Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Nice run of mostly yearling cattle coming off summer grass with a few bawling calves in the mix. Next Auction dates Sept 26th Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.89/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −29.27 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$460.89

14 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.62

vs NE average

+47.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	472.50	2,481	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	440.00	2,460	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $21 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 sale14 hd

460.89

—

NE average6 barns · 499 hd

432.27

+28.62

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+47.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−29.27

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

21 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	1000–1050	1,024	315.33/cwt	310.00–322.50	3,229	26
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	296.96/cwt	293.00–302.50	3,198	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,069	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,792	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,501	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,481	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	406.56/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,269	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,460	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	303.08/cwt	301.00–306.00	2,628	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,068	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	395.37/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	359.11/cwt	355.00–370.00	3,002	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	372.54/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,392	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,279	161
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	339.25/cwt	338.00–340.50	3,501	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	317.67/cwt	308.00–338.00	3,094	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,227	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	341.95/cwt	340.00–342.50	3,125	37

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 Sep 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,125Last week 3,050Year ago 2,255

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	1000–1050	1,024	310.00–322.50	315.33
41	1050–1100	1,077	293.00–302.50	296.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	495.00	495.00
12	500–550	527	422.50	422.50
11	550–600	558	402.50–410.00	406.56
44	600–650	642	367.50–385.00	372.54
10	750–800	779	321.00	321.00
7	800–850	846	330.00	330.00
10	850–900	852	336.00	336.00
37	900–950	914	340.00–342.50	341.95
186	950–1000	974	308.00–338.00	317.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	867	301.00–306.00	303.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	404	577.50	577.50
9	500–550	525	472.50	472.50
14	650–700	678	392.50–402.50	395.37
25	800–850	836	355.00–370.00	359.11
8	850–900	885	345.00	345.00
10	900–950	905	339.00	339.00
161	950–1000	956	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	440.00	440.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
348	1000–1050	1,032	338.00–340.50	339.25

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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