Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week, with 850 lbs steers trading 13.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction dates Oct 8th and 15th

Weight class

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

800–900 lb steers averaged $380.85/cwt on 487 head. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +6.07 against this barn's trailing median of $374.78.

Average price

$380.85

487 head · 868 lb average

Value per head Derived

$3,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.01

vs NE average

+24.20 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	868	380.85	3,306	487

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

This barn's trailing prices 800–900 lb

15 sales

Steers 800–900 lb: high $395.75, low $341.50, median $374.78 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 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale487 hd

380.85

—

NE average4 barns · 1,445 hd

370.83

+10.01

National average106 barns · 10,693 hd

356.65

+24.20

This barn, trailing median15 sales

374.78

+6.07

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

13 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	900–950	916	331.16/cwt	330.00–332.00	3,033	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,678	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	3,134	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	3,370	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	929	338.35/cwt	335.00–341.50	3,143	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	791	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	3,211	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	381.27/cwt	380.00–382.25	3,332	424
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	345.54/cwt	345.25–346.00	3,511	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	353.15/cwt	346.25–355.00	3,404	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	352.75/cwt	352.75–352.75	2,893	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	330.53/cwt	323.00–334.00	3,183	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	318.56/cwt	304.00–326.00	3,211	21

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 1,740Last week 4,455Year ago 7,010

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week, with 850 lbs steers trading 13.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction dates Oct 8th and 15th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	749	357.50	357.50
49	800–850	820	352.75	352.75
17	900–950	916	330.00–332.00	331.16
45	950–1000	963	323.00–334.00	330.53
21	1000–1050	1,008	304.00–326.00	318.56
6	1050–1100	1,053	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
323	900–950	929	335.00–341.50	338.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	750–800	791	406.00	406.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	800–850	829	378.00	378.00
424	850–900	874	380.00–382.25	381.27
61	900–950	917	367.50	367.50
244	950–1000	964	346.25–355.00	353.15
328	1000–1050	1,016	345.25–346.00	345.54

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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