Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale, started the day at 8:00 am, Fall calves followed by several load lots of yearlings, video auction at noon, then onto more loads of yearlings from local Sandhill Ranches. No comparable offerings for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good all day, with several buyers at the barn and active internet bidding. Scattered showers throughout the Sandhills bringing much needed rain, meadows are finally catching up. Next Auction Dates July 16th Special Bred Cow Auction July 23rd Special Fall Calves and Yearlings

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.90/cwt on 291 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −48.95 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$453.90

291 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+74.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	453.90	2,531	291

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale291 hd

453.90

—

NE average1 barns · 291 hd

453.90

+0.00

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+74.77

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−48.95

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

54 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	550–600	575	424.07/cwt	410.00–431.00	2,438	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,273	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	422.22/cwt	400.00–434.00	2,609	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	376.38/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,341	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	294.36/cwt	285.50–301.00	3,008	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	336.61/cwt	334.75–339.25	2,831	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	436.50/cwt	434.00–440.00	2,292	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	509.41/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,134	19
Steers	Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,035	309.42/cwt	306.50–312.50	3,202	432
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	960	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,110	230
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,056	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	3,020	240
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	290.25/cwt	290.25–290.25	3,196	346
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	291.95/cwt	288.25–294.25	3,083	388
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	304.74/cwt	292.00–314.00	3,099	566
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	953	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,816	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	872	315.88/cwt	312.00–317.75	2,754	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	768	334.23/cwt	319.00–343.75	2,567	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	678	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,380	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	525	459.25/cwt	459.25–459.25	2,411	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	567	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,308	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,739	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	419.48/cwt	395.00–429.00	2,047	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	389.22/cwt	389.00–390.00	2,090	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	905	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,706	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	690	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,322	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	321.28/cwt	311.50–325.50	2,602	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	448.53/cwt	440.00–451.00	1,812	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	383.10/cwt	381.00–389.00	2,184	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	377.72/cwt	372.50–386.00	2,331	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,317	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	374.21/cwt	365.00–381.00	2,537	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	317.12/cwt	312.25–322.25	2,937	1,120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	330.38/cwt	326.00–333.50	2,881	554
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	310.05/cwt	295.50–320.25	3,014	1,024
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	299.05/cwt	293.75–304.75	3,206	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,457	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,226	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	352.83/cwt	350.00–357.00	2,706	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	379.48/cwt	362.00–389.00	2,736	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	554	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,582	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	957	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,115	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	710	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,705	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	465	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,302	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	638	415.49/cwt	409.00–420.50	2,651	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	503.89/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,728	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	307.53/cwt	303.00–312.25	2,691	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	443.13/cwt	440.00–451.00	2,065	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	418.38/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,243	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	341.15/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,340	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	320.02/cwt	305.00–326.50	2,429	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,317	21

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

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

Receipts 9,630Last week 8,075Year ago 8,720

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	343	500.00–505.00	503.89
19	400–450	419	495.00–515.00	509.41
23	450–500	463	491.00	491.00
17	500–550	525	434.00–440.00	436.50
72	550–600	575	410.00–431.00	424.07
92	600–650	618	400.00–434.00	422.22
44	650–700	678	365.00–381.00	374.21
127	700–750	721	362.00–389.00	379.48
188	750–800	767	350.00–357.00	352.83
289	800–850	841	334.75–339.25	336.61
554	850–900	872	326.00–333.50	330.38
1,120	900–950	926	312.25–322.25	317.12
1,024	950–1000	972	295.50–320.25	310.05
288	1000–1050	1,022	285.50–301.00	294.36
107	1050–1100	1,072	293.75–304.75	299.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	484	460.00	460.00
73	600–650	622	370.00–382.50	376.38
9	650–700	696	353.00	353.00
8	850–900	877	312.00	312.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
432	1000–1050	1,035	306.50–312.50	309.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
230	950–1000	960	324.00	324.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
240	1050–1100	1,056	286.00	286.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
566	1000–1050	1,017	292.00–314.00	304.74
388	1050–1100	1,056	288.25–294.25	291.95
346	1100–1150	1,101	290.25	290.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
53	450–500	465	495.00	495.00
202	550–600	554	466.00	466.00
230	600–650	638	409.00–420.50	415.49
90	700–750	710	381.00	381.00
119	950–1000	957	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	690	336.50	336.50
200	750–800	768	319.00–343.75	334.23
199	850–900	872	312.00–317.75	315.88
43	900–950	905	299.00	299.00
54	950–1000	953	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	525	459.25	459.25
82	550–600	567	407.00	407.00
88	650–700	678	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	430.00	430.00
31	400–450	404	440.00–451.00	448.53
72	450–500	466	440.00–451.00	443.13
67	500–550	536	415.00–428.00	418.38
64	550–600	570	381.00–389.00	383.10
79	600–650	617	372.50–386.00	377.72
228	650–700	686	329.00–347.50	341.15
19	700–750	713	325.00	325.00
112	750–800	759	305.00–326.50	320.02
370	800–850	810	311.50–325.50	321.28
271	850–900	875	303.00–312.25	307.53
65	900–950	938	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	397.50	397.50
21	450–500	488	395.00–429.00	419.48
30	500–550	537	389.00–390.00	389.22
21	600–650	649	357.00	357.00

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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