Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good with very active internet bidding. Next Auction Date March 6th SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $528.10/cwt on 169 head, up $11.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +37.94 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$528.10

▲ 11.32 vs prior sale

169 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$54.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.60

vs NE average

+41.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	531.63	2,871	158
Medium and Large 1-2	561	477.50	2,679	11thin

One grade step is worth $54.13/cwt here — about $193 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 sale169 hd

528.10

—

NE average5 barns · 1,343 hd

514.51

+13.60

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+41.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

+37.94

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

30 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 1	700–750	720	390.45/cwt	384.00–404.00	2,811	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,706	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	457.26/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,826	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	379.28/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,564	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	532.78/cwt	517.50–540.50	2,872	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	332.66/cwt	332.50–334.00	3,097	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	480.50/cwt	480.50–480.50	2,470	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	431.69/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,538	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	381.16/cwt	370.00–390.50	2,927	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	427.85/cwt	411.00–442.50	2,892	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	358.49/cwt	353.00–362.00	2,950	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	423.35/cwt	417.50–427.50	2,396	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,412	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,061	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,012	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	821	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,079	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	433.84/cwt	432.50–434.00	2,772	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	337.27/cwt	331.00–346.00	2,820	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	525.05/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,536	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,679	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,682	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	340.16/cwt	333.00–347.00	2,500	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	411.64/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,614	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	351.39/cwt	336.00–356.00	2,720	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	361.46/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,599	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,548	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	327.90/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,679	35

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 27, 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	615.00	615.00
60	450–500	479	565.00	565.00
150	500–550	539	517.50–540.50	532.78
8	550–600	561	510.00	510.00
32	600–650	618	450.00–462.50	457.26
96	650–700	676	411.00–442.50	427.85
83	700–750	720	384.00–404.00	390.45
99	750–800	768	370.00–390.50	381.16
89	800–850	823	353.00–362.00	358.49
21	850–900	899	335.00	335.00
140	900–950	931	332.50–334.00	332.66
27	950–1000	978	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	800–850	821	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	483	515.00–535.00	525.05
11	550–600	561	477.50	477.50
63	600–650	639	432.50–434.00	433.84
7	700–750	741	362.00	362.00
40	800–850	836	331.00–346.00	337.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	451	565.00	565.00
100	500–550	514	480.50	480.50
94	550–600	588	430.00–445.00	431.69
75	600–650	635	400.00–420.00	411.64
92	650–700	676	370.00–397.50	379.28
41	700–750	719	355.00–365.00	361.46
64	750–800	774	336.00–356.00	351.39
35	800–850	817	325.00–330.00	327.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	566	417.50–427.50	423.35
8	600–650	638	378.00	378.00
9	650–700	685	367.50	367.50
41	700–750	735	333.00–347.00	340.16

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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