Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-12-13

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Dec 13

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

2,860 head

▲ 2,860 vs last sale 0▼ 85 vs year ago 2,945 · −2.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago weaned and non-weaned steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Very cold weather in the area. Next Auction Date Dec. 19th SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION-HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC - DAY 1, Dec 20th HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION - DAY 2

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 $334.81/cwt on 586 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −133.72 against this barn's trailing median of $468.53.

Average price

$334.81

586 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$19.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.80

vs NE average

+10.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	343.78	1,926	319
Medium and Large 1-2	543	324.10	1,761	267

One grade step is worth $19.69/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale586 hd

334.81

—

NE average7 barns · 3,900 hd

345.61

−10.80

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+10.46

This barn, trailing median13 sales

468.53

−133.72

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

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,146	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	384.59/cwt	370.00–394.00	1,519	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,367	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	334.17/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,527	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	369.20/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,761	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	356.22/cwt	337.50–377.50	1,874	130
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	325.98/cwt	307.50–332.50	1,741	217
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	335.23/cwt	322.50–347.50	1,958	189
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	315.93/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,845	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	315.14/cwt	267.50–338.00	1,989	232
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	293.93/cwt	292.00–297.50	1,866	87
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	269.34/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,721	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	305.08/cwt	282.50–313.00	2,029	339
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,921	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,893	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,138	73
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,940	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,070	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	359.80/cwt	357.50–364.00	1,374	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,370	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	341.06/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,480	131
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	305.19/cwt	292.00–317.50	1,428	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	336.19/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,580	105
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,460	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	307.17/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,594	66
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	266.83/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,526	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	290.03/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,676	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,533	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	274.03/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,713	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,638	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	264.20/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,762	174
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	255.75/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,737	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,668	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	237.58/cwt	232.50–241.50	1,855	27

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 Dec 13, 2024

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

Receipts 2,860Last week 0Year ago 2,945

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	450	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	335.00	335.00
12	350–400	399	342.50	342.50
42	450–500	457	327.50–342.50	334.17
217	500–550	534	307.50–332.50	325.98
50	550–600	584	312.50–317.50	315.93
13	600–650	639	252.50–280.00	269.34
10	700–750	701	270.00	270.00
9	750–800	776	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
87	600–650	635	292.00–297.50	293.93
19	650–700	668	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	395	370.00–394.00	384.59
26	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
89	450–500	477	350.00–377.50	369.20
130	500–550	526	337.50–377.50	356.22
189	550–600	584	322.50–347.50	335.23
232	600–650	631	267.50–338.00	315.14
339	650–700	665	282.50–313.00	305.08
73	700–750	736	290.50	290.50
38	750–800	790	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	382	357.50–364.00	359.80
131	400–450	434	340.00–350.00	341.06
105	450–500	470	330.00–351.00	336.19
66	500–550	519	295.00–315.00	307.17
89	550–600	578	285.00–295.00	290.03
39	600–650	625	260.00–279.00	274.03
174	650–700	667	260.00–267.00	264.20
10	700–750	701	238.00	238.00
27	750–800	781	232.50–241.50	237.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	414	331.00	331.00
40	450–500	468	292.00–317.50	305.19
7	500–550	507	288.00	288.00
57	550–600	572	261.00–278.00	266.83
6	600–650	636	257.50	257.50
27	650–700	679	255.00–256.00	255.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	601	255.00	255.00

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.