Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers less than 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Most heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower, excepts 7 weight sold 2.00 higher on a thin test. Nice run of native, ranched raised, longtime weaned and light fleshed steers and heifers though out the day. Some loads going to out of state backgrounders and yearling operations. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Date Jan 24th Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.82/cwt on 992 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −130.35 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$359.82

992 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$31.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.58

vs NE average

+17.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	362.39	2,017	911
Medium and Large 1-2	560	330.85	1,851	81

One grade step is worth $31.54/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale992 hd

359.82

—

NE average9 barns · 6,173 hd

365.40

−5.58

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+17.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−130.35

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

33 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	600–650	622	288.79/cwt	279.00–296.00	1,796	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,006	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	354.70/cwt	352.50–357.50	1,451	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	334.91/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,403	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	309.81/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,617	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	312.48/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,544	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	359.02/cwt	352.00–365.00	1,709	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	344.90/cwt	332.50–353.00	2,007	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	379.39/cwt	360.00–381.50	2,018	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	315.40/cwt	309.00–324.00	2,138	497
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	337.08/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,080	503
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	323.05/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,870	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	743	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	341.10/cwt	332.00–347.50	1,821	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	391.15/cwt	389.00–399.00	1,893	411
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	352.69/cwt	337.50–358.00	1,689	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	392.18/cwt	380.00–394.50	1,608	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,278	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	305.59/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,182	610
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	332.60/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,779	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	314.00/cwt	294.00–327.00	1,780	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,978	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	323.95/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,054	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,015	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,148	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	269.45/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,854	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	286.74/cwt	284.75–319.00	2,285	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	372.88/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,644	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	962	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,280	12

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.

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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
56	400–450	409	352.50–357.50	354.70
328	450–500	479	337.50–358.00	352.69
216	500–550	535	320.00–338.00	332.60
227	550–600	567	294.00–327.00	314.00
335	600–650	622	279.00–296.00	288.79
15	650–700	688	263.00–275.00	269.45
59	700–750	702	287.00	287.00
23	750–800	773	259.50	259.50
21	850–900	884	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	419	322.50–342.50	334.91
12	450–500	494	305.00–320.00	312.48
63	500–550	522	307.50–317.50	309.81
7	550–600	562	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	395.00	395.00
12	400–450	441	370.00–375.00	372.88
41	450–500	476	352.00–365.00	359.02
35	500–550	534	332.00–347.50	341.10
46	550–600	579	320.00–328.00	323.05
23	600–650	634	320.00–327.00	323.95
11	650–700	655	302.00	302.00
6	700–750	707	287.50	287.50
12	950–1000	962	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
33	400–450	410	380.00–394.50	392.18
411	450–500	484	389.00–399.00	391.15
462	500–550	532	360.00–381.50	379.39
449	550–600	582	332.50–353.00	344.90
503	600–650	617	331.00–345.00	337.08
497	650–700	678	309.00–324.00	315.40
610	700–750	714	300.00–308.00	305.59
149	750–800	797	284.75–319.00	286.74
54	800–850	827	275.50	275.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	743	273.00	273.00

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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