Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago Steers and Heifers traded sharply higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec 18th SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION-HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-DAY 1 Dec 19th HOLIDAY COW CLASSIC-BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION - DAY 2

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.69/cwt on 378 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −27.47 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$462.69

378 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$13.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.24

vs NE average

+32.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	465.26	2,627	307
Medium and Large 1-2	540	451.56	2,438	71

One grade step is worth $13.70/cwt here — about $189 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 sale378 hd

462.69

—

NE average7 barns · 2,966 hd

471.92

−9.24

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+32.06

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−27.47

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

33 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	450–500	481	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,165	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	339.78/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,334	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	476.76/cwt	465.00–486.00	2,026	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	457.04/cwt	420.00–495.00	2,354	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	387.67/cwt	367.50–420.00	2,365	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	411.65/cwt	382.50–457.00	2,371	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	409.86/cwt	406.00–415.00	2,635	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,665	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,252	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	407.02/cwt	388.00–415.00	2,719	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,836	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	362.17/cwt	352.50–380.00	2,264	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	363.27/cwt	320.00–375.00	2,096	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	662	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,416	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	492.96/cwt	482.50–502.50	2,652	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	602	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,667	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	449.35/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,606	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	439.53/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,119	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	394.31/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,114	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	357.65/cwt	340.00–392.50	2,479	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	736	372.26/cwt	371.00–376.00	2,740	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	515.66/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,001	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,246	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	466.31/cwt	458.00–477.50	2,504	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,789	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	441.00/cwt	423.00–448.00	2,739	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	517.28/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,550	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,828	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	391.81/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,801	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	493.82/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,128	56

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 Dec 12, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	425	465.00–486.00	476.76
12	450–500	481	450.00	450.00
59	500–550	515	420.00–495.00	457.04
102	550–600	576	382.50–457.00	411.65
70	600–650	610	367.50–420.00	387.67
20	650–700	687	337.50–342.50	339.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
27	450–500	482	432.50–445.00	439.53
35	500–550	536	385.00–405.00	394.31
53	550–600	577	320.00–375.00	363.27
37	600–650	625	352.50–380.00	362.17
11	800–850	820	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	662	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	602	443.00	443.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	693	340.00–392.50	357.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	480.00	480.00
55	500–550	537	458.00–477.50	466.31
7	550–600	569	375.00	375.00
68	600–650	643	406.00–415.00	409.86
6	700–750	741	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	535	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	388	500.00–525.00	515.66
56	400–450	431	490.00–510.00	493.82
112	450–500	493	515.00–535.00	517.28
112	500–550	538	482.50–502.50	492.96
195	550–600	580	435.00–470.00	449.35
97	600–650	621	423.00–448.00	441.00
187	650–700	668	388.00–415.00	407.02
35	700–750	715	380.00–396.00	391.81
31	750–800	764	365.00	365.00
20	800–850	839	338.00	338.00
34	850–900	857	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	700–750	736	371.00–376.00	372.26

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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