Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-06-13

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Jun 13
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,035 head
▲ 1,035 vs last sale 0▲ 825 vs year ago 210 · +392.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 487 vs last sale 510▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction started the day with weigh ups, video auction of 2 and 3 year old Fall bred cows, Fall bred BLK/BWF cows selling at the barn, in good condition calving in Sept. followed by weaned Fall calves and yearlings. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good throughout the day. Next Auction Date June 20th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $410.71/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −54.15 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$410.71
21 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.19
vs NE average
+29.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546410.712,24421
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 sale21 hd
410.71
—
NE average5 barns · 547 hd
424.90
−14.19
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+29.70
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
−54.15
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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,292$3,1004thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,175$2,2336
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$2,02412

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8966
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,21315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,3246
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Source/Aged633394.50/cwt394.50–394.502,49736
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644357.16/cwt350.00–360.002,30021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,45813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709354.64/cwt300.00–359.502,51476
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Source/Aged716354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,53547
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,27014
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1809320.91/cwt311.00–324.002,596147
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Natural838322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,69834
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1899307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,760264
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2944282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,6626
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565329.28/cwt325.00–335.001,86033
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,26770
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685298.75/cwt287.00–310.002,04640
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,29819
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,32449
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,38647
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2897269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,4136
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,1121,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1552,024.22/head1,950.00–2,050.002,02412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2072,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2923,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1004

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.