Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-02-07

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 7

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 14 →

Receipts

3,390 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 3,475▼ 2,355 vs year ago 5,745 · −41.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 550 to 600 lbs steers traded 4.00 higher, 700 lbs steers traded 9.00 lower and 800 lbs steers traded 8.00 higher. A limited number of heifer offerings today with 650 lbs trading 3.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers today at the auction and light internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 14th Special Feeder and Replacement 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 $351.48/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −113.38 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$351.48

199 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$30.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.55

vs NE average

+9.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	356.69	2,027	165
Medium and Large 1-2	579	326.20	1,889	34

One grade step is worth $30.49/cwt here — about $138 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 sale199 hd

351.48

—

NE average10 barns · 3,141 hd

366.04

−14.55

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+9.10

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

−113.38

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,692	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	359.10/cwt	345.00–368.00	2,047	156
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	326.20/cwt	302.50–337.00	1,889	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	340.38/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,114	135
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	292.92/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,960	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1NHTC	674	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,268	178
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	320.42/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,172	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	301.38/cwt	293.00–309.50	2,176	257
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	290.36/cwt	279.00–294.00	2,230	199
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	267.38/cwt	265.00–276.00	2,107	50
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,364	327
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	280.58/cwt	271.00–285.25	2,304	230
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,205	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	271.17/cwt	264.00–273.00	2,367	244
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,612	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,677	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	309.03/cwt	308.00–312.50	1,703	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,752	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	296.04/cwt	294.00–296.50	1,868	68
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,787	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1NHTC	670	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,017	277
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	680	304.18/cwt	298.00–309.00	2,068	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	280.15/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,911	131
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	717	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,051	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	269.99/cwt	263.50–279.00	1,987	187
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	756	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,381	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	776	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,254	220
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,989	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	258.02/cwt	253.50–260.10	2,116	204

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Receipts 3,390Last week 3,475Year ago 5,745

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	496	325.00	325.00
57	550–600	551	308.00–312.50	309.03
68	600–650	631	294.00–296.50	296.04
131	650–700	682	279.00–287.00	280.15
187	700–750	736	263.50–279.00	269.99
5	750–800	783	254.00	254.00
204	800–850	820	253.50–260.10	258.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	516	325.00	325.00
5	550–600	599	292.50	292.50
7	600–650	644	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
277	650–700	670	301.00	301.00
220	750–800	776	290.50	290.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	650–700	680	298.00–309.00	304.18
32	700–750	717	286.00	286.00
44	750–800	756	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	579	302.50–337.00	326.20
33	650–700	669	290.00–295.00	292.92
50	750–800	788	265.00–276.00	267.38
16	800–850	829	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
178	650–700	674	336.50	336.50
327	800–850	800	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	537	315.00	315.00
156	550–600	570	345.00–368.00	359.10
135	600–650	621	330.00–355.00	340.38
68	650–700	678	310.00–322.00	320.42
257	700–750	722	293.00–309.50	301.38
199	750–800	768	279.00–294.00	290.36
230	800–850	821	271.00–285.25	280.58
244	850–900	873	264.00–273.00	271.17

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.