Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2026-04-24

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Apr 24
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
2,840 head
▲ 2,840 vs last sale 0▲ 520 vs year ago 2,320 · +22.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers and heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Baby calves off the cow today 65 to 105 lbs sold for $1100 to $1700 each. Next Auction Date May 1st SPECIAL BRED COW/HEIFER & VIDEO PAIR AUCTION

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $485.13/cwt on 280 head, up $4.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 12 comparable sales and sits +20.27 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$485.13
▲ 4.79 vs prior sale
280 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.95
vs NE average
+6.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574486.592,794258
Medium and Large 1-2552468.082,58422
One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about $210 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 sale280 hd
485.13
—
NE average4 barns · 1,037 hd
497.09
−11.95
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
+6.10
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
+20.27
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

12 sales
537492447402median 464.8603/0605/1508/0710/1610/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.92, low $416.01, median $464.86 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,07011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,28111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,4195
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1425
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430583.14/cwt550.00–620.002,50826
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475548.00/cwt545.00–550.002,60317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476571.57/cwt555.00–587.502,721108
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536472.99/cwt435.00–490.002,53516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542519.50/cwt502.50–535.002,81631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC573505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,89446
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580476.27/cwt462.50–492.502,762181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,7076
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634459.73/cwt442.50–474.002,915157
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668444.36/cwt417.50–467.502,96899
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675388.81/cwt370.00–402.502,62412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729414.65/cwt400.00–424.003,023235
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,86836
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7118
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760395.34/cwt391.00–407.003,00548
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1NHTC765413.00/cwt413.00–413.003,15952
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural790381.00/cwt381.00–381.003,01028
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843369.81/cwt357.00–375.003,117109
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868365.70/cwt365.00–371.003,17459
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364579.42/cwt565.00–590.002,10912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9795
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,2427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423579.50/cwt579.50–579.502,45128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474526.11/cwt520.00–537.502,49453
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488486.62/cwt465.00–512.502,37525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512428.71/cwt427.50–430.002,19523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541472.36/cwt470.00–490.002,555103
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561452.47/cwt437.50–457.502,53887
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587424.65/cwt419.00–428.002,49366
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623402.27/cwt382.50–418.502,506141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670382.35/cwt372.50–391.002,562220
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677356.07/cwt352.50–367.502,41167
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement711373.15/cwt370.00–382.002,65323
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736359.03/cwt357.00–361.002,64279
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement767400.28/cwt395.00–411.003,07069
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1787337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,65611
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,85610

This sale against other markets

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.