Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Offerings today consisted of yearling, pregged checked open heifers, wean and non-weaned Spring calves. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec. 5th SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.97/cwt on 498 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −54.20 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$435.97

498 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$35.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.10

vs NE average

+37.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	438.64	2,427	461
Medium and Large 1-2	568	402.70	2,288	37

One grade step is worth $35.94/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale498 hd

435.97

—

NE average2 barns · 1,003 hd

422.87

+13.10

National average33 barns · 4,299 hd

398.67

+37.30

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−54.20

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

60 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 1Unweaned	650–700	659	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,544	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	356.38/cwt	351.00–358.00	2,185	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	668	429.98/cwt	410.00–438.00	2,872	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	299.03/cwt	281.00–301.00	2,805	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	562	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,276	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	765	373.29/cwt	369.00–374.00	2,856	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	650	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,652	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	410.22/cwt	405.00–413.00	2,527	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	748	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,618	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,972	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,259	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	650	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,093	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	385.33/cwt	385.00–386.00	2,420	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	734	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,319	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	628	401.72/cwt	397.00–405.00	2,523	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	401.32/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,352	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,439	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,088	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,078	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,221	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	398.79/cwt	398.00–400.00	1,914	27
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,260	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	2,048	7
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	771	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,426	18
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,978	30
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,899	17
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,166	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,717	8
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,232	55
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,323	54
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	797	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,419	13
Steers	Large 1-2	1400–1450	1,425	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	2,715	14
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,174	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,172	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,195	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	359.99/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,070	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	356.22/cwt	355.00–357.00	2,283	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,385	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	710	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,726	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	571	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,584	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,470	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	416.73/cwt	397.00–425.00	2,630	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	423.31/cwt	410.00–442.50	2,442	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	444.54/cwt	429.00–453.00	2,365	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	389.70/cwt	375.00–401.00	2,619	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	365.64/cwt	352.00–376.00	2,622	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	356.18/cwt	355.00–357.00	2,775	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,740	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,002	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	406.33/cwt	387.00–416.00	2,121	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	312.30/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,605	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	326.17/cwt	309.00–336.50	2,348	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	375.54/cwt	369.00–381.00	2,156	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	371.51/cwt	364.00–390.00	2,307	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	425.55/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,043	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	458.76/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,220	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	438.50/cwt	427.00–455.00	1,842	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,757	9

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	616	405.00–413.00	410.22
20	650–700	659	386.00	386.00
31	700–750	748	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
36	650–700	650	408.00	408.00
92	750–800	765	369.00–374.00	373.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	628	385.00–386.00	385.33
7	700–750	734	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	437.50	437.50
9	500–550	513	407.00	407.00
28	550–600	586	390.00–406.00	401.32
11	650–700	695	351.00	351.00
6	750–800	755	303.00	303.00
12	850–900	865	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	771	185.00	185.00
6	1150–1200	1,174	185.00	185.00
14	1400–1450	1,425	190.50	190.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,045	318.00	318.00
55	1050–1100	1,051	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	504	490.00	490.00
40	550–600	571	452.50	452.50
92	700–750	710	384.00	384.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
74	450–500	484	450.00–467.50	458.76
193	500–550	532	429.00–453.00	444.54
201	550–600	577	410.00–442.50	423.31
298	600–650	631	397.00–425.00	416.73
172	650–700	672	375.00–401.00	389.70
159	700–750	717	352.00–376.00	365.64
62	750–800	779	355.00–357.00	356.18
39	800–850	818	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	613	351.00–358.00	356.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	562	405.00	405.00
25	600–650	628	397.00–405.00	401.72
36	650–700	668	410.00–438.00	429.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	420	427.00–455.00	438.50
78	450–500	480	415.00–435.00	425.55
138	500–550	522	387.00–416.00	406.33
92	550–600	574	369.00–381.00	375.54
83	600–650	621	364.00–390.00	371.51
106	700–750	720	309.00–336.50	326.17
106	800–850	834	310.00–316.00	312.30
9	850–900	851	324.00	324.00
116	900–950	938	281.00–301.00	299.03
180	950–1000	994	302.00	302.00
60	1000–1050	1,011	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	480	398.00–400.00	398.79
24	550–600	575	355.00–365.00	359.99
23	600–650	641	355.00–357.00	356.22
17	650–700	670	356.00	356.00
15	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
5	750–800	790	286.00	286.00
44	800–850	832	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	650	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
13	750–800	797	178.00	178.00
9	1150–1200	1,195	161.00	161.00
7	1250–1300	1,260	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,034	288.00	288.00
17	1050–1100	1,094	265.00	265.00
8	1150–1200	1,166	233.00	233.00

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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