Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings a trend will not be given. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Today's auction started the day with a Nurse cow calf at side, cow/calf pairs, Spring calves weaned and unweaned, ending the auction with feeders and pregged check opens. Next Auction Date Oct 24th expecting 2500

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $473.76/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −16.40 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$473.76

61 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.08

vs NE average

+4.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	473.76	2,649	61

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 sale61 hd

473.76

—

NE average10 barns · 5,692 hd

496.84

−23.08

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+4.72

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−16.40

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	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,908	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,460	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,430	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,938	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	432.42/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,331	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,599	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,831	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,245	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	475.00/cwt	467.50–477.50	2,242	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	408.37/cwt	407.50–409.00	2,291	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	470.63/cwt	450.00–482.00	2,659	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	516.11/cwt	505.00–519.50	2,519	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	545.98/cwt	540.00–552.50	2,315	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,266	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,569	7

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 550Last week 1,100Year ago 3,195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	540.00	540.00
57	450–500	472	467.50–477.50	475.00
44	500–550	539	421.00–435.00	432.42
15	550–600	565	430.00	430.00
13	600–650	603	408.00	408.00
7	850–900	884	329.00	329.00
21	900–950	940	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	485.00	485.00
14	500–550	532	426.00	426.00
19	550–600	561	407.50–409.00	408.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	634	410.00	410.00
48	650–700	666	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	615.00	615.00
9	350–400	368	610.00	610.00
10	400–450	424	540.00–552.50	545.98
80	450–500	488	505.00–519.50	516.11
6	500–550	505	502.50	502.50
55	550–600	565	450.00–482.00	470.63
10	600–650	604	432.50	432.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	482.00	482.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	676	380.00	380.00

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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