Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, with 1000 - 1050 lbs steers trading $13 to $23 higher. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Several rain showers in the area for the past couple of weeks. Sandhills pasture grasses are recovering, putting baling hay meadows on hold. Next Auction Date Aug 6th Special Feeder Cattle Auction, Weigh Ups at 9:00am

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.88/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −59.97 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$442.88

51 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$47.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+67.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	450.40	2,564	43
Medium and Large 1-2	582	402.50	2,343	8thin

One grade step is worth $47.90/cwt here — about $222 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 sale51 hd

442.88

—

NE average1 barns · 51 hd

442.88

+0.00

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+67.14

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−59.97

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

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,372	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	429.48/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,177	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	340.29/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,413	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	310.19/cwt	306.50–311.75	2,723	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,868	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	348.72/cwt	347.00–351.00	2,371	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	379.31/cwt	362.50–386.00	2,739	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,711	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,611	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	450.12/cwt	442.50–459.00	2,597	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	936	336.75/cwt	336.75–336.75	3,152	180
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	315.75/cwt	315.75–315.75	3,391	300
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	317.77/cwt	316.00–318.25	3,283	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,772	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,974	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	347.13/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,669	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	327.50/cwt	324.50–329.50	2,512	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	377.56/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,288	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	840	326.75/cwt	326.75–326.75	2,745	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	908	329.01/cwt	324.00–334.00	2,987	260

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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Receipts 2,035Last week 9,630Year ago 3,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	507	427.50–430.00	429.48
9	550–600	558	425.00	425.00
57	600–650	606	376.00–385.00	377.56
64	650–700	680	347.00–351.00	348.72
31	700–750	709	339.00–341.00	340.29
55	750–800	767	324.50–329.50	327.50
51	850–900	878	306.50–311.75	310.19
63	900–950	925	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	395.00	395.00
9	750–800	789	306.50	306.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	800–850	840	326.75	326.75
260	900–950	908	324.00–334.00	329.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	452.50	452.50
38	550–600	577	442.50–459.00	450.12
22	650–700	666	407.00	407.00
69	700–750	722	362.50–386.00	379.31
64	750–800	769	340.00–350.00	347.13
24	800–850	830	334.00	334.00
62	900–950	908	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	582	402.50	402.50
30	650–700	689	379.00	379.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
180	900–950	936	336.75	336.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
327	1000–1050	1,033	316.00–318.25	317.77
300	1050–1100	1,074	315.75	315.75

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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