Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2026-10-16

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 16

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Oct 2Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

1,245 head

▼ 845 vs last sale 2,090▲ 695 vs year ago 550 · +126.4%

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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 good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Oct. 23rd & 30th Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.19/cwt on 402 head, up $45.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −7.34 against this barn's trailing median of $468.53.

Average price

$461.19

▲ 45.18 vs prior sale

402 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$23.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.90

vs NE average

+28.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	462.11	2,559	386
Medium and Large 1-2	548	438.91	2,405	16thin

One grade step is worth $23.21/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale402 hd

461.19

—

NE average9 barns · 5,181 hd

456.29

+4.90

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+28.90

This barn, trailing median13 sales

468.53

−7.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.10, low $416.01, median $468.53 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,891	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,177	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	510.13/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,347	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,323	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	475.46/cwt	462.50–485.00	2,477	185
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,443	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	449.83/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,627	201
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	422.36/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,598	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	392.23/cwt	387.50–397.00	2,463	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	396.79/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,698	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,308	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,863	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,139	25
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,170	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,917	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	422.94/cwt	410.00–437.00	2,005	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	397.88/cwt	392.50–410.00	2,097	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,967	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	375.96/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,301	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,741	70
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	310.21/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,627	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,847	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	302.71/cwt	291.00–311.00	2,815	50
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,772	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	294.34/cwt	291.00–304.00	2,879	55
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	286.67/cwt	281.00–293.00	2,915	22
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	279.75/cwt	279.75–279.75	2,993	11

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 Oct 16, 2026

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

Receipts 1,245Last week 2,090Year ago 550

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	475.00	475.00
5	400–450	429	507.50	507.50
43	450–500	460	495.00–530.00	510.13
185	500–550	521	462.50–485.00	475.46
201	550–600	584	440.00–455.00	449.83
49	600–650	615	400.00–440.00	422.36
64	650–700	680	395.00–410.00	396.79
7	850–900	865	331.00	331.00
25	950–1000	957	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	479	485.00	485.00
11	500–550	546	447.50	447.50
5	550–600	552	420.00	420.00
14	600–650	628	387.50–397.00	392.23
6	650–700	694	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,026	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	528	372.50	372.50
25	800–850	847	295.00–315.00	310.21
5	950–1000	976	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	427	449.00	449.00
59	450–500	474	410.00–437.00	422.94
36	500–550	527	392.50–410.00	397.88
33	600–650	612	360.00–390.00	375.96
70	800–850	805	340.50	340.50
23	850–900	891	319.50	319.50
50	900–950	930	291.00–311.00	302.71
55	950–1000	978	291.00–304.00	294.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,017	281.00–293.00	286.67
11	1050–1100	1,070	279.75	279.75

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.