Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2026-02-06

Burwell

Name: Burwell livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 6

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851

← Jan 30Feb 6Feb 13 →

Receipts

3,385 head

▼ 495 vs last sale 3,880▼ 5 vs year ago 3,390 · −0.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week on Friday, steers offerings traded sharply higher, with no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 13th SPECIAL CALF & REPLACEMENT HEIFER 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 $517.76/cwt on 338 head. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +52.90 against this barn's trailing median of $464.86.

Average price

$517.76

338 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$39.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.18

vs NE average

+34.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	520.57	2,900	314
Medium and Large 1-2	593	481.00	2,852	24

One grade step is worth $39.57/cwt here — about $48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale338 hd

517.76

—

NE average10 barns · 3,243 hd

504.58

+13.18

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+34.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

464.86

+52.90

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

22 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,338	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	488.15/cwt	482.50–500.00	2,631	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,929	284
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,852	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	464.94/cwt	447.50–476.00	2,938	505
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	426.36/cwt	412.50–442.50	2,724	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	446.96/cwt	433.00–454.00	2,945	141
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	408.19/cwt	403.50–415.00	2,923	95
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	404.52/cwt	389.00–413.00	3,086	479
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,913	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	372.93/cwt	368.00–376.00	3,021	189
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	834	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	3,290	146
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	365.25/cwt	365.25–365.25	3,137	180
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,105	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	483.73/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,477	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	416.81/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,392	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	405.60/cwt	394.00–417.50	2,503	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	691	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,992	331
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	360.92/cwt	352.00–370.25	2,660	190
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	779	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	3,061	222
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,574	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,789	177

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 3,385Last week 3,880Year ago 3,390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	542.50	542.50
21	500–550	512	475.00–495.00	483.73
39	550–600	574	410.00–422.50	416.81
82	600–650	617	394.00–417.50	405.60
190	700–750	737	352.00–370.25	360.92
30	750–800	780	330.00	330.00
177	800–850	818	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
331	650–700	691	433.00	433.00
222	750–800	779	393.00	393.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	593	481.00	481.00
37	600–650	639	412.50–442.50	426.36
22	750–800	783	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	535.00	535.00
30	500–550	539	482.50–500.00	488.15
284	550–600	559	524.00	524.00
505	600–650	632	447.50–476.00	464.94
141	650–700	659	433.00–454.00	446.96
95	700–750	716	403.50–415.00	408.19
479	750–800	763	389.00–413.00	404.52
189	800–850	810	368.00–376.00	372.93
180	850–900	859	365.25	365.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
146	800–850	834	394.50	394.50

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.