Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week's auction steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Jan 21st Special Weigh Up Auction starting at 2:00 pm, Jan 22nd Special Bred Cow & Heifer Auction, Jan 29th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.82/cwt on 1,124 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −133.03 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$369.82

1,124 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$21.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.40

vs NE average

+27.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	373.22	2,032	949
Medium and Large 1-2	555	351.37	1,950	175

One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,124 hd

369.82

—

NE average10 barns · 5,588 hd

360.42

+9.40

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+27.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−133.03

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

39 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	300–350	343	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,454	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	292.50/cwt	282.50–296.50	1,998	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	385.37/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,607	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	340.61/cwt	334.00–352.50	1,502	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	370.90/cwt	362.50–375.75	1,765	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,383	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	316.41/cwt	303.50–327.50	2,158	984
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	341.53/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,967	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	287.28/cwt	281.00–293.00	2,356	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	402.05/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,894	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	362.35/cwt	352.50–388.00	1,721	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	327.52/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,037	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	385.38/cwt	371.00–394.00	2,004	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,705	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,074	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	666	336.41/cwt	336.00–336.50	2,240	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,202	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	339.91/cwt	333.00–355.00	2,138	1,089
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	439.14/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,858	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	360.29/cwt	352.00–368.00	2,050	427
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	312.99/cwt	303.00–319.00	1,790	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	349.51/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,695	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	283.23/cwt	281.50–284.25	2,008	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	311.57/cwt	299.00–321.00	2,240	1,083
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	278.83/cwt	269.00–280.00	2,429	406
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	283.79/cwt	280.50–298.00	2,225	862
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	342.16/cwt	334.50–355.00	1,831	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,282	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,899	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	293.83/cwt	291.50–295.00	2,124	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	360.66/cwt	352.00–363.00	1,930	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,953	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	307.93/cwt	295.50–319.00	1,915	496
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	328.43/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,770	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	708	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,166	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	661	303.90/cwt	300.00–314.50	2,009	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	327.21/cwt	316.00–336.00	1,852	90

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 Jan 15, 2025

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

Receipts 9,005Last week 6,530Year ago 3,490

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	405.00	405.00
14	350–400	359	405.00	405.00
51	400–450	417	380.00–387.50	385.37
200	450–500	476	362.50–375.75	370.90
313	500–550	535	334.50–355.00	342.16
90	550–600	566	316.00–336.00	327.21
496	600–650	622	295.50–319.00	307.93
178	650–700	683	282.50–296.50	292.50
58	700–750	709	281.50–284.25	283.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	361	355.00	355.00
81	400–450	441	334.00–352.50	340.61
26	450–500	485	345.00–352.00	349.51
15	500–550	539	326.00–332.00	328.43
22	550–600	572	303.00–319.00	312.99
21	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
13	650–700	682	278.50	278.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
106	650–700	661	300.00–314.50	303.90
39	700–750	708	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	382	362.00	362.00
52	450–500	475	352.50–388.00	362.35
90	500–550	535	352.00–363.00	360.66
85	550–600	576	325.00–349.00	341.53
91	600–650	622	327.00–329.00	327.52
14	650–700	651	300.00	300.00
117	700–750	723	291.50–295.00	293.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	348	490.00	490.00
57	400–450	423	430.00–455.00	439.14
95	450–500	471	400.00–412.50	402.05
455	500–550	520	371.00–394.00	385.38
427	550–600	569	352.00–368.00	360.29
1,089	600–650	629	333.00–355.00	339.91
984	650–700	682	303.50–327.50	316.41
1,083	700–750	719	299.00–321.00	311.57
862	750–800	784	280.50–298.00	283.79
242	800–850	820	281.00–293.00	287.28
406	850–900	871	269.00–280.00	278.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	550–600	556	373.00	373.00
236	600–650	605	364.00	364.00
192	650–700	666	336.00–336.50	336.41

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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