Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding for the SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION-INCLUDING HEREFORD INFLUENCE SALE Next Auction Date Nov 28th 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 $390.07/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −100.09 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$390.07

124 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$28.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.32

vs NE average

−20.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	405.91	2,229	56
Medium and Large 1-2	573	377.03	2,161	68

One grade step is worth $28.89/cwt here — about $68 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 sale124 hd

390.07

—

NE average9 barns · 2,105 hd

428.40

−38.32

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−20.01

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−100.09

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

30 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	300–350	318	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,296	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	411.88/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,911	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	385.80/cwt	340.00–407.50	2,396	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	399.43/cwt	365.00–470.00	2,109	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,354	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	393.76/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	380.97/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,053	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	375.91/cwt	363.00–385.00	2,192	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,028	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,850	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	373.45/cwt	347.50–388.00	2,170	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	635	422.67/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,684	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	812	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,355	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	360.80/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,407	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	404.33/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,446	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	587	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,730	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	394.70/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,293	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	413.73/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,180	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	471.34/cwt	417.50–530.00	2,225	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	369.98/cwt	362.50–390.00	2,327	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	353.46/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,396	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	340.73/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,515	22

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 Nov 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,025Last week 2,225Year ago 1,790

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	407.50	407.50
9	400–450	402	440.00	440.00
27	450–500	464	390.00–430.00	411.88
85	500–550	528	365.00–470.00	399.43
6	550–600	595	430.00	430.00
28	600–650	621	340.00–407.50	385.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
15	450–500	490	377.50	377.50
9	500–550	508	345.00	345.00
34	550–600	581	347.50–388.00	373.45
5	600–650	646	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	676	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	587	465.00	465.00
24	600–650	635	415.00–434.00	422.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	492	390.00–397.50	393.76
15	500–550	539	377.50–385.00	380.97
53	550–600	583	363.00–385.00	375.91
9	600–650	638	345.00	345.00
8	700–750	720	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	637	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	605	375.00–407.00	404.33
44	650–700	667	345.00–364.00	360.80
5	800–850	812	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	450.00	450.00
64	450–500	472	417.50–530.00	471.34
33	500–550	527	400.00–420.00	413.73
23	550–600	581	390.00–406.00	394.70
78	600–650	629	362.50–390.00	369.98
93	650–700	678	340.00–367.00	353.46
22	700–750	738	340.00–341.00	340.73

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Burwell