Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Another cold windy day in the area. Next Auction Date April 2

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.25/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −126.60 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$376.25

183 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$25.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.20

vs NE average

+19.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	379.29	2,146	161
Medium and Large 1-2	557	354.00	1,972	22

One grade step is worth $25.29/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale183 hd

376.25

—

NE average8 barns · 2,072 hd

384.45

−8.20

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+19.09

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−126.60

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

21 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 1-2	450–500	450	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,823	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,174	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,972	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	319.60/cwt	282.00–344.00	2,033	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	2,340	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	375.08/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,164	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	356.59/cwt	356.50–358.50	2,307	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	292.56/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,834	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	2,077	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	245.29/cwt	222.50–323.00	1,621	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,653	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,332	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,033	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	371.43/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,720	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	419.54/cwt	416.00–440.00	1,615	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	288.87/cwt	287.00–293.00	1,950	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	345.39/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,875	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	1,921	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	395.64/cwt	388.00–410.00	2,065	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	338.17/cwt	334.00–344.75	2,316	33

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 Mar 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,125Last week 4,165Year ago 0

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Another cold windy day in the area. Next Auction Date April 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	450	405.00	405.00
22	550–600	557	354.00	354.00
40	600–650	636	282.00–344.00	319.60
93	650–700	661	222.50–323.00	245.29
14	700–750	715	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	348	475.00	475.00
19	350–400	397	484.00	484.00
33	500–550	522	388.00–410.00	395.64
128	550–600	577	370.00–378.00	375.08
212	600–650	647	356.50–358.50	356.59
33	650–700	685	334.00–344.75	338.17
75	700–750	724	323.25	323.25
14	750–800	771	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	385	416.00–440.00	419.54
26	450–500	463	370.00–372.50	371.43
40	500–550	543	345.00–347.00	345.39
44	600–650	627	281.00–299.00	292.56
38	650–700	675	287.00–293.00	288.87
125	700–750	707	287.50	287.50
75	750–800	773	268.75	268.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	331.00	331.00

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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