Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-08-08

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Aug 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,050 head
▲ 3,050 vs last sale 0▲ 3,050 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 170▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ AUCTION, started the day off with 110 weigh ups, Bred fall cows to calve mid Aug. a few pairs with 200 lbs calves at side. First show of Spring calves, off the cow, followed by Fall calves then yearlings. Its been over three weeks since the last auction, a trend will not be given, however a strong demand for all offerings with several buyers and active internet bidding.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $427.32/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −37.54 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$427.32
30 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,443
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.62
vs NE average
+37.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558438.482,44820
Medium and Large 1-2599405.002,42610thin
One grade step is worth $33.48/cwt here — about $22 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 sale30 hd
427.32
—
NE average2 barns · 42 hd
430.94
−3.62
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
+37.30
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
−37.54
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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,294$4,50037
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,168$3,60019
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,471$4,7006

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8098
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421506.69/cwt506.00–510.002,13328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587417.47/cwt412.50–422.502,45112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2599405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,42610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609435.01/cwt430.00–439.002,64926
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641422.80/cwt417.50–426.002,71025
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3965
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689397.91/cwt390.00–409.002,74256
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710351.69/cwt347.50–365.002,49729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722386.32/cwt382.00–392.502,78928
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766370.42/cwt360.00–374.002,83756
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2799334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,6695
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835352.88/cwt351.00–353.502,94749
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850353.65/cwt353.00–353.753,00659
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy860374.00/cwt374.00–374.003,21631
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917346.66/cwt346.50–346.753,179449
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1956336.85/cwt336.25–337.253,220492
Steers1000–1050Large 11,024336.14/cwt316.50–339.253,442116
Steers1100–1150Large 11,147269.00/cwt269.00–269.003,08529
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,11317
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,21812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632373.72/cwt372.50–375.002,36210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633393.37/cwt390.00–405.002,49031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,15213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667362.84/cwt360.00–365.002,42014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708348.55/cwt344.00–352.502,46841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed710358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,54231
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771327.61/cwt322.50–340.002,52669
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838325.02/cwt320.00–331.002,72439
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5627
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865326.28/cwt325.00–328.002,82272
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,68234
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906309.81/cwt304.00–318.002,80724
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1NHTC907320.75/cwt320.75–320.752,90966
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed934311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,90964
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976310.61/cwt301.00–315.003,032141
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,009299.00/cwt299.00–299.003,01736
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,013293.13/cwt287.00–299.502,96981
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4714,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7006
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1683,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,60019
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2944,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,50037

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.