Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings for steer and heifers a trend will not be given today. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date March 20th SPECIAL BRED COW/HEIFER & PAIR AUCTION

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $522.92/cwt on 158 head, down $5.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +32.76 against this barn's trailing median of $490.16.

Average price

$522.92

▼ 5.18 vs prior sale

158 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.83

vs NE average

+47.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	523.75	2,838	151
Medium and Large 1-2	540	505.00	2,727	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $111 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 sale158 hd

522.92

—

NE average7 barns · 1,192 hd

499.10

+23.83

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+47.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

490.16

+32.76

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

31 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 1-2	500–550	540	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,727	7
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	745	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,272	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,297	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	407.22/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,325	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	411.31/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,534	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	479.38/cwt	477.50–490.00	2,349	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	418.96/cwt	402.50–437.00	2,815	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	453.42/cwt	446.00–467.50	2,875	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	369.85/cwt	358.00–376.00	2,826	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	437.10/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,513	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	482.78/cwt	464.00–490.00	2,462	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	488.69/cwt	486.00–491.00	2,825	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	398.08/cwt	391.00–402.00	2,898	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,759	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	541.11/cwt	529.00–548.00	2,835	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,225	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,764	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	381.99/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,548	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	351.75/cwt	341.50–357.50	3,085	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,984	6
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	810	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,126	11
Steers	Large 1	800–850	813	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,675	13
Steers	Large 1	900–950	911	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,738	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	833	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	3,228	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	719	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	3,156	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,551	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	391.64/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,604	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,349	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,445	14

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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,670Last week 1,790Year ago 2,850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	498	555.00	555.00
7	500–550	540	505.00	505.00
5	750–800	794	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	436	585.00	585.00
24	450–500	456	605.00	605.00
101	500–550	524	529.00–548.00	541.11
50	550–600	578	486.00–491.00	488.69
159	600–650	634	446.00–467.50	453.42
102	650–700	672	402.50–437.00	418.96
46	700–750	728	391.00–402.00	398.08
111	750–800	764	358.00–376.00	369.85
6	800–850	801	372.50	372.50
246	850–900	877	341.50–357.50	351.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	813	329.00	329.00
19	900–950	911	300.50	300.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	700–750	719	439.00	439.00
141	800–850	833	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	745	305.00	305.00
11	800–850	810	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	515.00	515.00
21	500–550	537	437.50	437.50
17	550–600	571	400.00–425.00	407.22
14	600–650	640	382.00	382.00
14	650–700	667	365.00–395.00	381.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	412	540.00	540.00
57	450–500	490	477.50–490.00	479.38
22	500–550	510	464.00–490.00	482.78
44	550–600	575	430.00–445.00	437.10
40	600–650	616	410.00–412.50	411.31
110	650–700	665	377.50–397.50	391.64
5	700–750	725	350.00	350.00

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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