Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Its been three weeks since the last feeder auction a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding, for the weaned Fall calves and yearling offerings today. Still very dry conditions in the Sandhills with scattered showers in the area but not a measurable difference to help the drought conditions. Some offerings in town today do to grass shortage. Next Auction Dates June 10th and 24th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $508.26/cwt on 260 head, down $0.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +5.41 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$508.26

▼ 0.41 vs prior sale

260 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$41.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.97

vs NE average

+47.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	511.31	2,859	241
Medium and Large 1-2	574	469.57	2,695	19thin

One grade step is worth $41.74/cwt here — about $164 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 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 sale260 hd

508.26

—

NE average2 barns · 374 hd

503.29

+4.97

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

+47.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

+5.41

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

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,977	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,534	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	496.44/cwt	482.50–517.50	2,378	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	429.18/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,635	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	483.59/cwt	477.50–492.50	2,510	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	345.41/cwt	333.00–346.50	3,085	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	356.37/cwt	346.50–360.50	3,172	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	533.12/cwt	530.00–537.50	2,527	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	465.88/cwt	444.00–478.00	2,669	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	377.93/cwt	360.00–381.25	3,163	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	403.98/cwt	392.00–423.00	2,674	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	525.58/cwt	519.00–536.00	2,765	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,282	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	490.56/cwt	481.00–515.00	2,850	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	379.48/cwt	371.25–402.50	2,732	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	428.43/cwt	414.00–431.00	3,059	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	363.01/cwt	362.75–364.25	2,959	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	465.43/cwt	457.50–472.50	2,485	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,717	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,939	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	357.78/cwt	347.00–361.00	3,241	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,532	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	392.13/cwt	378.00–407.00	3,066	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	358.98/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,556	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	469.57/cwt	467.50–472.50	2,695	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,512	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	446.03/cwt	441.00–460.00	3,051	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	480.94/cwt	452.50–487.25	3,015	342

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 May 27, 2026

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

Receipts 3,200Last week 1,547Year ago 2,992

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	550–600	566	526.00	526.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	474	530.00–537.50	533.12
78	500–550	526	519.00–536.00	525.58
99	550–600	581	481.00–515.00	490.56
342	600–650	627	452.50–487.25	480.94
185	650–700	684	441.00–460.00	446.03
291	700–750	714	414.00–431.00	428.43
206	750–800	782	378.00–407.00	392.13
138	800–850	837	360.00–381.25	377.93
92	850–900	890	346.50–360.50	356.37
192	900–950	906	347.00–361.00	357.78
24	950–1000	954	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	574	467.50–472.50	469.57
17	600–650	647	420.00	420.00
5	650–700	681	412.50	412.50
21	700–750	733	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	479	482.50–517.50	496.44
130	500–550	519	477.50–492.50	483.59
143	550–600	573	444.00–478.00	465.88
86	600–650	614	420.00–442.50	429.18
64	650–700	662	392.00–423.00	403.98
66	700–750	720	371.25–402.50	379.48
11	750–800	768	330.00	330.00
338	800–850	815	362.75–364.25	363.01
136	850–900	893	333.00–346.50	345.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	534	457.50–472.50	465.43
15	550–600	591	425.00	425.00
21	600–650	629	402.50	402.50
21	700–750	712	352.50–367.50	358.98

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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