Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-10-24

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Oct 24

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

Receipts

2,770 head

▲ 2,220 vs last sale 550▲ 990 vs year ago 1,780 · +55.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 31st Special Spring Calf and Feeder Auction

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 $470.39/cwt on 853 head. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +5.53 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$470.39

853 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.04

vs NE average

+12.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	470.39	2,554	853

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 sale853 hd

470.39

—

NE average11 barns · 6,504 hd

478.43

−8.04

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+12.25

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

+5.53

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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,001	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,887	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,086	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	540.27/cwt	527.50–565.00	2,399	99
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	498.37/cwt	492.50–520.00	2,347	93
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	465.20/cwt	462.00–470.00	2,307	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	525	491.36/cwt	490.00–495.50	2,580	365
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	466.93/cwt	429.50–485.00	2,498	253
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	441.56/cwt	426.00–456.50	2,557	235
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	622	395.12/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,458	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	430.46/cwt	410.00–439.50	2,699	223
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	631	453.50/cwt	453.50–453.50	2,862	120
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	400.86/cwt	393.50–405.00	2,666	132
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	707	392.72/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,777	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	763	378.19/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,886	101
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	804	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,023	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	493.96/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,610	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	529.12/cwt	515.00–539.00	1,995	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	465.05/cwt	452.50–477.50	2,046	80
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,890	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	459.96/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,203	223
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	419.46/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,039	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	488	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,577	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	423.59/cwt	415.00–433.00	2,207	95
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,247	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	407.96/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,289	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,197	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	384.21/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,359	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	635	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,343	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	344.90/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,342	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	336.80/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,425	31

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,770Last week 550Year ago 1,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	427.50	427.50
22	450–500	486	415.00–425.00	419.46
17	500–550	548	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	567	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	326	475.00–510.00	493.96
37	350–400	377	515.00–539.00	529.12
80	400–450	440	452.50–477.50	465.05
223	450–500	479	447.50–467.50	459.96
95	500–550	521	415.00–433.00	423.59
48	550–600	561	402.50–415.00	407.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	614	375.00–390.00	384.21
69	650–700	679	341.00–347.00	344.90
31	700–750	720	330.00–341.00	336.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	488	528.00	528.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	635	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	622	390.00–400.00	395.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
365	500–550	525	490.00–495.50	491.36
120	600–650	631	453.50	453.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	485.00	485.00
18	400–450	413	505.00	505.00
30	450–500	496	462.00–470.00	465.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
223	600–650	627	410.00–439.50	430.46
132	650–700	665	393.50–405.00	400.86
69	700–750	707	386.00–400.00	392.72
101	750–800	763	375.00–380.00	378.19
18	800–850	804	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	351	570.00	570.00
99	400–450	444	527.50–565.00	540.27
93	450–500	471	492.50–520.00	498.37
253	500–550	535	429.50–485.00	466.93
235	550–600	579	426.00–456.50	441.56

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.