Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Warmer weather in the area after last weeks very cold weather. Next Auction Date March 7 the 14th and 21st

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.45/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −126.71 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$363.45

86 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$16.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs NE average

+15.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	366.07	1,948	72
Medium and Large 1-2	539	350.00	1,887	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale86 hd

363.45

—

NE average10 barns · 2,293 hd

362.38

+1.07

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+15.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−126.71

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

31 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	350–400	354	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,257	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	320.66/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,699	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	301.03/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,863	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,017	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	339.88/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,489	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	285.64/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,817	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,857	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	309.35/cwt	307.50–311.00	2,107	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,736	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	267.93/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,918	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,887	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	324.47/cwt	306.00–337.00	2,142	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	278.74/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,873	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,956	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	314.15/cwt	261.00–330.00	1,963	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,050	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,801	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	373.00/cwt	352.50–381.00	1,951	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	305.64/cwt	301.00–309.00	2,210	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	267.28/cwt	263.00–267.75	2,315	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	345.28/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,934	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	386.68/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	307.61/cwt	292.50–327.50	1,732	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	279.99/cwt	267.00–288.00	2,176	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	279.57/cwt	275.00–281.25	2,309	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	260.98/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,978	66

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

Fri Feb 28, 2025

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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
5	350–400	354	355.00	355.00
44	400–450	438	332.50–345.00	339.88
9	450–500	471	335.00	335.00
26	500–550	530	317.50–327.50	320.66
74	550–600	563	292.50–327.50	307.61
42	600–650	619	299.00–307.00	301.03
85	650–700	672	271.00–283.00	278.74
65	700–750	716	265.00–270.00	267.93
66	750–800	758	260.00–262.00	260.98
42	800–850	830	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	307.50	307.50
5	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
23	600–650	636	270.00–290.00	285.64
7	650–700	690	261.00	261.00
9	700–750	731	254.00	254.00
20	750–800	792	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	466	372.50	372.50
14	500–550	539	350.00	350.00
26	600–650	625	261.00–330.00	314.15
33	650–700	681	307.50–311.00	309.35
6	700–750	717	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	395.00	395.00
9	450–500	461	380.00–395.00	386.68
54	500–550	523	352.50–381.00	373.00
18	550–600	560	342.50–352.50	345.28
12	600–650	603	340.00	340.00
130	650–700	660	306.00–337.00	324.47
77	700–750	723	301.00–309.00	305.64
63	750–800	777	267.00–288.00	279.99
128	800–850	826	275.00–281.25	279.57
59	850–900	866	263.00–267.75	267.28

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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