Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week on Friday, steers offerings traded sharply higher, with no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 13th SPECIAL CALF & REPLACEMENT HEIFER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $517.76/cwt on 338 head, up $31.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 13 comparable sales and sits +27.60 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$517.76

▲ 31.98 vs prior sale

338 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$39.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.18

vs NE average

+34.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	520.57	2,900	314
Medium and Large 1-2	593	481.00	2,852	24

One grade step is worth $39.57/cwt here — about $48 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 sale338 hd

517.76

—

NE average10 barns · 3,243 hd

504.58

+13.18

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+34.73

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

+27.60

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

22 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	350–400	388	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,105	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	483.73/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,477	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,574	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	416.81/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,392	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	405.60/cwt	394.00–417.50	2,503	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,789	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,852	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	426.36/cwt	412.50–442.50	2,724	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	446.96/cwt	433.00–454.00	2,945	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	779	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	3,061	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	404.52/cwt	389.00–413.00	3,086	479
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	360.92/cwt	352.00–370.25	2,660	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	365.25/cwt	365.25–365.25	3,137	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	408.19/cwt	403.50–415.00	2,923	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	488.15/cwt	482.50–500.00	2,631	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,913	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	372.93/cwt	368.00–376.00	3,021	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,929	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	464.94/cwt	447.50–476.00	2,938	505
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,338	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	691	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,992	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	834	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	3,290	146

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 3,385Last week 3,880Year ago 3,390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	542.50	542.50
21	500–550	512	475.00–495.00	483.73
39	550–600	574	410.00–422.50	416.81
82	600–650	617	394.00–417.50	405.60
190	700–750	737	352.00–370.25	360.92
30	750–800	780	330.00	330.00
177	800–850	818	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
331	650–700	691	433.00	433.00
222	750–800	779	393.00	393.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	593	481.00	481.00
37	600–650	639	412.50–442.50	426.36
22	750–800	783	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	535.00	535.00
30	500–550	539	482.50–500.00	488.15
284	550–600	559	524.00	524.00
505	600–650	632	447.50–476.00	464.94
141	650–700	659	433.00–454.00	446.96
95	700–750	716	403.50–415.00	408.19
479	750–800	763	389.00–413.00	404.52
189	800–850	810	368.00–376.00	372.93
180	850–900	859	365.25	365.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
146	800–850	834	394.50	394.50

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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