Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2025-11-28

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Nov 28
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
3,740 head
▲ 2,715 vs last sale 1,025▼ 145 vs year ago 3,885 · −3.7%
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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. Offerings today consisted of yearling, pregged checked open heifers, wean and non-weaned Spring calves. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec. 5th SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.97/cwt on 498 head. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −28.90 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.
Average price
$435.97
498 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,417
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.10
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 1553438.642,427461
Medium and Large 1-2568402.702,28837
One grade step is worth $35.94/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale498 hd
435.97
—
NE average2 barns · 1,003 hd
422.87
+13.10
National average33 barns · 4,299 hd
398.67
+37.30
This barn, trailing median12 sales
464.86
−28.90
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
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

60 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,0785
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484458.76/cwt450.00–467.502,22074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy504490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,47027
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,0889
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532444.54/cwt429.00–453.002,365193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy571452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,58440
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577423.31/cwt410.00–442.502,442201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586401.32/cwt390.00–406.002,35228
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616410.22/cwt405.00–413.002,52745
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628385.33/cwt385.00–386.002,42015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631416.73/cwt397.00–425.002,630298
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC650408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,65236
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned659386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,54420
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672389.70/cwt375.00–401.002,619172
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,43911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy710384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,72692
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717365.64/cwt352.00–376.002,622159
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned734316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3197
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned748350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,61831
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,2886
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1NHTC765373.29/cwt369.00–374.002,85692
Steers750–800Large 1-2771185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,42618
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779356.18/cwt355.00–357.002,77562
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,74039
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,59512
Steers1000–1050Large 11,045318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,32354
Steers1050–1100Large 11,051307.50/cwt307.50–307.503,23255
Steers1150–1200Large 1-21,174185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1726
Steers1400–1450Large 1-21,425190.50/cwt190.50–190.502,71514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420438.50/cwt427.00–455.001,84231
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480425.55/cwt415.00–435.002,04378
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480398.79/cwt398.00–400.001,91427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522406.33/cwt387.00–416.002,121138
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement562405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,27620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574375.54/cwt369.00–381.002,15692
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575359.99/cwt355.00–365.002,07024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613356.38/cwt351.00–358.002,18530
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621371.51/cwt364.00–390.002,30783
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement628401.72/cwt397.00–405.002,52325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641356.22/cwt355.00–357.002,28323
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0938
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement668429.98/cwt410.00–438.002,87236
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,38517
Heifers700–750Large 1-2715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4308
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720326.17/cwt309.00–336.502,348106
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,15415
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,2595
Heifers750–800Large 1-2797178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,41913
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,22144
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834312.30/cwt310.00–316.002,605106
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1851324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,7579
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1938299.03/cwt281.00–301.002,805116
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1994302.00/cwt302.00–302.003,002180
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,011294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,97260
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,034288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,97830
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,094265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,89917
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,166233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,7178
Heifers1150–1200Large 1-21,195161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9249
Heifers1250–1300Large 1-21,260162.50/cwt162.50–162.502,0487

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.