Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week, a sharply higher demand should be noted for the day, with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates March 14th Special Bred cow and heifer auction March 21st Special calf and Feeder auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.80/cwt on 214 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −102.36 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$387.80

214 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$48.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.19

vs NE average

+38.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	398.39	2,150	167
Medium and Large 1-2	562	350.16	1,969	47

One grade step is worth $48.22/cwt here — about $181 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 sale214 hd

387.80

—

NE average5 barns · 832 hd

367.61

+20.19

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+38.52

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−102.36

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

41 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	850–900	853	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,137	103
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	933	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,263	43
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	971	251.69/cwt	249.50–253.50	2,444	124
Steers	Large 1	800–850	824	259.71/cwt	258.00–261.00	2,140	26
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,560	103
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	973	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,311	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	336.10/cwt	329.00–342.50	1,959	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	300.13/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,978	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,695	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,912	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	342.42/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,637	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,536	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	306.47/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,753	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	380.17/cwt	352.50–397.50	1,969	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	306.85/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,924	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	757	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,233	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,770	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,648	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	373.14/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,157	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	350.66/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,866	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	308.95/cwt	296.00–310.00	2,215	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,397	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	276.57/cwt	272.50–278.00	2,008	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	344.44/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,912	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	405.25/cwt	390.00–414.00	1,884	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	419.99/cwt	419.00–422.50	2,129	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,355	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	361.34/cwt	355.00–368.00	1,771	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,883	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	479.70/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,737	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	333.36/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,244	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,240	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	438.21/cwt	434.00–441.00	1,819	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,208	53
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	834	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,018	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	810	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,475	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,093	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	430.80/cwt	430.00–432.50	1,581	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	270.35/cwt	270.35–270.35	2,128	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	374.40/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,580	64

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
38	800–850	834	242.00	242.00
103	850–900	853	250.50	250.50
43	900–950	933	242.50	242.50
88	950–1000	973	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	367	430.00–432.50	430.80
64	400–450	422	362.50–380.00	374.40
130	450–500	490	355.00–368.00	361.34
143	500–550	532	340.00–357.50	350.66
90	550–600	555	342.50–345.00	344.44
157	600–650	627	301.00–310.00	306.85
90	650–700	657	291.00	291.00
103	700–750	726	272.50–278.00	276.57
30	750–800	787	270.35	270.35
14	800–850	802	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	350–400	384	400.00	400.00
17	450–500	478	337.50–350.00	342.42
22	500–550	515	335.00	335.00
61	550–600	572	300.00–325.00	306.47
24	600–650	632	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	757	295.00	295.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	800–850	824	258.00–261.00	259.71
124	950–1000	971	249.50–253.50	251.69
103	1000–1050	1,045	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	392	432.50	432.50
22	450–500	486	387.50	387.50
15	500–550	518	352.50–397.50	380.17
32	550–600	583	329.00–342.50	336.10
69	650–700	659	300.00–301.00	300.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	347	475.00	475.00
10	350–400	362	470.00–490.00	479.70
58	400–450	415	434.00–441.00	438.21
119	450–500	465	390.00–414.00	405.25
90	500–550	507	419.00–422.50	419.99
77	550–600	578	367.50–385.00	373.14
53	600–650	609	362.50	362.50
197	650–700	673	322.50–335.00	333.36
67	700–750	717	296.00–310.00	308.95
33	750–800	775	289.00	289.00
93	800–850	838	281.00	281.00
30	850–900	859	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
147	800–850	810	305.50	305.50

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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