Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers and heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. A rollover auction was held with money raised will be donated to ranch wildfire relief. Next Auction Date April 15th Teilke S5 Angus Bull Auction & Special Bred Cows and Pairs Weigh Ups start at 9 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.71/cwt on 245 head, down $7.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +1.86 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$504.71

▼ 7.37 vs prior sale

245 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$175

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

$0.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.80

vs NE average

+21.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	505.00	2,601	6thin
Medium and Large 1	550	504.70	2,776	239

One grade step is worth $0.30/cwt here — about −$175 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.

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 sale245 hd

504.71

—

NE average7 barns · 1,099 hd

495.91

+8.80

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+21.53

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

+1.86

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

42 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,997	14
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,056	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,112	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,901	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,959	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	520.63/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,155	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	474.84/cwt	451.00–485.50	2,939	610
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,481	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	437.06/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,775	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	386.28/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,862	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,414	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	583.53/cwt	575.00–587.50	2,597	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	521.66/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,723	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,273	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,802	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	379.76/cwt	366.50–397.00	3,133	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	354.38/cwt	344.00–365.00	3,289	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	419.88/cwt	415.50–422.00	3,040	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	372.06/cwt	367.00–374.00	3,237	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	393.93/cwt	386.50–400.00	3,081	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	440.67/cwt	420.00–452.00	3,010	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	408.12/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,420	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	877	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,920	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	666	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,651	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	814	367.95/cwt	356.00–399.00	2,995	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	492.62/cwt	490.00–497.50	2,340	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,865	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	452.64/cwt	451.00–455.00	2,195	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	435.67/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,348	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	327.59/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,657	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	417.43/cwt	407.50–435.50	2,609	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	371.02/cwt	361.00–381.50	2,705	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	469.16/cwt	450.00–481.00	2,435	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	353.65/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,712	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	455.37/cwt	447.00–458.00	2,582	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	388.33/cwt	379.00–400.00	2,645	239

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Receipts 4,590Last week 1,985Year ago 4,816

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,030	291.00	291.00
16	1050–1100	1,050	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	585.00	585.00
20	400–450	414	515.00–525.00	520.63
38	450–500	475	490.00–497.50	492.62
70	500–550	519	450.00–481.00	469.16
119	550–600	567	447.00–458.00	455.37
256	600–650	625	407.50–435.50	417.43
239	650–700	681	379.00–400.00	388.33
300	700–750	729	361.00–381.50	371.02
101	750–800	767	340.00–370.00	353.65
60	800–850	845	339.00	339.00
11	900–950	924	314.00	314.00
13	950–1000	983	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	435	500.00	500.00
15	450–500	485	451.00–455.00	452.64
22	500–550	539	435.00–437.50	435.67
42	550–600	593	400.00–420.00	408.12
7	650–700	697	356.00	356.00
9	750–800	790	337.00	337.00
29	800–850	811	327.00–328.00	327.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	650–700	666	398.00	398.00
101	800–850	814	356.00–399.00	367.95
21	850–900	877	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	399	605.00	605.00
38	400–450	445	575.00–587.50	583.53
14	450–500	478	580.00	580.00
87	500–550	522	520.00–530.00	521.66
152	550–600	566	495.00	495.00
610	600–650	619	451.00–485.50	474.84
376	650–700	683	420.00–452.00	440.67
233	700–750	724	415.50–422.00	419.88
283	750–800	782	386.50–400.00	393.93
170	800–850	825	366.50–397.00	379.76
236	850–900	870	367.00–374.00	372.06
194	900–950	928	344.00–365.00	354.38
105	950–1000	950	344.50	344.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	466	532.50	532.50
38	600–650	635	425.00–445.00	437.06
51	700–750	741	385.00–387.50	386.28
9	850–900	871	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	505.00	505.00

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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