Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in house and on the internet. Around 120 head of bawling calves sold in the mix and a much higher undertone was noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.70/cwt on 441 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −76.15 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$426.70

441 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$62.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+52.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	440.22	2,415	346
Medium and Large 1-2	562	377.44	2,122	95

One grade step is worth $62.78/cwt here — about $293 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

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 sale441 hd

426.70

—

NE average1 barns · 441 hd

426.70

+0.00

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+52.56

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−76.15

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

51 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	500–550	529	399.30/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,112	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,457	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,069	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,431	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	358.54/cwt	348.00–369.00	2,474	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	385.75/cwt	375.00–391.00	2,415	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	406.11/cwt	403.00–407.50	2,542	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	538	471.16/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,535	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,266	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	304.91/cwt	298.00–306.50	2,708	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	323.11/cwt	321.00–324.00	2,562	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,993	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	439.72/cwt	428.00–447.00	2,304	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	372.33/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,122	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,814	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	308.09/cwt	298.00–310.00	2,261	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,152	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	623	365.41/cwt	364.00–369.00	2,277	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	704	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,299	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	818	303.75/cwt	303.75–303.75	2,485	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	666	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,338	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	382.87/cwt	376.00–391.00	2,052	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	342.89/cwt	336.00–351.00	2,153	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	264.24/cwt	264.00–264.50	2,397	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,500	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	292.11/cwt	282.50–299.00	2,223	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,033	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	440	422.65/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,860	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	406.69/cwt	404.00–415.00	1,968	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	444.35/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,946	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	529	417.28/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,207	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	573	397.68/cwt	391.00–401.00	2,279	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	486	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	364.05/cwt	359.50–372.00	2,079	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	353.20/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,847	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,949	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,318	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	475.86/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,222	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	321.73/cwt	319.50–324.00	2,619	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	283.63/cwt	272.50–286.25	2,385	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,759	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	329.66/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,199	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	350.06/cwt	334.00–359.00	2,534	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	280.59/cwt	278.50–282.00	2,506	27

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 May 28, 2025

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

Receipts 2,992Last week 4,063Year ago 1,480

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	529	390.00–407.50	399.30
77	550–600	570	370.00–372.50	372.33
7	650–700	692	335.00	335.00
5	700–750	747	322.00	322.00
27	850–900	893	278.50–282.00	280.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	500–550	538	470.00–475.00	471.16
72	550–600	570	431.00	431.00
226	600–650	626	403.00–407.50	406.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
42	550–600	568	399.00	399.00
15	650–700	650	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	492.50	492.50
19	400–450	436	457.00	457.00
35	450–500	467	465.00–480.00	475.86
49	500–550	524	428.00–447.00	439.72
108	600–650	626	375.00–391.00	385.75
72	650–700	690	348.00–369.00	358.54
221	700–750	724	334.00–359.00	350.06
20	750–800	793	321.00–324.00	323.11
126	800–850	814	319.50–324.00	321.73
285	850–900	888	298.00–306.50	304.91
105	950–1000	967	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	437.50	437.50
22	500–550	529	415.00–420.00	417.28
28	550–600	573	391.00–401.00	397.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	390	402.50	402.50
7	450–500	457	385.00	385.00
22	500–550	523	352.50–355.00	353.20
11	550–600	570	342.00	342.00
5	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
6	700–750	701	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	417	409.00	409.00
27	500–550	534	387.50	387.50
10	600–650	601	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	400–450	438	435.00–450.00	444.35
32	450–500	484	404.00–415.00	406.69
173	500–550	536	376.00–391.00	382.87
81	550–600	571	359.50–372.00	364.05
96	600–650	628	336.00–351.00	342.89
47	650–700	667	322.50–336.00	329.66
55	700–750	734	298.00–310.00	308.09
17	750–800	761	282.50–299.00	292.11
49	800–850	841	272.50–286.25	283.63
18	850–900	896	279.00	279.00
23	900–950	907	264.00–264.50	264.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	500–550	534	403.00	403.00
74	600–650	623	364.00–369.00	365.41
14	650–700	666	351.00	351.00
73	700–750	704	326.50	326.50
60	800–850	818	303.75	303.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	440	420.00–425.00	422.65

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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