Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings today at the Special Calf and Feeder Auction. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: May 16th Weigh ups May 30th Special Bred Cow/Heifers and Pairs

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.59/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −100.57 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$389.59

103 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$12.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.99

vs NE average

+10.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	390.21	2,177	98
Medium and Large 1-2	576	377.50	2,174	5thin

One grade step is worth $12.71/cwt here — about $3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale103 hd

389.59

—

NE average7 barns · 980 hd

390.59

−0.99

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+10.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−100.57

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,174	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,876	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,089	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	395.23/cwt	390.00–396.00	2,221	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	416.15/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,035	35
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	769	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,015	5
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	986	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,495	9
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	651	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,002	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,574	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	375.47/cwt	372.50–377.50	2,200	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,448	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	364.58/cwt	362.00–380.00	1,976	54
Steers	Large 1	600–650	611	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,035	9
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	331.38/cwt	331.00–331.50	2,094	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,740	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,157	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,261	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	355.81/cwt	351.00–358.00	2,373	128
Steers	Large 1	650–700	681	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,097	9
Steers	Large 1	800–850	848	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,307	8
Steers	Large 1	850–900	858	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,265	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,777	15

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	472	397.50	397.50
20	550–600	586	372.50–377.50	375.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	380	467.50	467.50
35	450–500	489	400.00–428.00	416.15
30	500–550	533	392.00	392.00
48	550–600	562	390.00–396.00	395.23
64	600–650	628	360.00	360.00
128	650–700	667	351.00–358.00	355.81
31	750–800	758	323.00	323.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	611	333.00	333.00
9	650–700	681	308.00	308.00
8	800–850	848	272.00	272.00
6	850–900	858	264.00	264.00
7	1050–1100	1,058	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	651	307.50	307.50
5	750–800	769	262.00	262.00
9	950–1000	986	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	455.00	455.00
22	400–450	449	387.50	387.50
12	450–500	453	347.50	347.50
54	500–550	542	362.00–380.00	364.58
5	550–600	596	330.00	330.00
128	600–650	632	331.00–331.50	331.38
35	700–750	712	303.00	303.00

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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