Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-10

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. Next Auction Dates for Oct 17th, 21st, & 31st Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.05/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −21.11 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$469.05

155 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.78

vs NE average

+23.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	469.05	2,609	155

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale155 hd

469.05

—

NE average9 barns · 3,988 hd

479.83

−10.78

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+23.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−21.11

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

25 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 1Fleshy	950–1000	996	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,933	30
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,235	8
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	765	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,624	30
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	699	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,544	33
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	900	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,880	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,592	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	496.57/cwt	496.00–497.50	2,572	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	327.61/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,811	26
Steers	Large 1	850–900	885	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,049	96
Steers	Large 1	750–800	777	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,922	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,866	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,120	6
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	965	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,107	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,699	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,283	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	462.72/cwt	452.50–475.00	2,614	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	439.05/cwt	435.00–441.00	2,090	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,111	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,734	62
Steers	Large 1	650–700	654	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,623	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	464.45/cwt	462.50–467.50	2,006	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	511.26/cwt	510.00–516.00	2,428	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	427.25/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,269	22
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,231	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,682	28

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 Oct 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 2,825Year ago 910

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	950–1000	996	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	699	364.00	364.00
30	750–800	765	343.00	343.00
64	900–950	900	320.00	320.00
8	1100–1150	1,135	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	432	462.50–467.50	464.45
25	450–500	476	435.00–441.00	439.05
22	500–550	531	417.50–437.50	427.25
18	550–600	550	415.00	415.00
28	600–650	604	444.00	444.00
8	750–800	760	341.00	341.00
62	800–850	816	335.00	335.00
26	850–900	858	327.00–329.00	327.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	555.00	555.00
7	400–450	414	510.00	510.00
35	450–500	475	510.00–516.00	511.26
29	500–550	518	496.00–497.50	496.57
126	550–600	565	452.50–475.00	462.72
72	600–650	619	436.00	436.00
72	650–700	668	429.00	429.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	654	401.00	401.00
66	750–800	777	376.00	376.00
96	850–900	885	344.50	344.50
16	950–1000	965	322.00	322.00
7	1200–1250	1,231	265.00	265.00

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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