Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First auction of the NEW YEAR. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison but a higher trend should be noted. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding throughout the day. Next Auction Dates Jan 16th SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.71/cwt on 498 head. That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +12.55 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$502.71

498 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$25.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.65

vs NE average

+36.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	505.20	2,860	449
Medium and Large 1-2	552	479.84	2,646	49

One grade step is worth $25.36/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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

502.71

—

NE average10 barns · 4,206 hd

495.06

+7.65

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+36.38

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

+12.55

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

46 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	Large 1	750–800	787	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,503	16
Steers	Large 1	800–850	845	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,603	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	512.00/cwt	495.00–540.00	2,196	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	389.60/cwt	340.00–405.00	2,587	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	433.07/cwt	407.50–439.00	2,481	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,552	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	479.45/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,695	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,050	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,678	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	470.40/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,517	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	558	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,344	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	487.50/cwt	442.50–532.50	2,389	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	524	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	421.99/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,194	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,178	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	424.91/cwt	412.50–442.50	2,660	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	516.31/cwt	485.00–540.00	2,153	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	410.33/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,630	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	370.18/cwt	349.00–390.00	2,673	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	731	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,906	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,730	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	389.91/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,250	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	452	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,147	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	469.71/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,325	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	501.86/cwt	501.00–507.50	2,951	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	429.68/cwt	410.00–444.00	2,857	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	539.68/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,477	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,512	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	563	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,534	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	566.94/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,404	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	396.19/cwt	364.00–407.50	3,019	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	390.84/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,853	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,625	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,475	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	470.91/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,425	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	463.01/cwt	442.50–473.00	2,857	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	366.59/cwt	347.50–368.00	2,966	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	514.51/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,737	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,055	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	341.22/cwt	339.00–345.00	2,685	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	569.53/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,665	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	632	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,812	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,788	10

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 Jan 9, 2026

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 — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	787	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	429	495.00–540.00	512.00
125	450–500	495	430.00–485.00	469.71
100	500–550	515	450.00–483.00	470.91
201	550–600	573	407.50–439.00	433.07
93	600–650	641	407.50–425.00	410.33
71	650–700	664	340.00–405.00	389.60
98	700–750	722	349.00–390.00	370.18
27	750–800	787	339.00–345.00	341.22
8	800–850	810	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	452	475.00	475.00
10	550–600	558	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	417	485.00–540.00	516.31
10	450–500	484	450.00	450.00
13	500–550	520	410.00–440.00	421.99
22	550–600	577	382.50–400.00	389.91
6	650–700	661	380.00	380.00
7	700–750	718	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	550–600	563	450.00	450.00
80	600–650	632	445.00	445.00
35	700–750	731	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	550.00	550.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	800–850	845	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	480.00	480.00
34	450–500	459	535.00–545.00	539.68
12	500–550	535	460.00–477.50	470.40
32	550–600	562	475.00–485.00	479.45
31	600–650	626	412.50–442.50	424.91
8	650–700	691	387.50	387.50
18	750–800	769	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	446	555.00	555.00
16	450–500	490	442.50–532.50	487.50
5	500–550	524	505.00	505.00
9	600–650	625	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	424	550.00–575.00	566.94
24	450–500	468	565.00–575.00	569.53
175	500–550	532	490.00–525.00	514.51
262	550–600	588	501.00–507.50	501.86
198	600–650	617	442.50–473.00	463.01
290	650–700	665	410.00–444.00	429.68
182	700–750	730	390.00–403.00	390.84
54	750–800	762	364.00–407.50	396.19
76	800–850	809	347.50–368.00	366.59
9	850–900	857	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	560.00	560.00
12	550–600	583	442.50	442.50

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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