Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-11-29

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-29

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 29

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Nov 22Nov 29Dec 6 →

Receipts

3,885 head

▲ 2,095 vs last sale 1,790▲ 3,885 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded sharply higher on the special day after Thanksgiving sale. Demand was very good with several local buyers,out of state and internet buyers. Sale comprised of yearlings, weaned and bawling spring calves. Some of the light calves are heading to yearling operators and to the wheat fields in the Southern Plains. Next Auction Date Dec 6th Bred Cow and Heifer Auction, Dec 13th Special Spring Calf & Feeder 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 $349.33/cwt on 646 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −119.20 against this barn's trailing median of $468.53.

Average price

$349.33

646 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$23.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.35

vs NE average

+25.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	350.19	1,938	622
Medium and Large 1-2	541	327.02	1,770	24

One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $168 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 sale646 hd

349.33

—

NE average3 barns · 1,361 hd

342.98

+6.35

National average38 barns · 6,986 hd

323.78

+25.55

This barn, trailing median13 sales

468.53

−119.20

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

57 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,466	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,517	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	420.59/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,640	84
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	399.89/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,668	59
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,359	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	464	406.50/cwt	406.50–406.50	1,886	150
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	381.15/cwt	355.00–397.50	1,791	155
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	334.44/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,746	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	366.95/cwt	352.50–372.00	1,923	211
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	531	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	1,930	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	339.55/cwt	329.00–352.50	1,942	376
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,817	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	311.72/cwt	297.50–322.50	1,954	180
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	297.61/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,902	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,785	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	654	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,897	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	275.52/cwt	252.00–287.50	1,849	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	305.99/cwt	293.00–313.50	2,084	264
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	290.29/cwt	280.00–297.00	2,061	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	246.00/cwt	220.00–268.00	1,754	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	744	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,994	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,118	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,087	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	797	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	2,269	76
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,133	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,915	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,214	53
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,546	60
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,029	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,356	6
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	255.10/cwt	255.10–255.10	2,679	260
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	372.77/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,226	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	363.70/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,386	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,353	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	366.76/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,474	106
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	340.64/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,455	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	332.60/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,570	133
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	317.28/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,561	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	319.08/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,627	102
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	304.20/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,627	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	305.45/cwt	291.00–316.00	1,723	166
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,682	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	610	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,793	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,667	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	279.01/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,747	74
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,673	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	669	269.70/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,804	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	258.74/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,746	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	238.33/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,695	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,815	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	241.63/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,885	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	249.82/cwt	241.00–251.50	2,049	151
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,999	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,090	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	236.52/cwt	232.00–238.00	2,207	45
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,180	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	961	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,028	5

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

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Receipts 3,885Last week 1,790Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	639	287.00–305.00	297.61
28	650–700	654	290.00	290.00
20	700–750	744	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	390.00	390.00
8	400–450	418	325.00	325.00
8	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
17	500–550	522	320.00–342.00	334.44
7	550–600	588	309.00	309.00
5	600–650	649	275.00	275.00
32	650–700	671	252.00–287.50	275.52
17	700–750	713	220.00–268.00	246.00
8	750–800	776	269.00	269.00
7	800–850	815	235.00	235.00
6	1000–1050	1,029	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	337	435.00	435.00
84	350–400	390	410.00–427.50	420.59
59	400–450	417	382.50–405.00	399.89
155	450–500	470	355.00–397.50	381.15
211	500–550	524	352.50–372.00	366.95
376	550–600	572	329.00–352.50	339.55
180	600–650	627	297.50–322.50	311.72
264	650–700	681	293.00–313.50	305.99
31	700–750	710	280.00–297.00	290.29
21	750–800	776	273.00	273.00
11	800–850	811	263.00	263.00
53	850–900	850	260.50	260.50
60	950–1000	981	259.50	259.50
260	1050–1100	1,050	255.10	255.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
150	450–500	464	406.50	406.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	531	363.50	363.50
76	750–800	797	284.75	284.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	395	342.50	342.50
49	400–450	427	325.00–342.50	340.64
67	450–500	492	315.00–317.50	317.28
40	500–550	535	300.00–305.00	304.20
29	550–600	588	286.00	286.00
6	700–750	711	238.00–240.00	238.33
16	750–800	780	241.00–243.00	241.63
9	850–900	869	230.00	230.00
5	950–1000	961	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	329	370.00–377.50	372.77
30	350–400	381	362.50–365.00	363.70
106	400–450	402	360.00–369.00	366.76
133	450–500	472	320.00–335.00	332.60
102	500–550	510	310.00–325.00	319.08
166	550–600	564	291.00–316.00	305.45
74	600–650	626	278.00–285.00	279.01
73	650–700	675	255.00–267.50	258.74
8	700–750	726	250.00	250.00
151	800–850	820	241.00–251.50	249.82
16	850–900	882	237.00	237.00
45	900–950	933	232.00–238.00	236.52
15	950–1000	952	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	615	271.00	271.00
9	650–700	656	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	610	294.00	294.00
24	650–700	669	263.00–273.00	269.70

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.