Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-10-28

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 28

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Oct 14Oct 28latest

Receipts

1,915 head

▼ 1,215 vs last sale 3,130▼ 935 vs year ago 2,850 · −32.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 500 to 600 lbs steers calves traded steady to as much as 25.0 higher and 900 to 950 lbs yearling steers traded 4.0 to 10.0 higher. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 450 to 500 lbs offerings trading steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Nov 4th & 11th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.04/cwt on 516 head, down $4.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −38.65 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.

Average price

$461.04

▼ 4.17 vs prior sale

516 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$12.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.16

vs NE average

+25.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	462.15	2,577	470
Medium and Large 1-2	534	449.72	2,402	46

One grade step is worth $12.43/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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale516 hd

461.04

—

NE average9 barns · 5,038 hd

460.88

+0.16

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+25.89

This barn, trailing median11 sales

499.69

−38.65

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $499.69 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

32 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,220	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	539.13/cwt	517.50–542.00	2,356	104
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	482.27/cwt	480.00–483.00	2,382	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,260	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	471.54/cwt	455.00–482.00	2,457	188
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	449.72/cwt	449.00–451.00	2,402	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	455.89/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,653	282
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	435.76/cwt	416.00–447.00	2,676	169
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,515	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	411.20/cwt	402.50–423.00	2,734	273
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,040	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	360.67/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,849	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,996	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	355.82/cwt	326.00–358.00	3,252	106
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	346.19/cwt	346.00–346.25	3,386	153
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,366	56
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,438	104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,885	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	503.88/cwt	503.00–507.50	2,126	115
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,018	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	451.47/cwt	441.00–457.50	2,185	104
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	430.32/cwt	415.00–452.00	2,289	170
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	408.01/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,301	100
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	589	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,518	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	392.28/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,436	145
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,604	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,346	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,411	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	331.14/cwt	311.00–338.00	2,695	28
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,783	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	311.25/cwt	311.25–311.25	2,814	60
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	299.54/cwt	299.25–303.00	2,885	65

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 Oct 28, 2026

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

Receipts 1,915Last week 3,130Year ago 2,850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1050–1100	1,072	314.00	314.00
104	1100–1150	1,118	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	370	600.00	600.00
104	400–450	437	517.50–542.00	539.13
32	450–500	494	480.00–483.00	482.27
188	500–550	521	455.00–482.00	471.54
282	550–600	582	440.00–462.50	455.89
169	600–650	614	416.00–447.00	435.76
273	650–700	665	402.50–423.00	411.20
84	700–750	707	430.00	430.00
33	750–800	790	354.00–367.50	360.67
17	850–900	876	342.00	342.00
106	900–950	914	326.00–358.00	355.82
153	950–1000	978	346.00–346.25	346.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	494	457.50	457.50
46	500–550	534	449.00–451.00	449.72
5	600–650	649	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	354	532.50	532.50
115	400–450	422	503.00–507.50	503.88
104	450–500	484	441.00–457.50	451.47
170	500–550	532	415.00–452.00	430.32
100	550–600	564	390.00–420.00	408.01
145	600–650	621	382.50–397.50	392.28
8	750–800	751	321.00	321.00
28	800–850	814	311.00–338.00	331.14
22	850–900	895	311.00	311.00
60	900–950	904	311.25	311.25
65	950–1000	963	299.25–303.00	299.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	550–600	589	427.50	427.50
35	650–700	678	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	452.50	452.50
6	650–700	692	339.00	339.00

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.