Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-09-26

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Sep 26
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
2,825 head
▲ 1,700 vs last sale 1,125▲ 55 vs year ago 2,770 · +2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 950 lb steers trading 5.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding throughout the whole sale. Started the day with Fall calves then onto several loads of yearlings followed by the first show of weaned and unweaned Spring calves. Next Auction Dates for Oct 10th, 17th, 24th, & 31st

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $486.21/cwt on 189 head. That ranks 11 of 12 comparable sales and sits +21.35 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$486.21
189 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$417
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$60.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.23
vs NE average
+69.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533490.022,610177
Medium and Large 1-2510430.002,19312thin
One grade step is worth $60.02/cwt here — about $417 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale189 hd
486.21
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NE average7 barns · 881 hd
468.98
+17.23
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+69.12
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
+21.35
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.

Every lot

45 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,0756
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435516.66/cwt500.00–530.002,24738
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454443.72/cwt430.00–450.002,01416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,19312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514504.00/cwt480.00–512.002,591120
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572460.59/cwt460.00–461.002,63557
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606447.50/cwt441.00–452.502,71299
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612412.48/cwt410.00–415.002,52410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,70423
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,7496
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,72010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707393.98/cwt393.00–395.002,78595
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781375.27/cwt373.50–377.002,93178
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7655
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822367.94/cwt363.00–369.503,024121
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,9615
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854378.50/cwt378.50–378.503,23236
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891343.00/cwt343.00–343.003,05626
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,396180
Steers1000–1050Large 11,028344.93/cwt344.00–346.003,546399
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,0908
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,89611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435432.63/cwt410.00–475.001,88217
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437477.90/cwt470.00–490.002,08817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,18118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474470.96/cwt460.00–487.502,23266
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519433.28/cwt420.00–447.502,24939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,20016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,51946
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Spayed636375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,38524
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3379
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2686
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed724375.08/cwt351.00–377.502,716111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5639
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4425
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764333.91/cwt330.00–339.002,55114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed774349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,70130
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed836343.10/cwt331.50–349.502,868236
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1837334.71/cwt334.50–335.002,80254
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed861345.00/cwt325.00–349.002,970176
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887327.39/cwt325.00–332.002,90435
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed918326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,99365
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935329.84/cwt326.00–336.503,084156
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2986296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,91911
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,000335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,350110

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.