Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was very good with active bidding from all buyers at the sale barn and internet . Next Auction Dates: Aug 27th and Sept 3rd Special Feeder Cattle Auctions

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.41/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −35.44 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$467.41

28 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.92

vs NE average

+67.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	467.41	2,655	28

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 sale28 hd

467.41

—

NE average2 barns · 102 hd

458.49

+8.92

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+67.52

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−35.44

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

29 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	400–450	439	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,622	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,037	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	320.28/cwt	319.00–322.00	3,084	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	341.03/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,633	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,468	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,216	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,125	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	366.24/cwt	343.50–373.50	2,967	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,678	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	310.88/cwt	310.50–311.25	3,342	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,618	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,850	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	325.19/cwt	313.75–334.50	3,359	657
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	436.34/cwt	431.00–445.00	2,718	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	405.19/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,504	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	376.33/cwt	373.00–379.00	2,962	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	901	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,996	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,536	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	406.07/cwt	394.00–412.50	2,912	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	309.10/cwt	304.00–315.00	3,174	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	354.76/cwt	342.25–366.25	3,129	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	417.40/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,413	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	340.10/cwt	330.50–360.00	2,826	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	328.75/cwt	328.75–328.75	2,969	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,087	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,730	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	362.11/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,636	63

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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Receipts 2,220Last week 2,035Year ago 3,180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	345	470.00	470.00
7	400–450	439	460.00	460.00
13	450–500	463	440.00	440.00
32	550–600	578	412.50–420.00	417.40
57	600–650	618	400.00–409.00	405.19
30	650–700	653	378.00	378.00
63	700–750	728	360.00–366.00	362.11
23	750–800	772	335.00–345.00	341.03
46	800–850	831	330.50–360.00	340.10
59	900–950	903	328.75	328.75
21	950–1000	963	319.00–322.00	320.28
30	1000–1050	1,027	304.00–315.00	309.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	900–950	901	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	494	422.50	422.50
8	700–750	748	339.00	339.00
15	800–850	836	326.50	326.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	467.50	467.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	378	515.00	515.00
13	500–550	537	487.50	487.50
15	550–600	595	450.00	450.00
51	600–650	623	431.00–445.00	436.34
21	650–700	691	412.50	412.50
55	700–750	717	394.00–412.50	406.07
36	750–800	787	373.00–379.00	376.33
96	800–850	810	343.50–373.50	366.24
245	850–900	882	342.25–366.25	354.76
115	900–950	947	330.00	330.00
657	1000–1050	1,033	313.75–334.50	325.19
211	1050–1100	1,075	310.50–311.25	310.88

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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