Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-10-25

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 25
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
1,780 head
1,415 vs last sale 3,195 1,370 vs year ago 3,150 · 43.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Yearlings and Fall calves started the sale today, followed by Spring calves off the cow, a few weaned. Majority of calves with Fall shots. 450 to 500 lbs steers traded sharply lower and 450 lbs heifer traded steady. Demand was moderate to good with a good crowd of buyers at the barn and active internet bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.88/cwt on 379 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 184.28 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.
Average price
$305.88
379 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.04
vs NE average
+6.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539308.761,664336
Medium and Large 1-2549283.361,55543
One grade step is worth $25.40/cwt here — about $108 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
542508475441median 490.1601/0902/0603/0605/1508/07
Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.10, low $455.00, median $490.16 across 13 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 sale379 hd
305.88
NE average11 barns · 6,772 hd
308.92
−3.04
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
+6.84
This barn, trailing median13 sales
490.16
−184.28
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

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,36718
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,021222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,26720
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920219.66/cwt215.00–233.002,02143
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850824241.37/cwt241.00–242.001,98953
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900885236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,08980
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525269.68/cwt262.50–275.001,416108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335324.70/cwt322.50–327.501,08813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450401300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,20310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533287.21/cwt272.50–291.001,53125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500494284.23/cwt282.50–285.001,40426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650600247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571278.01/cwt269.00–282.501,58718
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470300.59/cwt292.50–305.001,413119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500454320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4538
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532311.21/cwt300.00–321.001,656251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650620269.25/cwt265.00–272.001,66972
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750717280.94/cwt277.00–281.502,01456
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,73130
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650632297.54/cwt295.00–300.001,880121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5859
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350346340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,17612
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559301.53/cwt295.00–313.001,68685
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700658297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,95423
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,1137
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480326.69/cwt324.00–335.001,568111
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421344.27/cwt330.00–358.001,44919
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382342.47/cwt337.50–357.501,30830
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600551266.54/cwt264.00–270.001,469152
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950932230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,14422
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665244.64/cwt244.00–245.001,62714

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.