Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2026-10-30

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 30

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Oct 23Oct 30latest

Receipts

1,300 head

▼ 2,220 vs last sale 3,520▼ 1,040 vs year ago 2,340 · −44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings were available from last week for steers and heifers, with prices trending significantly lower today. Demand was moderate to good, supported by active internet bidding. The next auction is scheduled for November 6th, featuring a Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.96/cwt on 240 head, down $43.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −43.58 against this barn's trailing median of $468.53.

Average price

$424.96

▼ 43.58 vs prior sale

240 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$32.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.34

vs NE average

−10.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	430.15	2,484	202
Medium and Large 1-2	588	397.35	2,336	38

One grade step is worth $32.80/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale240 hd

424.96

—

NE average7 barns · 3,969 hd

459.30

−34.34

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−10.19

This barn, trailing median13 sales

468.53

−43.58

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.10, low $416.01, median $468.53 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

27 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	555.77/cwt	555.00–557.50	1,895	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	527.52/cwt	520.00–532.50	1,931	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,913	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	524.21/cwt	515.00–531.00	2,275	88
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	451.51/cwt	437.50–455.00	2,072	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	494.85/cwt	475.00–503.00	2,390	156
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	446.18/cwt	430.00–467.50	2,378	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	427.78/cwt	412.00–447.50	2,498	176
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	397.35/cwt	375.00–401.00	2,336	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	401.19/cwt	394.00–420.00	2,548	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	343.04/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,333	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,977	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	518.58/cwt	515.00–520.00	1,701	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	480.89/cwt	480.00–482.50	1,948	50
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	446.77/cwt	432.50–455.00	1,899	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,996	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	441.61/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,089	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	427.17/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,187	111
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	391.27/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,027	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,220	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,142	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,150	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,499	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	290.78/cwt	280.00–303.00	2,585	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,543	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	300.11/cwt	292.00–306.00	2,896	57
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	275.84/cwt	270.00–284.50	2,794	20

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 1,300Last week 3,520Year ago 2,340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,013	270.00–284.50	275.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	328	515.00–520.00	518.58
50	400–450	405	480.00–482.50	480.89
42	450–500	473	435.00–450.00	441.61
111	500–550	512	410.00–435.00	427.17
7	550–600	592	375.00	375.00
9	650–700	654	327.50	327.50
23	800–850	814	307.00	307.00
17	850–900	889	280.00–303.00	290.78
57	950–1000	965	292.00–306.00	300.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	400–450	425	432.50–455.00	446.77
26	450–500	467	427.50	427.50
21	500–550	518	387.50–400.00	391.27
14	700–750	739	291.00	291.00
12	900–950	905	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	341	555.00–557.50	555.77
13	350–400	366	520.00–532.50	527.52
88	400–450	434	515.00–531.00	524.21
156	450–500	483	475.00–503.00	494.85
26	500–550	533	430.00–467.50	446.18
176	550–600	584	412.00–447.50	427.78
21	600–650	635	394.00–420.00	401.19
28	650–700	680	340.00–346.00	343.04
21	850–900	858	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	470.00	470.00
27	450–500	459	437.50–455.00	451.51
38	550–600	588	375.00–401.00	397.35

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.