Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 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 $470.39/cwt on 853 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −19.77 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$470.39

853 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.04

vs NE average

+12.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	470.39	2,554	853

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 sale853 hd

470.39

—

NE average11 barns · 6,504 hd

478.43

−8.04

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+12.25

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−19.77

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

31 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 1-2	400–450	442	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,890	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	622	395.12/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,458	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	631	453.50/cwt	453.50–453.50	2,862	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	491.36/cwt	490.00–495.50	2,580	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	493.96/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,610	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	529.12/cwt	515.00–539.00	1,995	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	407.96/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,289	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	465.05/cwt	452.50–477.50	2,046	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,086	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,247	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	419.46/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,039	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	336.80/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,425	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	465.20/cwt	462.00–470.00	2,307	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	804	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,023	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	488	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,577	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	763	378.19/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,886	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	498.37/cwt	492.50–520.00	2,347	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	430.46/cwt	410.00–439.50	2,699	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	392.72/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,777	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	540.27/cwt	527.50–565.00	2,399	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	400.86/cwt	393.50–405.00	2,666	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	423.59/cwt	415.00–433.00	2,207	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	441.56/cwt	426.00–456.50	2,557	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,001	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	466.93/cwt	429.50–485.00	2,498	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	384.21/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,359	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	344.90/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,342	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	459.96/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,203	223

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,770Last week 550Year ago 1,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	427.50	427.50
22	450–500	486	415.00–425.00	419.46
17	500–550	548	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	567	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	326	475.00–510.00	493.96
37	350–400	377	515.00–539.00	529.12
80	400–450	440	452.50–477.50	465.05
223	450–500	479	447.50–467.50	459.96
95	500–550	521	415.00–433.00	423.59
48	550–600	561	402.50–415.00	407.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	614	375.00–390.00	384.21
69	650–700	679	341.00–347.00	344.90
31	700–750	720	330.00–341.00	336.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	488	528.00	528.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	635	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	622	390.00–400.00	395.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
365	500–550	525	490.00–495.50	491.36
120	600–650	631	453.50	453.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	485.00	485.00
18	400–450	413	505.00	505.00
30	450–500	496	462.00–470.00	465.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
223	600–650	627	410.00–439.50	430.46
132	650–700	665	393.50–405.00	400.86
69	700–750	707	386.00–400.00	392.72
101	750–800	763	375.00–380.00	378.19
18	800–850	804	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	351	570.00	570.00
99	400–450	444	527.50–565.00	540.27
93	450–500	471	492.50–520.00	498.37
253	500–550	535	429.50–485.00	466.93
235	550–600	579	426.00–456.50	441.56

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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