Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction consisted of weaned and non-weaned offerings. Compared with last week's auction 500 to 600 lbs steers traded 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Not enough comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Nov 7th 14th 21st and 28th (Day after Thanksgiving Calf and Feeder auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.92/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −42.24 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$447.92

662 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$44.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs NE average

+18.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	454.76	2,450	560
Medium and Large 1-2	578	410.34	2,374	102

One grade step is worth $44.43/cwt here — about $76 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 sale662 hd

447.92

—

NE average9 barns · 6,211 hd

453.77

−5.85

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+18.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−42.24

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

27 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	490.50/cwt	490.50–490.50	2,487	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	472.22/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,761	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	458.47/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,141	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	405.72/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,288	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	450.05/cwt	437.50–475.00	1,953	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	423.35/cwt	400.00–453.00	2,184	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	436.46/cwt	415.00–468.00	2,147	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	407.34/cwt	394.00–417.50	2,391	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	439.99/cwt	400.00–455.00	1,870	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	488.60/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,847	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	368.74/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,670	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	434.03/cwt	423.00–447.00	2,530	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	380.93/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,133	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	410.91/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,997	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	485.94/cwt	472.50–505.00	2,376	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	525.94/cwt	514.00–534.00	2,246	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	361.79/cwt	355.00–368.00	2,276	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	381.47/cwt	355.00–410.00	2,041	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	427.73/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,263	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	417.92/cwt	411.00–430.00	2,574	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	417.90/cwt	416.50–419.50	2,754	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,819	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	455.40/cwt	442.50–479.50	2,395	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	407.40/cwt	402.50–412.00	2,518	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	483.67/cwt	465.00–497.50	2,109	42

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 2,340Last week 2,770Year ago 2,840

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	500–550	507	490.50	490.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	500.00	500.00
42	400–450	436	465.00–497.50	483.67
44	450–500	492	415.00–468.00	436.46
15	500–550	529	425.00–430.00	427.73
87	550–600	587	394.00–417.50	407.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	535.00	535.00
18	350–400	378	480.00–505.00	488.60
119	400–450	427	514.00–534.00	525.94
62	450–500	489	472.50–505.00	485.94
324	500–550	526	442.50–479.50	455.40
153	550–600	583	423.00–447.00	434.03
35	600–650	618	402.50–412.00	407.40
19	700–750	724	368.00–370.00	368.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
159	600–650	616	411.00–430.00	417.92
78	650–700	659	416.50–419.50	417.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	373	470.00–475.00	472.22
127	400–450	434	437.50–475.00	450.05
61	450–500	467	455.00–465.00	458.47
189	500–550	516	400.00–453.00	423.35
118	550–600	564	400.00–412.50	405.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	430.00	430.00
51	400–450	425	400.00–455.00	439.99
38	450–500	486	400.00–417.50	410.91
50	500–550	535	355.00–410.00	381.47
72	550–600	560	380.00–382.00	380.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	600–650	629	355.00–368.00	361.79

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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