Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from last we a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good throughout the day with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Sept 17th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $408.70/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −43.11 against this barn's trailing median of $451.80.

Average price

$408.70

32 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$42.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+37.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	415.40	2,364	27
Medium and Large 1-2	549	372.50	2,045	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.90/cwt here — about $319 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

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $451.80 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale32 hd

408.70

—

NE average1 barns · 32 hd

408.70

+0.00

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+37.19

This barn, trailing median15 sales

451.80

−43.11

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

27 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 1Spayed	900–950	943	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,159	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,995	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,991	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,916	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	415.40/cwt	412.00–427.50	2,364	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,758	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,527	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,712	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	750–800	789	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	326.69/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,358	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	359.28/cwt	352.75–377.00	3,137	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	347.17/cwt	343.00–347.50	3,538	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	368.90/cwt	368.50–370.50	3,364	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	339.39/cwt	329.00–352.00	3,160	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,430	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	457.84/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,234	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	388.04/cwt	384.50–408.50	2,899	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	333.85/cwt	332.00–339.00	3,275	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	974	332.83/cwt	332.00–333.00	3,242	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	895	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	3,047	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,483	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	936	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,510	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,739	6

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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,430Last week 1,545Year ago 2,540

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	850–900	895	340.50	340.50
64	900–950	943	335.00	335.00
79	950–1000	974	332.00–333.00	332.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	569	412.00–427.50	415.40
8	600–650	634	399.00	399.00
68	650–700	671	370.00	370.00
34	750–800	788	350.00	350.00
16	800–850	825	353.50	353.50
8	850–900	872	343.00	343.00
158	900–950	931	329.00–352.00	339.39
146	950–1000	981	332.00–339.00	333.85
67	1000–1050	1,028	320.00–330.00	326.69
39	1050–1100	1,082	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	417.50	417.50
5	500–550	549	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	789	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	420	475.00	475.00
16	450–500	488	455.00–460.00	457.84
7	700–750	702	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	572	463.00	463.00
38	600–650	638	425.00	425.00
6	650–700	660	415.00	415.00
101	700–750	747	384.50–408.50	388.04
110	850–900	873	352.75–377.00	359.28
55	900–950	912	368.50–370.50	368.90
139	1000–1050	1,019	343.00–347.50	347.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
100	900–950	936	375.00	375.00

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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