Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 550 lbs steers traded 4.00 higher and 700 to 750 lbs steers traded 11.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 650 lbs traded unevenly steady. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction dates for Feb 11th Special Bred Cows and Heifers Feb. 18th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.98/cwt on 303 head, up $12.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −1.87 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$500.98

▲ 12.80 vs prior sale

303 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$23.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.07

vs NE average

+17.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	502.66	2,776	281
Medium and Large 1-2	554	479.54	2,657	22

One grade step is worth $23.12/cwt here — about $120 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $502.85 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale303 hd

500.98

—

NE average9 barns · 3,515 hd

496.91

+4.07

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+17.95

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−1.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,710	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,306	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	352.57/cwt	352.00–354.00	2,739	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	508.75/cwt	486.00–521.00	2,473	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,725	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	464.01/cwt	453.00–473.00	2,933	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	459.08/cwt	444.00–477.50	2,585	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	433.85/cwt	421.00–443.00	2,889	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,870	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	561.00/cwt	561.00–561.00	2,625	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	443.75/cwt	442.00–446.00	2,747	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	516.03/cwt	507.50–519.50	2,709	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	493.53/cwt	483.00–496.50	2,818	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	370.21/cwt	369.00–370.50	2,999	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	396.99/cwt	379.00–413.00	3,033	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	478.15/cwt	477.50–480.00	2,343	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	420.81/cwt	400.50–438.00	3,017	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,581	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	663	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	3,017	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	435.55/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,517	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,106	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	600	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,820	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	383.21/cwt	376.00–400.00	2,587	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,503	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	419.73/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,640	155

How this sale compares

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 →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Feb 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,925Last week 6,475Year ago 2,920

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	425	542.50	542.50
70	450–500	486	486.00–521.00	508.75
5	500–550	536	447.50	447.50
152	550–600	578	425.00–445.00	435.55
155	600–650	629	395.00–425.00	419.73
134	650–700	675	376.00–400.00	383.21
7	700–750	701	370.00	370.00
39	750–800	777	352.00–354.00	352.57
20	800–850	830	326.50	326.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	515.00	515.00
31	450–500	490	477.50–480.00	478.15
7	550–600	585	417.50	417.50
12	650–700	681	367.50	367.50
17	750–800	766	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	600	470.00	470.00
20	650–700	663	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	545	500.00	500.00
11	550–600	563	444.00–477.50	459.08
53	600–650	619	442.00–446.00	443.75
5	700–750	706	390.00	390.00
25	750–800	780	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	570.00	570.00
17	450–500	468	561.00	561.00
114	500–550	525	507.50–519.50	516.03
167	550–600	571	483.00–496.50	493.53
197	600–650	632	453.00–473.00	464.01
90	650–700	666	421.00–443.00	433.85
157	700–750	717	400.50–438.00	420.81
137	750–800	764	379.00–413.00	396.99
46	800–850	810	369.00–370.50	370.21
19	850–900	875	340.00	340.00

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.

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