Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 950 lb steers trading 5.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding throughout the whole sale. Started the day with Fall calves then onto several loads of yearlings followed by the first show of weaned and unweaned Spring calves. Next Auction Dates for Oct 10th, 17th, 24th, & 31st

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.21/cwt on 189 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −3.95 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$486.21

189 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$417

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

$60.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.23

vs NE average

+69.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	490.02	2,610	177
Medium and Large 1-2	510	430.00	2,193	12thin

One grade step is worth $60.02/cwt here — about $417 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale189 hd

486.21

—

NE average7 barns · 881 hd

468.98

+17.23

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+69.12

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−3.95

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

45 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	1,000	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,350	110
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	344.93/cwt	344.00–346.00	3,546	399
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	477.90/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,088	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	327.39/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,904	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	433.28/cwt	420.00–447.50	2,249	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	329.84/cwt	326.00–336.50	3,084	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	432.63/cwt	410.00–475.00	1,882	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	443.72/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,014	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,056	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,396	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,075	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,704	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,919	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,181	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	412.48/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,524	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	460.59/cwt	460.00–461.00	2,635	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,090	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,337	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	333.91/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,551	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	447.50/cwt	441.00–452.50	2,712	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	504.00/cwt	480.00–512.00	2,591	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	367.94/cwt	363.00–369.50	3,024	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	636	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,385	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,442	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	3,232	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	516.66/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,247	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,519	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	334.71/cwt	334.50–335.00	2,802	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	393.98/cwt	393.00–395.00	2,785	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	724	375.08/cwt	351.00–377.50	2,716	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	861	345.00/cwt	325.00–349.00	2,970	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	375.27/cwt	373.50–377.00	2,931	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,749	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	918	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,993	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	470.96/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,232	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	774	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,701	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	836	343.10/cwt	331.50–349.50	2,868	236

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
110	1000–1050	1,000	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	540.00	540.00
17	400–450	437	470.00–490.00	477.90
66	450–500	474	460.00–487.50	470.96
39	500–550	519	420.00–447.50	433.28
46	550–600	566	445.00	445.00
9	650–700	663	352.50	352.50
9	700–750	728	352.00	352.00
54	800–850	837	334.50–335.00	334.71
35	850–900	887	325.00–332.00	327.39
156	900–950	935	326.00–336.50	329.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	480.00	480.00
17	400–450	435	410.00–475.00	432.63
18	450–500	469	465.00	465.00
16	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
6	650–700	672	337.50	337.50
5	700–750	729	335.00	335.00
14	750–800	764	330.00–339.00	333.91
11	950–1000	986	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	636	375.00	375.00
111	700–750	724	351.00–377.50	375.08
30	750–800	774	349.00	349.00
236	800–850	836	331.50–349.50	343.10
176	850–900	861	325.00–349.00	345.00
65	900–950	918	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
399	1000–1050	1,028	344.00–346.00	344.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	454	430.00–450.00	443.72
12	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
10	600–650	612	410.00–415.00	412.48
6	650–700	689	399.00	399.00
10	700–750	702	387.50	387.50
5	750–800	790	350.00	350.00
5	800–850	846	350.00	350.00
26	850–900	891	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	570.00	570.00
38	400–450	435	500.00–530.00	516.66
120	500–550	514	480.00–512.00	504.00
57	550–600	572	460.00–461.00	460.59
99	600–650	606	441.00–452.50	447.50
23	650–700	658	411.00	411.00
95	700–750	707	393.00–395.00	393.98
78	750–800	781	373.50–377.00	375.27
121	800–850	822	363.00–369.50	367.94
36	850–900	854	378.50	378.50
180	950–1000	976	348.00	348.00

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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