Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 650 lbs steers trading steady and 600 to 700 lbs heifers trading sharply higher. Demand was very good with several buyers and active bidding throughout the day

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.52/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −91.14 against this barn's trailing median of $443.66.

Average price

$352.52

117 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$5.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.65

vs NE average

+37.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	352.79	1,926	111
Medium and Large 1-2	509	347.50	1,769	6thin

One grade step is worth $5.29/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale117 hd

352.52

—

NE average5 barns · 587 hd

334.87

+17.65

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+37.94

This barn, trailing median13 sales

443.66

−91.14

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	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	431.69/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	365.51/cwt	364.00–372.50	1,901	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	341.58/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,944	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,880	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,215	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	303.64/cwt	294.00–310.00	2,068	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,955	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	276.96/cwt	273.50–284.00	2,160	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	317.10/cwt	304.00–321.50	2,394	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	377.00/cwt	370.00–390.50	2,213	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,505	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	443.88/cwt	440.00–452.50	1,966	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	288.65/cwt	285.50–290.00	2,361	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	330.18/cwt	315.00–338.00	2,087	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,380	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	316.55/cwt	314.00–317.00	2,320	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,225	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	288.28/cwt	285.00–295.50	2,081	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	335.29/cwt	329.00–339.50	2,267	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,178	115

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Fri Mar 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,770Last week 2,850Year ago 2,400

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	375	430.00–435.00	431.69
13	400–450	410	407.50	407.50
65	450–500	482	390.00	390.00
52	500–550	520	364.00–372.50	365.51
59	550–600	569	330.00–351.00	341.58
121	600–650	632	315.00–338.00	330.18
154	650–700	681	294.00–310.00	303.64
111	700–750	722	285.00–295.50	288.28
116	750–800	780	273.50–284.00	276.96
27	800–850	805	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	381	395.00	395.00
6	500–550	509	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	443	440.00–452.50	443.88
6	450–500	450	426.00	426.00
19	500–550	537	364.00	364.00
5	550–600	571	351.00	351.00
9	750–800	756	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	477.50	477.50
115	500–550	510	427.00	427.00
34	550–600	587	370.00–390.50	377.00
9	600–650	612	363.50	363.50
164	650–700	676	329.00–339.50	335.29
40	700–750	733	314.00–317.00	316.55
119	750–800	755	304.00–321.50	317.10
71	800–850	818	285.50–290.00	288.65
34	850–900	856	278.00	278.00

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