Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 lbs steers and heifers traded 9.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and very active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 7th SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.26/cwt on 456 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −133.90 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$356.26

456 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.69

vs NE average

+7.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	362.79	1,989	330
Medium and Large 1-2	559	344.51	1,926	72
Large 1	589	332.00	1,955	54

One grade step is worth $30.79/cwt here — about $34 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 sale456 hd

356.26

—

NE average10 barns · 4,877 hd

372.94

−16.69

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+7.60

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−133.90

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	334.34/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,953	33
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	557	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,677	35
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	615	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,796	65
Steers	Large 1	550–600	589	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,955	54
Steers	Large 1	600–650	647	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,032	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	692	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,131	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,000	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	350.77/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,698	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,037	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	353.12/cwt	352.50–357.50	1,900	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	714	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,235	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	812	287.42/cwt	285.25–288.50	2,334	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	321.31/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,999	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	353.53/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,817	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	265.16/cwt	262.00–273.00	2,036	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,486	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	284.50/cwt	278.00–288.50	2,193	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	283.37/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,899	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	323.98/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,850	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	407.62/cwt	402.50–420.00	1,732	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,312	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	379.61/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,879	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	367.82/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,762	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	301.38/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,887	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,232	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	311.34/cwt	301.00–317.00	2,220	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	354.77/cwt	348.00–362.00	2,015	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	335.48/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,060	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	368.27/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,514	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,800	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	310.06/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,792	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	372.28/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,914	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	321.61/cwt	303.00–332.00	2,152	337

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	538	352.50–357.50	353.12
33	550–600	584	330.00–340.00	334.34
66	600–650	622	305.00–327.50	321.31
24	650–700	668	305.00	305.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	550–600	589	332.00	332.00
112	600–650	647	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	509	393.00	393.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	714	313.00	313.00
135	800–850	812	285.25–288.50	287.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	425	402.50–420.00	407.62
44	450–500	495	370.00–390.00	379.61
90	500–550	514	360.00–379.00	372.28
212	550–600	568	348.00–362.00	354.77
311	600–650	614	331.00–343.00	335.48
337	650–700	669	303.00–332.00	321.61
163	700–750	713	301.00–317.00	311.34
88	750–800	771	278.00–288.50	284.50
40	800–850	807	286.50	286.50
56	900–950	926	268.50	268.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	557	301.00	301.00
65	600–650	615	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	650–700	692	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	335.00	335.00
23	450–500	484	345.00–355.00	350.77
19	550–600	578	305.00–312.50	310.06
7	600–650	643	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	565	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	393	380.00	380.00
22	400–450	411	362.50–372.50	368.27
58	450–500	479	362.50–382.50	367.82
96	500–550	514	347.00–360.00	353.53
286	550–600	571	317.50–337.50	323.98
77	600–650	626	297.00–304.00	301.38
169	650–700	670	275.00–289.00	283.37
128	750–800	768	262.00–273.00	265.16
58	850–900	872	256.00	256.00

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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