Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison for steers or heifers, a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date May 3rd Special Bred Cow/Heifer and Pairs with Video pair Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.49/cwt on 281 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −84.67 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$405.49

281 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$31.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.44

vs NE average

+31.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	412.40	2,285	219
Medium and Large 1-2	558	381.08	2,125	62

One grade step is worth $31.33/cwt here — about $160 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 sale281 hd

405.49

—

NE average6 barns · 1,549 hd

398.05

+7.44

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+31.47

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−84.67

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	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	350.48/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,854	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	367.55/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,165	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	343.57/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,140	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	442.21/cwt	442.00–442.50	2,118	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	318.94/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,856	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	756	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,328	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	397.63/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,861	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	285.24/cwt	282.50–290.00	2,019	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	301.46/cwt	292.50–312.50	2,023	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	345.01/cwt	332.50–362.00	1,953	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,363	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	393.76/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,079	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	330.21/cwt	327.00–332.50	2,275	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,208	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	361.67/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,895	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,923	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	371.87/cwt	367.50–382.00	1,763	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,057	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	301.86/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,884	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,880	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	608	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,310	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	708	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,159	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	808	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,376	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,184	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	424.26/cwt	419.00–425.00	2,240	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,140	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	334.75/cwt	334.75–334.75	2,524	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	409.92/cwt	392.50–417.50	2,316	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	365.64/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,329	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	331.27/cwt	320.00–335.75	2,422	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,338	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	350.55/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,394	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	322.60/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,013	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	506.48/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,823	17

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 Apr 25, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	390.00	390.00
19	450–500	474	367.50–382.00	371.87
26	500–550	529	350.00–352.50	350.48
21	550–600	582	310.00–327.50	318.94
50	600–650	624	300.00–312.50	301.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	700–750	708	305.00	305.00
82	750–800	756	308.00	308.00
99	800–850	808	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	427.50	427.50
5	400–450	432	392.50	392.50
13	500–550	525	358.00	358.00
6	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
11	600–650	639	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	308	442.50	442.50
11	350–400	394	427.50	427.50
23	450–500	468	392.50–400.00	397.63
14	500–550	524	360.00–363.00	361.67
194	550–600	566	332.50–362.00	345.01
127	600–650	624	315.00–330.00	322.60
121	650–700	671	292.50–312.50	301.46
41	700–750	708	282.50–290.00	285.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	479	442.00–442.50	442.21
32	500–550	528	375.00–407.50	393.76
30	550–600	589	360.00–372.50	367.55
33	600–650	623	337.50–350.00	343.57
37	650–700	689	327.00–332.50	330.21
6	700–750	705	308.00	308.00
21	750–800	755	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	556	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	674	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	608	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	360	505.00–510.00	506.48
6	400–450	436	482.50	482.50
20	450–500	481	454.00	454.00
63	500–550	528	419.00–425.00	424.26
147	550–600	565	392.50–417.50	409.92
117	600–650	637	359.00–368.00	365.64
141	650–700	683	337.00–355.00	350.55
132	700–750	731	320.00–335.75	331.27
77	750–800	754	334.75	334.75
10	800–850	826	283.00	283.00

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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