Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-10-17

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 17

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

550 head

▼ 550 vs last sale 1,100▼ 2,645 vs year ago 3,195 · −82.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings a trend will not be given. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Today's auction started the day with a Nurse cow calf at side, cow/calf pairs, Spring calves weaned and unweaned, ending the auction with feeders and pregged check opens. Next Auction Date Oct 24th expecting 2500

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 $473.76/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +8.90 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$473.76

61 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.08

vs NE average

+4.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	473.76	2,649	61

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 sale61 hd

473.76

—

NE average10 barns · 5,692 hd

496.84

−23.08

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+4.72

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

+8.90

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

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,140	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,245	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	545.98/cwt	540.00–552.50	2,315	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	516.11/cwt	505.00–519.50	2,519	80
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,396	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,538	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	470.63/cwt	450.00–482.00	2,659	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,612	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,599	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,831	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,569	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,974	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	475.00/cwt	467.50–477.50	2,242	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,266	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	432.42/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,331	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	408.37/cwt	407.50–409.00	2,291	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,430	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,460	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,908	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,938	21

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 Oct 17, 2025

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

Receipts 550Last week 1,100Year ago 3,195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	540.00	540.00
57	450–500	472	467.50–477.50	475.00
44	500–550	539	421.00–435.00	432.42
15	550–600	565	430.00	430.00
13	600–650	603	408.00	408.00
7	850–900	884	329.00	329.00
21	900–950	940	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	485.00	485.00
14	500–550	532	426.00	426.00
19	550–600	561	407.50–409.00	408.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	634	410.00	410.00
48	650–700	666	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	615.00	615.00
9	350–400	368	610.00	610.00
10	400–450	424	540.00–552.50	545.98
80	450–500	488	505.00–519.50	516.11
6	500–550	505	502.50	502.50
55	550–600	565	450.00–482.00	470.63
10	600–650	604	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	482.00	482.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	676	380.00	380.00

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.