Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding, but not a big crowd for the consignment list of weaned and non-weaned Fall calves followed by yearling offerings. A beautiful day in the Sandhills with hopes of rain in the weather forecast. Next Auction Date MAY 7 - SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9 A.M.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.67/cwt on 454 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −102.18 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$400.67

454 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,206

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$7.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

vs NE average

+26.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	401.31	2,218	415
Medium and Large 1-2	529	393.87	2,084	39

One grade step is worth $7.44/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale454 hd

400.67

—

NE average5 barns · 1,130 hd

395.19

+5.47

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+26.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−102.18

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

49 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 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,827	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	487.18/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,803	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,202	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	309.09/cwt	298.00–311.00	2,377	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	393.87/cwt	391.00–402.50	2,084	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,778	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	900–950	928	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,687	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	461.51/cwt	457.50–467.00	2,058	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	323.49/cwt	300.00–347.50	2,022	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,378	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	335.35/cwt	328.00–339.00	2,277	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	375.97/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,203	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	798	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,390	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	361.63/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,296	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	346	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	857	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,558	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,940	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	415.70/cwt	412.50–419.00	2,004	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	330.63/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,043	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	392.42/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,691	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	287.75/cwt	287.75–287.75	2,204	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	383.60/cwt	376.00–390.00	1,799	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,106	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	286.33/cwt	284.00–291.00	2,669	520
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,732	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	373.91/cwt	352.50–377.50	2,374	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	281.00/cwt	280.00–283.00	2,504	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	394.05/cwt	382.50–412.50	2,246	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	339.41/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,999	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	306.89/cwt	298.00–310.00	2,504	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	394.67/cwt	385.00–401.00	1,851	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	417.07/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,177	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	331.88/cwt	305.50–340.00	2,353	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	299.65/cwt	291.50–303.25	2,610	428
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,812	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	444.07/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,047	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	342.70/cwt	326.00–367.50	1,971	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	696	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,206	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	635	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,153	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,960	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	370.06/cwt	362.50–387.50	1,935	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	316.91/cwt	294.50–330.00	2,136	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,988	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	394	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,537	15

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 4,570Last week 4,816Year ago 3,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	482.50	482.50
14	350–400	395	462.50	462.50
18	450–500	479	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	370	485.00–490.00	487.18
57	450–500	482	412.50–419.00	415.70
41	550–600	586	370.00–383.00	375.97
63	600–650	635	357.00–365.00	361.63
28	650–700	655	363.00	363.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
39	500–550	529	391.00–402.50	393.87
31	600–650	625	300.00–347.50	323.49
21	800–850	823	267.50	267.50
15	850–900	891	280.00–283.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	335	495.00	495.00
47	400–450	446	457.50–467.00	461.51
40	450–500	461	440.00–450.00	444.07
163	500–550	522	410.00–433.00	417.07
211	550–600	570	382.50–412.50	394.05
71	600–650	635	352.50–377.50	373.91
199	650–700	679	328.00–339.00	335.35
368	700–750	709	305.50–340.00	331.88
231	750–800	769	298.00–311.00	309.09
99	800–850	816	298.00–310.00	306.89
428	850–900	871	291.50–303.25	299.65
520	900–950	932	284.00–291.00	286.33
60	950–1000	992	280.00	280.00
49	1000–1050	1,029	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
80	750–800	798	299.50	299.50
71	850–900	857	298.50	298.50
65	900–950	928	289.50	289.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	420.00	420.00
54	400–450	431	380.00–397.50	392.42
25	450–500	469	376.00–390.00	383.60
181	500–550	523	362.50–387.50	370.06
177	550–600	575	326.00–367.50	342.70
123	600–650	618	320.00–338.00	330.63
208	650–700	674	294.50–330.00	316.91
51	750–800	766	287.75	287.75
12	850–900	856	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	469	385.00–401.00	394.67
29	500–550	540	363.00	363.00
39	550–600	589	337.50–345.00	339.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
20	450–500	493	367.50	367.50
30	650–700	694	286.50	286.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	635	339.00	339.00
49	650–700	696	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	394	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	467	357.50	357.50

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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