Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date March 25th CARLSON CATTLE CO BLACK ANGUS BULL AUCTION, JD KIRWAN RED ANGUS BULL AUCTION, & SPECIAL BRED COW AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9AM

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $410.56/cwt on 62 head, down $47.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −39.38 against this barn's trailing median of $449.94.

Average price

$410.56

▼ 47.50 vs prior sale

62 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$27.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.20

vs NE average

−9.06 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	417.71	2,782	46
Medium and Large 1-2	654	390.00	2,551	16thin

One grade step is worth $27.71/cwt here — about $231 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

15 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $498.19, low $410.56, median $449.94 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

410.56

—

NE average6 barns · 1,361 hd

444.75

−34.20

National average164 barns · 12,006 hd

419.62

−9.06

This barn, trailing median15 sales

449.94

−39.38

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

21 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	750–800	779	329.08/cwt	326.50–336.00	2,564	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	391.25/cwt	380.00–400.50	2,645	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,742	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,632	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	439.65/cwt	424.00–457.50	2,581	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	358.07/cwt	349.00–372.00	2,628	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,250	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	391.81/cwt	390.00–398.00	2,833	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	337.67/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,992	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	413.59/cwt	408.00–423.00	2,626	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	411.20/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,323	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	354.02/cwt	353.00–359.00	2,471	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	417.71/cwt	417.00–418.50	2,782	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,862	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,551	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,372	11
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	310.75/cwt	310.75–310.75	3,291	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	355.39/cwt	354.50–357.00	2,936	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	379.94/cwt	374.50–384.00	2,914	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,141	187

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 Mar 11, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	550–600	587	424.00–457.50	439.65
190	600–650	635	408.00–423.00	413.59
196	650–700	676	380.00–400.50	391.25
107	700–750	734	349.00–372.00	358.07
129	750–800	779	326.50–336.00	329.08
45	800–850	825	319.00	319.00
27	850–900	876	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	565	410.00–412.50	411.20
11	600–650	641	370.00	370.00
47	650–700	698	353.00–359.00	354.02
6	850–900	890	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	666	417.00–418.50	417.71
70	700–750	723	390.00–398.00	391.81
170	750–800	767	374.50–384.00	379.94
168	800–850	826	354.50–357.00	355.39
102	850–900	886	337.00–339.00	337.67
187	950–1000	994	316.00	316.00
52	1000–1050	1,045	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	654	390.00	390.00
11	800–850	820	349.00	349.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1050–1100	1,059	310.75	310.75

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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