	365.20/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,984	140
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	917	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,659	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	424.34/cwt	386.00–443.00	2,402	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,855	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,180	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,969	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	298.44/cwt	296.00–301.00	2,450	12
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,210	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,666	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,248	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	293.68/cwt	290.00–303.00	2,875	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	301.25/cwt	286.00–308.00	2,778	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	388.18/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,434	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	811	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,644	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	755	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,552	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,162	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	920	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,829	316
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,291	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	360.53/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,614	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	984	287.28/cwt	285.00–289.00	2,827	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	402.48/cwt	377.50–422.50	2,367	34

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Fri Oct 2, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,090Last week 440Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
371	1000–1050	1,030	280.00–296.00	288.64
26	1050–1100	1,058	260.00–276.00	268.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
34	550–600	588	377.50–422.50	402.48
158	800–850	805	311.00–325.00	322.39
122	900–950	922	286.00–308.00	301.25
82	950–1000	979	290.00–303.00	293.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	463	450.00	450.00
20	500–550	521	415.00	415.00
6	650–700	680	328.00	328.00
12	800–850	821	296.00–301.00	298.44
7	850–900	881	298.00	298.00
14	950–1000	984	285.00–289.00	287.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	750–800	755	338.00	338.00
52	800–850	811	326.00	326.00
316	900–950	920	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	502.50	502.50
6	400–450	420	495.00	495.00
6	500–550	508	442.50	442.50
32	550–600	566	386.00–443.00	424.34
37	600–650	627	386.00–390.00	388.18
110	700–750	725	340.00–365.00	360.53
140	800–850	817	360.00–371.00	365.20
60	900–950	908	327.00	327.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	790	320.00	320.00
14	900–950	917	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	474	460.00	460.00
23	550–600	556	397.50	397.50
10	800–850	846	337.50	337.50
17	850–900	877	304.00	304.00
8	900–950	941	298.00	298.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	1000–1050	1,022	322.00	322.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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