Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 1000 lbs steers trading 10.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 15th Special Yearling and Calves Auction Oct 22nd Special Bred Cow and Pairs Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $392.50/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −57.44 against this barn's trailing median of $449.94.

Average price

$392.50

6 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−43.88

vs NE average

−6.02 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	665	392.50	2,610	6thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

15 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $498.19, low $410.56, median $449.94 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

392.50

—

NE average8 barns · 2,104 hd

436.38

−43.88

National average178 barns · 14,425 hd

398.52

−6.02

This barn, trailing median15 sales

449.94

−57.44

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

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	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,235	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,162	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	364.54/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,760	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	335.77/cwt	329.00–347.50	3,146	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	366.95/cwt	365.00–369.50	2,492	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	849	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,946	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	369.45/cwt	352.00–371.50	3,399	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	355.57/cwt	355.50–355.75	3,591	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	346.17/cwt	339.00–350.00	2,887	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,299	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	965	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,175	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	382.99/cwt	380.25–384.50	3,236	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	3,314	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,029	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,241	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,029	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,457	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	936	343.33/cwt	336.00–350.00	3,214	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	390.08/cwt	388.75–397.50	3,004	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,773	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	365.44/cwt	365.00–366.00	2,971	16

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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,785Last week 1,740Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	596	375.00	375.00
49	650–700	679	365.00–369.50	366.95
8	700–750	743	356.00	356.00
33	750–800	757	351.00–367.00	364.54
152	800–850	834	339.00–350.00	346.17
38	900–950	937	329.00–347.50	335.77
21	950–1000	982	322.00	322.00
52	1000–1050	1,031	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	800–850	849	347.00	347.00
135	900–950	936	336.00–350.00	343.33
19	950–1000	965	329.00	329.00
65	1000–1050	1,029	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,029	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	750–800	770	388.75–397.50	390.08
273	800–850	845	380.25–384.50	382.99
67	850–900	885	374.50	374.50
303	900–950	920	352.00–371.50	369.45
357	1000–1050	1,010	355.50–355.75	355.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	665	392.50	392.50
10	700–750	726	382.00	382.00
16	800–850	813	365.00–366.00	365.44

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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