Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First show of Spring calves off the cow and some weaned. A limited number today, no trend will be given. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Oct 2nd 16th and 23rd Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auctions

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.83/cwt on 154 head, down $43.96 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −37.63 against this barn's trailing median of $485.46.

Average price

$447.83

▼ 43.96 vs prior sale

154 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.11

vs NE average

+42.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	447.83	2,522	154

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.10, low $447.83, median $485.46 across 12 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 sale154 hd

447.83

—

NE average5 barns · 583 hd

444.71

+3.11

National average174 barns · 11,933 hd

405.57

+42.26

This barn, trailing median12 sales

485.46

−37.63

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

10 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	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,175	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,054	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	398.28/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,226	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	447.43/cwt	432.50–472.50	2,148	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,310	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	499.46/cwt	494.00–510.00	2,327	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	475.77/cwt	470.00–489.00	2,484	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	429.50/cwt	412.50–435.00	2,534	93

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 Sep 25, 2026

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

Receipts 440Last week 1,900Year ago 2,825

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	375	470.00	470.00
27	400–450	437	470.00	470.00
79	450–500	480	432.50–472.50	447.43
16	500–550	521	417.50	417.50
50	550–600	559	392.50–402.50	398.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	370	550.00	550.00
13	400–450	440	525.00	525.00
40	450–500	466	494.00–510.00	499.46
61	500–550	522	470.00–489.00	475.77
93	550–600	590	412.50–435.00	429.50

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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