Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 850 lbs steers traded 11.00 higher. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Sept 3rd Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $393.00/cwt on 308 head. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −13.19 against this barn's trailing median of $406.19.

Average price

$393.00

308 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.65

vs NE average

+20.40 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	752	393.00	2,954	308

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

15 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $440.77, low $367.59, median $406.19 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale308 hd

393.00

—

NE average7 barns · 825 hd

389.35

+3.65

National average139 barns · 8,840 hd

372.60

+20.40

This barn, trailing median15 sales

406.19

−13.19

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

5 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	800–850	820	379.12/cwt	369.00–383.50	3,109	625
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	366.13/cwt	363.00–371.00	3,178	543
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	391.23/cwt	384.00–394.00	2,962	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	399.25/cwt	399.25–399.25	2,927	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,297	67

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 1,545Last week 2,220Year ago 0

Compared with last week 850 lbs steers traded 11.00 higher. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Sept 3rd Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	700–750	733	399.25	399.25
240	750–800	757	384.00–394.00	391.23
625	800–850	820	369.00–383.50	379.12
543	850–900	868	363.00–371.00	366.13
67	950–1000	977	337.50	337.50

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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