Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-10-18

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 18
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
3,195 head
▲ 2,285 vs last sale 910▲ 45 vs year ago 3,150 · +1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 550 to 600 lbs steers trading steady to 10.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and very active internet. Next Auction Dates Oct 25th and Nov 1st

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $320.54/cwt on 801 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −147.99 against this barn's trailing median of $468.53.
Average price
$320.54
801 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.83
vs NE average
+21.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556321.881,789741
Medium and Large 1-2520304.001,58160
One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale801 hd
320.54
—
NE average11 barns · 7,036 hd
313.72
+6.83
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
+21.21
This barn, trailing median13 sales
468.53
−147.99
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
542495449402median 468.5302/2704/2406/2610/0210/30
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

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,39017
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380382.01/cwt370.50–400.001,452133
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,37813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433348.68/cwt337.50–365.001,510281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486349.62/cwt325.00–353.501,699422
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493313.48/cwt295.00–320.001,54519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520304.00/cwt297.00–310.001,58160
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521327.90/cwt315.00–335.001,708304
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580317.70/cwt302.50–327.001,843437
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612290.80/cwt280.00–301.001,780161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,87113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6988
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0138
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325361.79/cwt337.50–375.001,17655
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378336.28/cwt332.50–343.001,271152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424311.63/cwt302.50–322.501,321164
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474300.61/cwt291.00–305.001,425313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy502312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,56959
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522292.45/cwt291.00–300.001,52779
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531263.18/cwt260.00–276.001,39729
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2886
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579269.85/cwt268.00–271.001,56287
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607259.15/cwt253.00–267.001,57316

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.