Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-01-31

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-31

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 31

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Jan 24Jan 31Feb 7 →

Receipts

3,475 head

▲ 3,475 vs last sale 0▲ 3,475 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 lbs steers and heifers traded 9.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and very active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 7th SPECIAL CALF & 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 $356.26/cwt on 456 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −108.60 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$356.26

456 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.69

vs NE average

+7.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	362.79	1,989	330
Medium and Large 1-2	559	344.51	1,926	72
Large 1	589	332.00	1,955	54

One grade step is worth $30.79/cwt here — about $34 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 sale456 hd

356.26

—

NE average10 barns · 4,877 hd

372.94

−16.69

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+7.60

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

−108.60

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

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

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	407.62/cwt	402.50–420.00	1,732	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	379.61/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,879	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,000	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	372.28/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,914	90
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	353.12/cwt	352.50–357.50	1,900	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	354.77/cwt	348.00–362.00	2,015	212
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	334.34/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,953	33
Steers	550–600	Large 1	589	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,955	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	335.48/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,060	311
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	321.31/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,999	66
Steers	600–650	Large 1	647	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,032	112
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,037	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	321.61/cwt	303.00–332.00	2,152	337
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	311.34/cwt	301.00–317.00	2,220	163
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1NHTC	714	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,235	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	284.50/cwt	278.00–288.50	2,193	88
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,312	40
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1NHTC	812	287.42/cwt	285.25–288.50	2,334	135
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,486	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,493	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	368.27/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,514	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,427	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	367.82/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,762	58
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	350.77/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,698	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	353.53/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,817	96
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	557	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,677	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	323.98/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,850	286
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	310.06/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,792	19
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	615	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,796	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	301.38/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,887	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,800	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	283.37/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,899	169
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	692	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,131	72
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	265.16/cwt	262.00–273.00	2,036	128
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,232	58

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Burwell Livestock Market - Burwell, NE

Fri Jan 31, 2025

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

Receipts 3,475Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	538	352.50–357.50	353.12
33	550–600	584	330.00–340.00	334.34
66	600–650	622	305.00–327.50	321.31
24	650–700	668	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	550–600	589	332.00	332.00
112	600–650	647	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	509	393.00	393.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	714	313.00	313.00
135	800–850	812	285.25–288.50	287.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	425	402.50–420.00	407.62
44	450–500	495	370.00–390.00	379.61
90	500–550	514	360.00–379.00	372.28
212	550–600	568	348.00–362.00	354.77
311	600–650	614	331.00–343.00	335.48
337	650–700	669	303.00–332.00	321.61
163	700–750	713	301.00–317.00	311.34
88	750–800	771	278.00–288.50	284.50
40	800–850	807	286.50	286.50
56	900–950	926	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	557	301.00	301.00
65	600–650	615	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	650–700	692	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	335.00	335.00
23	450–500	484	345.00–355.00	350.77
19	550–600	578	305.00–312.50	310.06
7	600–650	643	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	565	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	393	380.00	380.00
22	400–450	411	362.50–372.50	368.27
58	450–500	479	362.50–382.50	367.82
96	500–550	514	347.00–360.00	353.53
286	550–600	571	317.50–337.50	323.98
77	600–650	626	297.00–304.00	301.38
169	650–700	670	275.00–289.00	283.37
128	750–800	768	262.00–273.00	265.16
58	850–900	872	256.00	256.00

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.