Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers traded unevenly steady. No comparable offerings for heifer. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Jan 23rd SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.16/cwt on 244 head, down $12.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$490.16

▼ 12.55 vs prior sale

244 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$55.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.19

vs NE average

+18.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	494.73	2,767	224
Medium and Large 1-2	579	439.00	2,542	20

One grade step is worth $55.73/cwt here — about $225 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 sale244 hd

490.16

—

NE average9 barns · 4,014 hd

500.35

−10.19

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+18.18

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

+0.00

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

34 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	750–800	762	400.50/cwt	397.00–404.75	3,052	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,031	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,792	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	442.77/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,276	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,426	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,182	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,809	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	439.00/cwt	437.50–440.00	2,542	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	326.71/cwt	323.00–328.00	3,185	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	410.20/cwt	402.50–414.00	2,428	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,773	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	419.38/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,537	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	425.42/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,906	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	409.64/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,585	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,279	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	391.33/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,442	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,558	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	370.43/cwt	355.00–385.75	3,052	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	450.01/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,840	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	381.58/cwt	367.00–401.00	2,599	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,481	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	532.58/cwt	480.00–552.00	2,674	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	396.76/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,884	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	478.25/cwt	472.50–482.50	2,807	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	456.11/cwt	453.00–462.00	2,572	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	712	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,827	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	517.60/cwt	492.50–542.50	2,215	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	505.52/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,391	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,821	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	349.99/cwt	344.00–353.50	3,031	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	362.78/cwt	343.00–383.00	2,598	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,938	52

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 2,950Last week 2,900Year ago 4,990

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
164	750–800	762	397.00–404.75	400.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	579	437.50–440.00	439.00
11	600–650	605	412.50–427.50	419.38
7	650–700	695	399.00	399.00
11	750–800	755	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	428	492.50–542.50	517.60
18	450–500	473	490.00–515.00	505.52
66	500–550	502	480.00–552.00	532.58
149	550–600	587	472.50–482.50	478.25
121	600–650	631	440.00–457.50	450.01
360	650–700	683	410.00–440.00	425.42
450	700–750	727	375.00–405.00	396.76
52	750–800	765	384.00	384.00
154	800–850	824	355.00–385.75	370.43
115	850–900	866	344.00–353.50	349.99
106	950–1000	975	323.00–328.00	326.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	522	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	562.50	562.50
48	450–500	493	492.00	492.00
47	500–550	514	440.00–450.00	442.77
96	550–600	564	453.00–462.00	456.11
132	600–650	631	408.00–410.00	409.64
105	650–700	681	367.00–401.00	381.58
106	700–750	716	343.00–383.00	362.78
28	750–800	765	365.00	365.00
66	900–950	916	308.00	308.00
60	1000–1050	1,010	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	455.00	455.00
15	500–550	533	427.50	427.50
27	550–600	592	402.50–414.00	410.20
42	600–650	624	385.00–395.00	391.33
36	650–700	693	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	700–750	712	397.00	397.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	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.

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