Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 12th Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.33/cwt on 372 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −104.47 against this barn's trailing median of $451.80.

Average price

$347.33

372 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$28.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.03

vs NE average

+48.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	348.01	1,885	363
Medium and Large 1-2	544	320.00	1,741	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.01/cwt here — about $144 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

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $451.80 across 15 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 sale372 hd

347.33

—

NE average9 barns · 3,188 hd

331.30

+16.03

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

+48.47

This barn, trailing median15 sales

451.80

−104.47

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 1	600–650	612	343.35/cwt	333.00–369.50	2,101	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,595	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,229	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	277.96/cwt	270.00–279.50	2,151	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	360.13/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,707	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	330.68/cwt	312.00–334.00	1,901	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,259	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	316.37/cwt	311.50–325.00	2,161	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	306.17/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,165	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,966	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	326.46/cwt	323.00–327.00	2,001	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,378	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	290.40/cwt	290.00–290.50	2,265	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,764	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,167	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,860	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	662	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,287	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	340.41/cwt	339.00–343.00	1,957	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,381	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	387.87/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,060	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	314.10/cwt	304.00–320.50	1,963	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	275.75/cwt	273.00–276.50	2,005	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	294.37/cwt	285.50–309.00	1,987	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	356.67/cwt	339.00–362.00	1,873	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	630	339.18/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,137	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,290	190

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,920Last week 5,510Year ago 4,315

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 12th Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	447	416.00	416.00
183	500–550	531	382.50–405.00	387.87
85	550–600	583	387.50	387.50
134	600–650	612	333.00–369.50	343.35
122	650–700	683	311.50–325.00	316.37
96	700–750	707	305.00–312.50	306.17
35	750–800	780	290.00–290.50	290.40
58	800–850	831	286.50	286.50
6	900–950	938	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	441	400.00	400.00
24	500–550	530	371.00	371.00
20	550–600	575	339.00–343.00	340.41
37	600–650	613	323.00–327.00	326.46
6	700–750	726	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
226	500–550	526	412.00	412.00
190	600–650	614	373.00	373.00
79	650–700	662	345.50	345.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	437	365.00	365.00
113	450–500	474	350.00–367.50	360.13
242	500–550	525	339.00–362.00	356.67
121	550–600	575	312.00–334.00	330.68
309	600–650	625	304.00–320.50	314.10
231	650–700	675	285.50–309.00	294.37
104	700–750	727	273.00–276.50	275.75
91	750–800	774	270.00–279.50	277.96
70	800–850	838	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	544	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	619	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
109	600–650	630	330.00–357.50	339.18

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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