Sale reports / Nebraska / Burwell / 2026-02-13

Burwell

Feeder Cattle · Burwell, Nebraska · Fri, Feb 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1851
Receipts
3,190 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 3,385▲ 1,080 vs year ago 2,110 · +51.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction, 600 to 800 lbs steers traded unevenly steady. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifer, with 700 lbs offerings trading 15.00 higher. Several offerings going to the breeding pastures. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 20th SPECIAL BRED COW & HEIFER AUCTION

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $454.34/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +23.34 against this barn's trailing median of $431.00.
Average price
$454.34
197 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.52
vs NE average
+30.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555455.922,528183
Medium and Large 1-2568433.722,46414thin
One grade step is worth $22.20/cwt here — about $65 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 sale197 hd
454.34
—
NE average3 barns · 758 hd
463.86
−9.52
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
+30.39
This barn, trailing median13 sales
431.00
+23.34
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

13 sales
483449415381median 431.0003/0605/1508/0710/0210/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $468.71, low $394.78, median $431.00 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,3304
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429551.25/cwt545.00–580.002,3657
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470533.04/cwt530.00–535.002,5055
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486577.43/cwt567.50–600.002,80622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523547.84/cwt540.00–560.002,86528
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,70310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562510.07/cwt495.00–525.002,86723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581482.72/cwt475.00–505.002,80519
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639422.63/cwt410.00–430.002,70111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646458.47/cwt442.50–460.002,962232
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684435.37/cwt429.00–444.002,978141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723397.17/cwt385.00–409.002,872182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773406.30/cwt384.00–414.003,141189
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,97512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,00111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825382.39/cwt380.50–387.003,155153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361524.54/cwt500.00–550.001,8945
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,45210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454545.64/cwt485.00–575.002,47725
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479493.32/cwt470.00–520.002,36337
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528466.41/cwt460.00–475.002,46348
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564452.19/cwt440.00–455.002,550135
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568433.72/cwt430.00–437.502,46414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637409.62/cwt402.50–425.002,609215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement674405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,73085
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674398.45/cwt390.00–417.502,686224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726376.56/cwt370.00–378.002,734194
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6652
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement735399.34/cwt381.00–419.002,935361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement764405.87/cwt382.50–419.003,101361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778353.06/cwt351.50–361.002,747127
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6846
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement831381.62/cwt365.00–395.003,171258

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.