Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-02-14

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
2,110 head
▼ 1,280 vs last sale 3,390▲ 2,110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings for steers today, 650 lbs heifers traded 9.00 higher. A high demand for replacement heifers off the ranch with out of state buyers at the sale and very active internet bidding. Next auction Dates Feb 21st SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.97/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −100.04 against this barn's trailing median of $431.00.
Average price
$330.97
143 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.10
vs NE average
+33.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551330.971,825143
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale143 hd
330.97
—
NE average7 barns · 1,198 hd
317.87
+13.10
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
+33.97
This barn, trailing median13 sales
431.00
−100.04
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

13 sales
483449415381median 431.0003/0605/1508/0710/0210/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.71, low $394.78, median $431.00 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431414.75/cwt402.50–422.501,78816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,91225
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,97033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643320.23/cwt320.00–321.002,05969
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,96012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1696292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0325
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,92810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,16912
Steers850–900Large 1872254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,21947
Steers950–1000Large 1987245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,41833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5659
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530340.33/cwt324.00–344.001,80478
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577319.73/cwt314.00–323.001,84565
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630301.71/cwt298.75–323.501,901315
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672289.22/cwt287.00–294.001,944143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC680288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,95883
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement681301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,05026
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement724294.77/cwt286.00–306.002,134607
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738274.29/cwt273.00–277.002,02447
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779257.13/cwt256.00–260.502,00320
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement786287.84/cwt285.00–302.002,262139
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement811287.68/cwt280.50–289.002,333154
Heifers800–850Large 1826245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,02842
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1978
Heifers900–950Large 1918235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,1629

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.