Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the report from two weeks ago, the Bassett Livestock Auction saw limited heifer offerings, with 750 lb heifers trading 15.00 lower. Steers weighing 750 to 1050 lbs also saw significant downward pressure, trading 25.00 lower. These declines are primarily attributed to the sharp losses in CME cattle futures over the past two weeks. While the Nebraska Sandhills received rain showers, the moisture arrived too late for pastures and hay crops to recover.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.06/cwt on 91 head, down $28.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −31.79 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$471.06

▼ 28.63 vs prior sale

91 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+52.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	471.06	2,659	91

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale91 hd

471.06

—

NE average1 barns · 91 hd

471.06

+0.00

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+52.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−31.79

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,830	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,101	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	421.24/cwt	406.00–437.50	2,443	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	335.31/cwt	333.00–336.00	3,310	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	362.44/cwt	353.00–381.00	2,584	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	483.00/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,425	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,673	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	366.94/cwt	362.00–371.00	2,503	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,348	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,718	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	531.05/cwt	526.00–542.00	2,570	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	404.98/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,535	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	390.27/cwt	390.00–392.00	2,962	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	434.57/cwt	430.00–439.00	2,920	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	339.50/cwt	332.50–343.00	3,181	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	350.11/cwt	343.00–352.00	2,657	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	358.07/cwt	354.00–361.00	2,954	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	446.49/cwt	435.00–451.00	2,813	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	444.49/cwt	432.50–446.50	2,534	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	470.83/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,679	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	395.22/cwt	382.00–417.00	2,830	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,577	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,323	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	502.20/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,205	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,771	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	319.74/cwt	316.75–323.00	3,316	655
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	317.48/cwt	313.75–321.50	3,403	477
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,996	32

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 Jul 22, 2026

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

Receipts 2,925Last week 8,720Year ago 2,035

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	439	490.00–515.00	502.20
20	450–500	481	483.00	483.00
35	500–550	502	480.00–495.00	483.00
76	550–600	570	432.50–446.50	444.49
61	600–650	626	397.50–420.00	404.98
88	650–700	652	410.00	410.00
59	700–750	713	353.00–381.00	362.44
101	750–800	759	343.00–352.00	350.11
65	800–850	811	349.00	349.00
10	900–950	936	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	543	432.50	432.50
20	550–600	580	406.00–437.50	421.24
31	650–700	682	362.00–371.00	366.94
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	1000–1050	1,033	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	484	526.00–542.00	531.05
18	500–550	546	472.00	472.00
73	550–600	569	465.00–480.00	470.83
39	600–650	630	435.00–451.00	446.49
68	650–700	672	430.00–439.00	434.57
49	700–750	716	382.00–417.00	395.22
122	750–800	759	390.00–392.00	390.27
126	800–850	825	354.00–361.00	358.07
64	850–900	886	350.00	350.00
179	900–950	937	332.50–343.00	339.50
234	950–1000	987	333.00–336.00	335.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	638	426.00	426.00
7	700–750	714	371.00	371.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
655	1000–1050	1,037	316.75–323.00	319.74
477	1050–1100	1,072	313.75–321.50	317.48

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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