Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported auction for the New Year, its been several weeks since a reported sale, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. A higher undertone should be noted for the day. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Jan 17th 24th and 31st

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.93/cwt on 305 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −150.23 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$339.93

305 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.46

vs NE average

−2.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	343.25	1,950	213
Medium and Large 1-2	551	332.25	1,829	92

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about $121 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

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 sale305 hd

339.93

—

NE average11 barns · 5,936 hd

357.39

−17.46

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−2.15

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−150.23

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

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	257.15/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,977	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	352.94/cwt	345.00–367.00	1,447	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	378.78/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,424	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,949	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	337.71/cwt	329.00–344.00	1,736	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	335.92/cwt	327.50–346.00	1,609	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	324.80/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,874	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	335.51/cwt	331.00–352.50	1,808	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	379.23/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,452	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	353.29/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,491	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	307.65/cwt	298.00–318.50	1,969	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	334.57/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,536	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	340.07/cwt	328.00–347.00	2,173	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	294.62/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,939	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,659	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,773	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	273.62/cwt	271.00–277.50	1,672	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	386.50/cwt	372.50–398.00	1,832	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	359.54/cwt	348.00–375.00	1,884	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	289.56/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,818	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	317.11/cwt	312.50–323.00	1,836	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	343.66/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,990	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,554	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	361.09/cwt	352.50–365.50	1,730	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	646	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,125	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	315.56/cwt	294.50–320.00	2,294	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	279.79/cwt	272.00–285.25	2,275	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	283.26/cwt	277.00–288.50	1,904	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.80/cwt	306.00–326.00	2,116	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,260	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	370.38/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,570	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	284.05/cwt	275.00–288.50	2,153	84

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	376	375.00–385.00	378.78
19	400–450	410	345.00–367.00	352.94
67	450–500	479	352.50–365.50	361.09
52	500–550	514	329.00–344.00	337.71
120	550–600	579	312.50–323.00	317.11
54	600–650	628	284.00–300.00	289.56
120	650–700	672	277.00–288.50	283.26
39	700–750	714	273.00	273.00
45	750–800	769	255.00–258.00	257.15
6	800–850	830	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	370.00	370.00
27	450–500	459	327.50–345.00	334.57
41	500–550	537	309.00	309.00
16	550–600	587	302.00	302.00
43	600–650	611	271.00–277.50	273.62
6	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	646	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	383	360.00–400.00	379.23
20	400–450	422	347.00–360.00	353.29
13	450–500	479	327.50–346.00	335.92
64	500–550	539	331.00–352.50	335.51
28	550–600	577	322.50–327.50	324.80
60	600–650	640	298.00–318.50	307.65
27	650–700	658	290.00–296.00	294.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	420.00	420.00
10	350–400	379	410.00	410.00
28	400–450	424	360.00–380.00	370.38
68	450–500	474	372.50–398.00	386.50
58	500–550	524	348.00–375.00	359.54
101	550–600	579	330.00–362.50	343.66
198	600–650	639	328.00–347.00	340.07
245	650–700	670	306.00–326.00	315.80
156	700–750	727	294.50–320.00	315.56
84	750–800	758	275.00–288.50	284.05
186	800–850	813	272.00–285.25	279.79
8	850–900	853	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
54	550–600	595	325.00	325.00

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.

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