Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 800 to 900 lbs steers traded steady to 9.00 higher and 1000 to 1050 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifer a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates Oct 1st, 8th, 15th, and 29th Special Yearlings and calves, 22nd Special Bred Cows and Pairs Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.72/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −92.13 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$410.72

14 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−54.18

vs NE average

−6.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	410.72	2,374	14thin

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 sale14 hd

410.72

—

NE average5 barns · 669 hd

464.90

−54.18

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−6.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−92.13

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

21 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,395	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,224	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	325.11/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,838	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,352	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	344.09/cwt	338.00–355.00	2,849	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	332.32/cwt	331.00–334.00	3,067	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	442.74/cwt	437.00–444.00	2,718	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	392.34/cwt	386.00–394.00	2,852	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	415.51/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,971	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	918	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,107	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	367.30/cwt	360.50–377.00	3,203	721
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,427	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	424.45/cwt	402.00–431.00	2,937	217
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,536	120
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,594	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	376.70/cwt	371.00–382.50	3,164	949
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	410.72/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,374	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	389.97/cwt	379.50–402.00	3,042	1,167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	367.38/cwt	352.50–376.00	3,347	566

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 4,455Last week 3,565Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	1000–1050	1,035	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	619	380.00	380.00
72	800–850	828	338.00–355.00	344.09
14	850–900	873	318.00–329.00	325.11
30	900–950	923	331.00–334.00	332.32
12	950–1000	977	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	900–950	918	338.50	338.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
5	850–900	853	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	578	407.50–415.00	410.72
156	600–650	614	437.00–444.00	442.74
217	650–700	692	402.00–431.00	424.45
325	700–750	715	400.00–427.00	415.51
1,167	750–800	780	379.50–402.00	389.97
949	800–850	840	371.00–382.50	376.70
721	850–900	872	360.50–377.00	367.30
566	900–950	911	352.50–376.00	367.38
60	950–1000	982	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	700–750	727	386.00–394.00	392.34
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	1000–1050	1,031	343.00	343.00
150	1050–1100	1,081	332.50	332.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Bassett