Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings for steers today, 650 lbs heifers traded 9.00 higher. A high demand for replacement heifers off the ranch with out of state buyers at the sale and very active internet bidding. Next auction Dates Feb 21st SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.97/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −112.69 against this barn's trailing median of $443.66.

Average price

$330.97

143 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.10

vs NE average

+33.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	330.97	1,825	143

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.71, low $428.75, median $443.66 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 sale143 hd

330.97

—

NE average7 barns · 1,198 hd

317.87

+13.10

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

+33.97

This barn, trailing median13 sales

443.66

−112.69

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

26 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	Large 1	900–950	918	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,162	9
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	826	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,028	42
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	987	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,418	33
Steers	Large 1	850–900	872	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,219	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	257.13/cwt	256.00–260.50	2,003	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	724	294.77/cwt	286.00–306.00	2,134	607
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,912	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	340.33/cwt	324.00–344.00	1,804	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	680	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,958	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	414.75/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,788	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	319.73/cwt	314.00–323.00	1,845	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	811	287.68/cwt	280.50–289.00	2,333	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,169	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	301.71/cwt	298.75–323.50	1,901	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	681	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,050	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,970	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	320.23/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,059	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	786	287.84/cwt	285.00–302.00	2,262	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,565	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	274.29/cwt	273.00–277.00	2,024	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,960	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,928	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	289.22/cwt	287.00–294.00	1,944	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,032	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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	800–850	826	245.50	245.50
9	900–950	918	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	351.00	351.00
6	450–500	474	330.00	330.00
78	500–550	530	324.00–344.00	340.33
65	550–600	577	314.00–323.00	319.73
315	600–650	630	298.75–323.50	301.71
143	650–700	672	287.00–294.00	289.22
47	700–750	738	273.00–277.00	274.29
8	900–950	908	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	779	256.00–260.50	257.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	681	301.00	301.00
607	700–750	724	286.00–306.00	294.77
139	750–800	786	285.00–302.00	287.84
154	800–850	811	280.50–289.00	287.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
83	650–700	680	288.00	288.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	850–900	872	254.50	254.50
33	950–1000	987	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	431	402.50–422.50	414.75
25	500–550	531	360.00	360.00
33	550–600	555	355.00	355.00
69	600–650	643	320.00–321.00	320.23
5	650–700	696	292.00	292.00
12	750–800	769	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	649	302.00	302.00
10	750–800	762	253.00	253.00

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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