Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago thin test of the market, comparable offerings this week on steers and heifers less than 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Quite a few order buyers on the seats throughout the day with some cattle going to out of state feedlots. Some wean and bawling fall calves along with several packages and load lots of yearling cattle. Some top quality heifer genetics heading back into the breeding program to calve next year. Light rain across different areas of the state giving ranchers hope that grass will green up and flourish.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.01/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −105.84 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$397.01

321 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$25.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.60

vs NE average

+28.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	400.30	2,205	279
Medium and Large 1-2	522	375.17	1,957	42

One grade step is worth $25.14/cwt here — about $248 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale321 hd

397.01

—

NE average7 barns · 2,052 hd

390.41

+6.60

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+28.00

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−105.84

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

50 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	850–900	876	284.90/cwt	276.00–286.50	2,496	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	423.44/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,130	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	327.96/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,348	696
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,782	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	394.75/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,246	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	270.28/cwt	263.50–276.75	2,500	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	362.90/cwt	353.50–372.50	2,326	608
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	271.49/cwt	262.50–272.75	2,647	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,745	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,018	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,219	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,229	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	294.59/cwt	286.00–301.50	2,460	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,025	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	346.85/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,199	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	346.69/cwt	326.00–357.00	2,028	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	297.56/cwt	287.50–312.00	2,136	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	401.91/cwt	397.50–412.50	1,656	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	333.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,643	29
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	522	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,707	13
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	655	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	342.39/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,325	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,667	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,975	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	456.86/cwt	452.50–467.50	1,891	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	887	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,395	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	313	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	284.45/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,946	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	273.38/cwt	268.00–288.00	2,132	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	918	286.25/cwt	286.25–286.25	2,628	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	421.38/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,023	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,627	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	353.61/cwt	338.00–364.00	1,835	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	308.91/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,974	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,528	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	828	290.97/cwt	281.00–303.00	2,409	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,281	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,406	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	268.17/cwt	265.50–269.00	2,196	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	306.78/cwt	289.50–315.50	2,068	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	323.00/cwt	313.50–330.50	2,009	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	262.28/cwt	257.00–269.50	2,311	70

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 4,816Last week 1,125Year ago 5,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	414	452.50–467.50	456.86
23	450–500	480	412.50–425.00	421.38
63	500–550	503	420.00–427.00	423.44
194	550–600	569	373.00–405.00	394.75
608	600–650	641	353.50–372.50	362.90
80	650–700	679	334.00–350.00	342.39
696	700–750	716	310.00–337.50	327.96
236	800–850	835	286.00–301.50	294.59
73	850–900	876	276.00–286.50	284.90
60	900–950	925	263.50–276.75	270.28
270	950–1000	975	262.50–272.75	271.49
64	1000–1050	1,034	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	430.00	430.00
22	500–550	527	383.00	383.00
10	600–650	603	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	513	385.00	385.00
7	550–600	565	326.00	326.00
27	600–650	634	345.00–348.00	346.85
6	700–750	708	286.00	286.00
12	750–800	766	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	457	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
183	900–950	918	286.25	286.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	457	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	313	470.00	470.00
8	350–400	381	427.00	427.00
10	550–600	564	301.00	301.00
7	600–650	644	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	412	397.50–412.50	401.91
29	450–500	493	330.00–350.00	333.24
131	500–550	519	338.00–364.00	353.61
178	550–600	585	326.00–357.00	346.69
287	600–650	622	313.50–330.50	323.00
171	650–700	674	289.50–315.50	306.78
311	700–750	718	287.50–312.00	297.56
161	750–800	780	268.00–288.00	273.38
56	800–850	819	265.50–269.00	268.17
70	850–900	881	257.00–269.50	262.28
17	900–950	905	252.00	252.00
41	950–1000	976	246.50	246.50
6	1000–1050	1,038	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	522	327.00	327.00
10	650–700	655	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	447	373.00	373.00
12	500–550	542	282.00	282.00
35	600–650	639	308.00–310.00	308.91
23	650–700	684	281.00–286.00	284.45
13	700–750	735	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
131	800–850	828	281.00–303.00	290.97
11	850–900	887	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	409	425.00	425.00

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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