Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 500 to 800 as steers traded 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Comparable heifer offerings 500 lbs traded 10.00 higher and 600 to 650 lbs heifers traded 5.00 to 14.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 5th Weigh Ups at 9:00 am, Special Feeder Cattle Auction 12:00 pm, RJ Cline Bull Auction and Heifers at 3:00 pm

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.69/cwt on 896 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −129.16 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$373.69

896 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$20.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.39

vs NE average

+25.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	381.58	2,061	555
Medium and Large 1-2	564	360.84	2,035	341

One grade step is worth $20.74/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale896 hd

373.69

—

NE average9 barns · 3,125 hd

364.30

+9.39

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+25.03

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−129.16

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	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,124	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	273.39/cwt	272.00–276.00	2,075	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	313.84/cwt	301.50–329.00	1,958	363
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	282.76/cwt	279.00–283.50	1,985	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	295.13/cwt	292.00–304.00	2,166	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	334.21/cwt	332.00–335.00	2,129	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	439.49/cwt	432.50–446.00	1,894	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	405.98/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,815	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	321.53/cwt	308.00–332.00	2,167	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	347.08/cwt	339.00–355.25	2,166	474
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	291.20/cwt	290.50–292.75	2,391	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	387.23/cwt	385.00–388.00	1,874	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	301.17/cwt	299.00–302.00	2,226	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	375.74/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,991	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	709	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,304	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	306.80/cwt	292.00–315.50	2,065	559
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,154	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,444	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	349.95/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,061	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	391.57/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,021	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	317.29/cwt	315.00–318.50	1,853	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	378.23/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,638	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	366.48/cwt	359.00–373.00	1,726	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	397.79/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,937	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	318.80/cwt	311.00–328.00	2,292	482
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	369.00/cwt	356.00–380.00	2,092	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,619	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,899	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	339.05/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,777	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	612	366.40/cwt	366.00–366.50	2,242	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	297.48/cwt	294.00–301.50	2,282	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	352.42/cwt	349.00–368.00	1,878	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	327.54/cwt	320.50–338.50	1,893	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	362.49/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,537	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	686	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,264	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	630	337.42/cwt	334.00–340.50	2,126	153

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 5,510Last week 9,005Year ago 4,130

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	400.00	400.00
73	400–450	433	370.00–386.00	378.23
76	450–500	471	359.00–373.00	366.48
199	500–550	533	349.00–368.00	352.42
233	550–600	578	320.50–338.50	327.54
363	600–650	624	301.50–329.00	313.84
559	650–700	673	292.00–315.50	306.80
151	700–750	734	292.00–304.00	295.13
49	750–800	759	272.00–276.00	273.39
8	800–850	820	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	424	360.00–365.00	362.49
13	450–500	456	355.00	355.00
63	500–550	524	334.00–345.00	339.05
33	550–600	584	315.00–318.50	317.29
14	600–650	635	299.00	299.00
7	650–700	696	285.00	285.00
45	700–750	702	279.00–283.50	282.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
153	600–650	630	334.00–340.50	337.42
74	650–700	686	330.00	330.00
70	700–750	709	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	447	385.00–417.50	405.98
22	450–500	484	385.00–388.00	387.23
144	500–550	530	372.50–377.50	375.74
197	550–600	589	347.50–352.50	349.95
42	600–650	637	332.00–335.00	334.21
55	700–750	739	299.00–302.00	301.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	430.00	430.00
49	400–450	431	432.50–446.00	439.49
68	450–500	487	390.00–402.00	397.79
285	500–550	516	380.00–400.00	391.57
245	550–600	567	356.00–380.00	369.00
474	600–650	624	339.00–355.25	347.08
371	650–700	674	308.00–332.00	321.53
482	700–750	719	311.00–328.00	318.80
73	750–800	767	294.00–301.50	297.48
111	800–850	821	290.50–292.75	291.20
9	850–900	879	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	551	391.00	391.00
160	600–650	612	366.00–366.50	366.40

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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