Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-11-01

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 1
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,840 head
▲ 1,060 vs last sale 1,780▲ 890 vs year ago 1,950 · +45.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 0▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 450 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher, and heifers 450 to 500 lbs traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Nov 8th Special Bred Cow & Heifer Auction, Nov 15th Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $311.44/cwt on 550 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −153.42 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$311.44
550 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.54
vs NE average
+10.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548314.961,725488
Medium and Large 1-2570283.741,61762
One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $107 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale550 hd
311.44
—
NE average10 barns · 7,799 hd
311.98
−0.54
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+10.75
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
−153.42
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)961$1,40021

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334396.64/cwt387.50–405.001,32519
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,2325
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385369.06/cwt360.00–382.001,42188
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3707
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421349.23/cwt340.00–358.001,470107
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,49412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478333.52/cwt325.00–344.001,594379
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494315.90/cwt307.50–319.001,56150
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy501333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,66863
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5246
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534313.75/cwt295.00–320.001,675169
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568311.32/cwt294.00–325.001,768256
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574283.50/cwt265.00–290.001,62756
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned606297.96/cwt289.00–305.001,80698
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662277.24/cwt272.00–279.001,835104
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1696285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,98490
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1909250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,27317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376328.81/cwt317.50–337.001,23673
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412318.58/cwt315.00–325.001,31392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434297.41/cwt290.00–307.501,29132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467294.11/cwt289.00–302.001,373311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479281.76/cwt270.00–284.001,35057
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526266.97/cwt264.00–269.001,40420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527285.05/cwt270.00–292.001,502187
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,44124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,51123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned640247.63/cwt246.00–251.001,58528
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6497
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed802234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,87718
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19611,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,40021

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.