Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction, 600 to 800 lbs steers traded unevenly steady. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifer, with 700 lbs offerings trading 15.00 higher. Several offerings going to the breeding pastures. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 20th SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $454.34/cwt on 197 head, up $14.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +10.69 against this barn's trailing median of $443.66.

Average price

$454.34

▲ 14.11 vs prior sale

197 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$22.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.52

vs NE average

+30.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	455.92	2,528	183
Medium and Large 1-2	568	433.72	2,464	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.20/cwt here — about $65 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.71, low $428.75, median $443.66 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 sale197 hd

454.34

—

NE average3 barns · 758 hd

463.86

−9.52

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

+30.39

This barn, trailing median13 sales

443.66

+10.69

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	350–400	361	524.54/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,894	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,452	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	545.64/cwt	485.00–575.00	2,477	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	466.41/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,463	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	353.06/cwt	351.50–361.00	2,747	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	452.19/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,550	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	435.37/cwt	429.00–444.00	2,978	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	397.17/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,872	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	406.30/cwt	384.00–414.00	3,141	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	547.84/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,865	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	458.47/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,962	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	551.25/cwt	545.00–580.00	2,365	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	533.04/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,703	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	422.63/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	493.32/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,363	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	735	399.34/cwt	381.00–419.00	2,935	361
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	764	405.87/cwt	382.50–419.00	3,101	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	510.07/cwt	495.00–525.00	2,867	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,001	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,975	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	398.45/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,686	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	376.56/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,734	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	409.62/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,609	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	577.43/cwt	567.50–600.00	2,806	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	482.72/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,805	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	433.72/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,464	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	674	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,730	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	831	381.62/cwt	365.00–395.00	3,171	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	382.39/cwt	380.50–387.00	3,155	153

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 3,190Last week 3,385Year ago 2,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	500.00–550.00	524.54
10	400–450	434	565.00	565.00
25	450–500	454	485.00–575.00	545.64
48	500–550	528	460.00–475.00	466.41
135	550–600	564	440.00–455.00	452.19
215	600–650	637	402.50–425.00	409.62
224	650–700	674	390.00–417.50	398.45
194	700–750	726	370.00–378.00	376.56
127	750–800	778	351.50–361.00	353.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	479	470.00–520.00	493.32
14	550–600	568	430.00–437.50	433.72
2	700–750	730	365.00	365.00
6	750–800	778	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	674	405.00	405.00
361	700–750	735	381.00–419.00	399.34
361	750–800	764	382.50–419.00	405.87
258	800–850	831	365.00–395.00	381.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	610.00	610.00
7	400–450	429	545.00–580.00	551.25
22	450–500	486	567.50–600.00	577.43
28	500–550	523	540.00–560.00	547.84
23	550–600	562	495.00–525.00	510.07
232	600–650	646	442.50–460.00	458.47
141	650–700	684	429.00–444.00	435.37
182	700–750	723	385.00–409.00	397.17
189	750–800	773	384.00–414.00	406.30
153	800–850	825	380.50–387.00	382.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	530.00–535.00	533.04
10	500–550	530	510.00	510.00
19	550–600	581	475.00–505.00	482.72
11	600–650	639	410.00–430.00	422.63
12	750–800	785	379.00	379.00
11	800–850	811	370.00	370.00

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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