Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-11-21

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 21

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Nov 14Nov 21Nov 28 →

Receipts

1,025 head

▼ 1,200 vs last sale 2,225▼ 765 vs year ago 1,790 · −42.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding for the SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER AUCTION-INCLUDING HEREFORD INFLUENCE SALE Next Auction Date Nov 28th SPECIAL DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING CALF & 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 $390.07/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −74.79 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$390.07

124 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$28.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.32

vs NE average

−20.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	405.91	2,229	56
Medium and Large 1-2	573	377.03	2,161	68

One grade step is worth $28.89/cwt here — about $68 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 sale124 hd

390.07

—

NE average9 barns · 2,105 hd

428.40

−38.32

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−20.01

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

−74.79

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

30 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,949	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	471.34/cwt	417.50–530.00	2,225	64
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	393.76/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,937	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	413.73/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,180	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	380.97/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,053	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	394.70/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,293	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	375.91/cwt	363.00–385.00	2,192	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	404.33/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,446	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	369.98/cwt	362.50–390.00	2,327	78
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	637	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,166	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	360.80/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,407	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	353.46/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,396	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,354	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	340.73/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,515	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	812	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,355	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,296	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,769	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	411.88/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,911	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,850	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,753	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	399.43/cwt	365.00–470.00	2,109	85
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	373.45/cwt	347.50–388.00	2,170	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	587	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,730	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,559	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	385.80/cwt	340.00–407.50	2,396	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	635	422.67/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,684	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,132	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,028	8

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 Nov 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,025Last week 2,225Year ago 1,790

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	407.50	407.50
9	400–450	402	440.00	440.00
27	450–500	464	390.00–430.00	411.88
85	500–550	528	365.00–470.00	399.43
6	550–600	595	430.00	430.00
28	600–650	621	340.00–407.50	385.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
15	450–500	490	377.50	377.50
9	500–550	508	345.00	345.00
34	550–600	581	347.50–388.00	373.45
5	600–650	646	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	676	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	587	465.00	465.00
24	600–650	635	415.00–434.00	422.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	492	390.00–397.50	393.76
15	500–550	539	377.50–385.00	380.97
53	550–600	583	363.00–385.00	375.91
9	600–650	638	345.00	345.00
8	700–750	720	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	637	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	605	375.00–407.00	404.33
44	650–700	667	345.00–364.00	360.80
5	800–850	812	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	450.00	450.00
64	450–500	472	417.50–530.00	471.34
33	500–550	527	400.00–420.00	413.73
23	550–600	581	390.00–406.00	394.70
78	600–650	629	362.50–390.00	369.98
93	650–700	678	340.00–367.00	353.46
22	700–750	738	340.00–341.00	340.73

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.