Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the auction two weeks ago on Friday, 550 to 600 lbs steers traded 7.00 to 14.00 higher and 700 to 800 lbs steers traded steady to 10.00 lower. A limited number of comparable heifer offerings with 600 lbs trading sharply higher. Demand was very good with a big crowd, several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 6th Special calf and feeder auction Feb 13th Special calf and replacement heifer auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.78/cwt on 377 head, down $4.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −4.38 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$485.78

▼ 4.38 vs prior sale

377 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$47.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.11

vs NE average

+1.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	491.60	2,796	331
Medium and Large 1-2	567	443.87	2,517	46

One grade step is worth $47.73/cwt here — about $279 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 sale377 hd

485.78

—

NE average10 barns · 3,083 hd

495.89

−10.11

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+1.68

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

−4.38

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	450.50/cwt	450.50–450.50	2,951	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	427.02/cwt	385.00–450.00	2,643	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	536.70/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,367	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,767	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,636	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,616	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	413.00/cwt	397.50–414.00	2,817	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,963	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,967	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	339.48/cwt	335.75–342.75	3,032	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	424.84/cwt	417.50–444.00	2,889	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	443.87/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,517	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,660	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,343	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	464.16/cwt	451.00–476.00	2,869	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	486.02/cwt	466.00–511.00	2,790	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	396.53/cwt	375.00–408.50	2,887	536
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,756	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	502.84/cwt	487.50–525.00	2,449	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	439.09/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,775	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	383.74/cwt	369.00–395.00	2,548	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	463.04/cwt	447.00–487.50	2,473	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	663	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,619	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,010	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	529.01/cwt	516.00–540.00	2,820	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	678	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,909	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	774	409.75/cwt	409.75–409.75	3,171	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	569.46/cwt	555.00–584.00	2,750	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	514.49/cwt	512.50–516.00	2,372	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	422.04/cwt	417.00–443.00	2,490	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	367.42/cwt	359.50–375.75	3,017	598

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 3,880Last week 0Year ago 3,475

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	650–700	655	450.50	450.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	487	487.50–525.00	502.84
46	550–600	567	442.50–455.00	443.87
25	600–650	632	430.00–442.50	439.09
174	650–700	682	397.50–414.00	413.00
21	750–800	788	376.00	376.00
6	800–850	830	347.00	347.00
21	850–900	864	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	483	555.00–584.00	569.46
43	500–550	533	516.00–540.00	529.01
288	550–600	574	466.00–511.00	486.02
233	600–650	618	451.00–476.00	464.16
148	650–700	680	417.50–444.00	424.84
536	700–750	728	375.00–408.50	396.53
67	750–800	752	394.50	394.50
598	800–850	821	359.50–375.75	367.42
116	850–900	893	335.75–342.75	339.48
25	900–950	926	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
70	650–700	678	429.00	429.00
150	750–800	774	409.75	409.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	441	535.00–540.00	536.70
16	450–500	461	512.50–516.00	514.49
163	500–550	534	447.00–487.50	463.04
83	550–600	590	417.00–443.00	422.04
163	600–650	619	385.00–450.00	427.02
92	650–700	664	369.00–395.00	383.74
14	700–750	742	352.50	352.50
65	800–850	805	327.50	327.50
47	850–900	866	319.50	319.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	402.50	402.50
21	650–700	681	344.00	344.00
20	750–800	788	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	663	395.00	395.00

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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