Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2026-01-09

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Jan 9

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Dec 19Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

2,900 head

▲ 2,900 vs last sale 0▲ 460 vs year ago 2,440 · +18.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First auction of the NEW YEAR. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison but a higher trend should be noted. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding throughout the day. Next Auction Dates Jan 16th SPECIAL 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 $502.71/cwt on 498 head. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +37.85 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$502.71

498 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$25.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.65

vs NE average

+36.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	505.20	2,860	449
Medium and Large 1-2	552	479.84	2,646	49

One grade step is worth $25.36/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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

502.71

—

NE average10 barns · 4,206 hd

495.06

+7.65

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+36.38

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

+37.85

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

46 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,055	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	566.94/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,404	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,050	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,475	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	539.68/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,477	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	569.53/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,665	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	490	487.50/cwt	442.50–532.50	2,389	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,646	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	514.51/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,737	175
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	470.40/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,517	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	479.45/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,695	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,580	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	501.86/cwt	501.00–507.50	2,951	262
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	463.01/cwt	442.50–473.00	2,857	198
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,625	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	424.91/cwt	412.50–442.50	2,660	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	429.68/cwt	410.00–444.00	2,857	290
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,678	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	390.84/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,853	182
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	396.19/cwt	364.00–407.50	3,019	54
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,730	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	366.59/cwt	347.50–368.00	2,966	76
Steers	800–850	Large 1	845	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,603	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,000	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,788	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	516.31/cwt	485.00–540.00	2,153	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	512.00/cwt	495.00–540.00	2,196	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	452	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,147	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,178	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	469.71/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,325	125
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	470.91/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,425	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	421.99/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,194	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	558	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,344	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	563	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,534	101
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	433.07/cwt	407.50–439.00	2,481	201
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	389.91/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,250	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	632	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,812	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	410.33/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,630	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,512	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	389.60/cwt	340.00–405.00	2,587	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,477	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	370.18/cwt	349.00–390.00	2,673	98
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	731	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,906	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	341.22/cwt	339.00–345.00	2,685	27
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	787	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,503	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,552	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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 2,900Last week 0Year ago 2,440

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	787	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	429	495.00–540.00	512.00
125	450–500	495	430.00–485.00	469.71
100	500–550	515	450.00–483.00	470.91
201	550–600	573	407.50–439.00	433.07
93	600–650	641	407.50–425.00	410.33
71	650–700	664	340.00–405.00	389.60
98	700–750	722	349.00–390.00	370.18
27	750–800	787	339.00–345.00	341.22
8	800–850	810	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	452	475.00	475.00
10	550–600	558	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	417	485.00–540.00	516.31
10	450–500	484	450.00	450.00
13	500–550	520	410.00–440.00	421.99
22	550–600	577	382.50–400.00	389.91
6	650–700	661	380.00	380.00
7	700–750	718	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	550–600	563	450.00	450.00
80	600–650	632	445.00	445.00
35	700–750	731	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	800–850	845	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	480.00	480.00
34	450–500	459	535.00–545.00	539.68
12	500–550	535	460.00–477.50	470.40
32	550–600	562	475.00–485.00	479.45
31	600–650	626	412.50–442.50	424.91
8	650–700	691	387.50	387.50
18	750–800	769	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	446	555.00	555.00
16	450–500	490	442.50–532.50	487.50
5	500–550	524	505.00	505.00
9	600–650	625	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	424	550.00–575.00	566.94
24	450–500	468	565.00–575.00	569.53
175	500–550	532	490.00–525.00	514.51
262	550–600	588	501.00–507.50	501.86
198	600–650	617	442.50–473.00	463.01
290	650–700	665	410.00–444.00	429.68
182	700–750	730	390.00–403.00	390.84
54	750–800	762	364.00–407.50	396.19
76	800–850	809	347.50–368.00	366.59
9	850–900	857	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	560.00	560.00
12	550–600	583	442.50	442.50

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.