Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to weather conditions, a reschedule of last weeks auction, selling today. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 - HALL RANCH BLACK ANGUS BULL AUCTION & SPECIAL BRED COWS & BRED HEIFERS AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9 A.M WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 - SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9 A.M.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.39/cwt on 634 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −120.41 against this barn's trailing median of $451.80.

Average price

$331.39

634 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$25.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

vs NE average

+24.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	334.07	1,862	567
Medium and Large 1-2	583	308.76	1,801	67

One grade step is worth $25.31/cwt here — about $61 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 sale634 hd

331.39

—

NE average9 barns · 1,540 hd

325.76

+5.63

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+24.38

This barn, trailing median15 sales

451.80

−120.41

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

35 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 1-2	600–650	618	295.22/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,824	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	306.57/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,815	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	310.26/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,939	495
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	262.53/cwt	254.50–269.00	2,021	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	328.67/cwt	313.00–340.00	1,877	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,935	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,101	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	389.21/cwt	373.00–395.00	1,993	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,391	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	383.10/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,881	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	358.50/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,886	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	337.70/cwt	337.50–338.00	1,972	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,559	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	300.93/cwt	292.00–305.00	2,329	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	692	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,318	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	433.93/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,827	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	314.99/cwt	305.00–325.50	2,284	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	354.93/cwt	342.50–364.00	2,055	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	397.11/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,914	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	342.35/cwt	324.00–351.00	2,160	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	380.11/cwt	371.00–388.00	1,634	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	445.24/cwt	437.50–452.50	1,630	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	276.02/cwt	271.00–277.50	1,960	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	296.97/cwt	279.50–311.00	1,981	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	633	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,121	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	719	324.27/cwt	301.00–349.00	2,332	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	410.40/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,399	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	319.00/cwt	311.00–329.00	2,144	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	347.21/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,819	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,367	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	369.99/cwt	352.50–377.00	1,709	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,532	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,074	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,664	7

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 4,165Last week 2,920Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	341	405.00–415.00	410.40
7	400–450	416	365.00	365.00
7	500–550	508	327.50	327.50
60	550–600	592	301.00–312.00	306.57
53	600–650	618	295.00–297.00	295.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	432.50	432.50
16	350–400	398	385.00	385.00
48	400–450	430	371.00–388.00	380.11
94	450–500	462	352.50–377.00	369.99
165	500–550	524	335.00–357.50	347.21
402	550–600	571	313.00–340.00	328.67
495	600–650	625	301.00–317.00	310.26
346	650–700	667	279.50–311.00	296.97
151	700–750	710	271.00–277.50	276.02
77	750–800	770	254.50–269.00	262.53
20	800–850	845	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	633	335.00	335.00
208	700–750	719	301.00–349.00	324.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	491	380.00–385.00	383.10
41	500–550	526	355.00–367.50	358.50
17	550–600	584	337.50–338.00	337.70
6	650–700	698	301.00	301.00
21	800–850	834	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	339	460.00	460.00
15	350–400	366	437.50–452.50	445.24
24	400–450	421	430.00–435.00	433.93
105	450–500	482	390.00–405.00	397.11
48	500–550	512	373.00–395.00	389.21
296	550–600	579	342.50–364.00	354.93
177	600–650	631	324.00–351.00	342.35
261	650–700	672	311.00–329.00	319.00
290	700–750	725	305.00–325.50	314.99
190	750–800	774	292.00–305.00	300.93
31	850–900	851	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	650–700	692	335.00	335.00

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.

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