Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2024-11-22

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
1,790 head
▲ 1,790 vs last sale 0▼ 4,950 vs year ago 6,740 · −73.4%
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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 or heifers. Demand was good for the SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION-INCLUDING HEREFORD INFLUENCE. Several buyers today and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Nov 29th SPECIAL DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING CALF & FEEDER AUCTION expecting 4500 to 5000 head starting at 10:00 am SHARP!

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $329.96/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −134.90 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$329.96
243 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.26
vs NE average
+20.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543331.461,801225
Medium and Large 1-2558311.181,73518thin
One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $66 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale243 hd
329.96
—
NE average10 barns · 3,190 hd
322.70
+7.26
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
+20.70
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
−134.90
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

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357372.86/cwt367.50–377.501,33116
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3376
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419381.00/cwt372.50–392.501,59646
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475367.59/cwt355.00–372.501,746125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,5797
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521344.68/cwt337.50–354.001,796133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537318.30/cwt311.00–322.501,70911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576312.35/cwt300.00–327.501,79992
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7707
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626290.26/cwt287.50–292.501,81711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628297.20/cwt292.50–310.001,866158
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667299.15/cwt294.00–306.001,99592
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676286.15/cwt275.00–292.001,93451
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722279.71/cwt273.00–281.002,02056
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9659
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,2177
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,20510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397313.96/cwt307.00–320.001,24615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2403307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,23910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426338.29/cwt327.50–345.001,44185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461298.10/cwt285.00–300.001,37455
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485315.80/cwt307.50–330.001,53292
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514278.63/cwt267.50–287.501,43215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525288.23/cwt276.00–310.001,513166
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568290.50/cwt277.00–297.001,65077
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568277.38/cwt276.00–282.501,57637
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612263.04/cwt252.50–268.001,61027
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616277.62/cwt271.00–280.001,71066
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714255.13/cwt250.00–257.501,82226
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,7926

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.