Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Offerings included wean and non-weaned offerings. Demand was good with active bidding at the barn and on the internet. Next Auction dates Nov 21st SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION-INCLUDING HEREFORD INFLUENCE SALE Friday, November 28, 2025 SPECIAL DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING CALF & FEEDER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.24/cwt on 550 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −41.92 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$448.24

550 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$46.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs NE average

+23.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	457.27	2,535	443
Medium and Large 1-2	540	410.87	2,217	107

One grade step is worth $46.40/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale550 hd

448.24

—

NE average8 barns · 4,966 hd

443.54

+4.70

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+23.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−41.92

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

37 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	700–750	714	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,792	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,603	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,302	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	390.04/cwt	375.00–403.00	2,258	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,229	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	677	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,546	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	416.02/cwt	401.00–437.50	2,172	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,844	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	1,871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	402.24/cwt	372.50–417.50	2,289	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	397.57/cwt	377.50–405.00	1,873	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,272	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	470.73/cwt	467.00–475.00	1,991	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,692	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	1,987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	707	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,566	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	363.32/cwt	340.00–367.50	2,125	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	531.50/cwt	525.00–535.00	1,951	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	364.63/cwt	351.00–371.00	2,603	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	409.64/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,675	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	570	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,354	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	452.60/cwt	432.50–465.00	1,933	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	529	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,280	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	435.56/cwt	410.00–451.00	2,065	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	673	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,598	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	395.15/cwt	393.00–400.00	2,011	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	411.88/cwt	382.50–428.00	2,562	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	488.79/cwt	449.00–505.00	2,517	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	483.88/cwt	470.00–491.00	2,332	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,697	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,479	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	454.38/cwt	432.50–490.00	1,736	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	514.72/cwt	513.00–515.00	2,193	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	435.08/cwt	429.50–451.00	2,532	260

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	600–650	609	427.50	427.50
74	700–750	714	391.00	391.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	537.50	537.50
20	400–450	423	467.00–475.00	470.73
9	450–500	482	462.50	462.50
67	500–550	522	401.00–437.50	416.02
40	550–600	569	372.50–417.50	402.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	677	376.00	376.00
11	700–750	707	363.00	363.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
190	600–650	622	382.50–428.00	411.88
59	650–700	653	395.00–411.00	409.64
49	700–750	701	384.00	384.00
14	750–800	764	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	572.50	572.50
18	350–400	367	525.00–535.00	531.50
65	400–450	426	513.00–515.00	514.72
64	450–500	482	470.00–491.00	483.88
183	500–550	515	449.00–505.00	488.79
260	550–600	582	429.50–451.00	435.08
24	600–650	601	412.50	412.50
25	700–750	714	351.00–371.00	364.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	520.00	520.00
64	350–400	382	432.50–490.00	454.38
35	400–450	427	432.50–465.00	452.60
159	450–500	474	410.00–451.00	435.56
32	500–550	509	393.00–400.00	395.15
81	550–600	579	375.00–403.00	390.04
18	650–700	684	340.00	340.00
7	700–750	706	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	436	423.00	423.00
23	450–500	471	377.50–405.00	397.57
21	500–550	532	380.00	380.00
33	550–600	585	340.00–367.50	363.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	610	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	529	431.00	431.00
66	550–600	570	413.00	413.00
67	650–700	673	386.00	386.00

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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