Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 900 lb steers trading steady. A large crowd on hand and several buyers for the first show of non-weaned calves. Demand was very good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 15th and 22nd

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $510.94/cwt on 789 head. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +8.09 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$510.94

789 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$21.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.02

vs NE average

+41.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	515.26	2,864	629
Medium and Large 1-2	531	493.98	2,625	160

One grade step is worth $21.28/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale789 hd

510.94

—

NE average10 barns · 5,011 hd

486.92

+24.02

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+41.90

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

+8.09

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

42 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	450–500	452	578.35/cwt	567.00–585.00	2,614	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,979	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	493.18/cwt	477.50–497.00	2,895	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	499.35/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,592	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,768	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	577.91/cwt	562.00–602.50	2,473	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,868	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	368.08/cwt	362.50–369.00	3,460	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	456.23/cwt	455.00–457.50	3,066	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	470.34/cwt	455.00–478.00	2,902	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	619	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,686	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	489.45/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,369	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	444.94/cwt	441.00–447.50	2,372	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,018	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	334.47/cwt	331.00–337.50	3,074	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,434	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,175	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,694	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	3,207	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	398.30/cwt	394.00–409.00	3,131	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	3,306	135
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,047	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	3,293	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	979	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,221	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	925	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,140	134
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	3,765	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	3,647	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	539.32/cwt	514.00–547.50	2,815	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	342.48/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,976	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	439.40/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,544	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,903	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	507.95/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,149	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	400.95/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,338	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	470.93/cwt	462.00–475.00	2,232	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	476.45/cwt	462.00–504.00	2,444	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	386.24/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,650	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,820	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	492.55/cwt	477.50–500.00	2,335	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	534.11/cwt	533.00–537.50	2,195	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	370.15/cwt	343.00–376.00	2,791	106

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 3,660Last week 1,785Year ago 4,410

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	428	562.00–602.50	577.91
30	450–500	452	567.00–585.00	578.35
301	500–550	522	514.00–547.50	539.32
328	550–600	587	477.50–497.00	493.18
27	700–750	711	419.00	419.00
37	750–800	786	394.00–409.00	398.30
31	800–850	812	395.00	395.00
135	850–900	852	388.00	388.00
222	900–950	940	362.50–369.00	368.08
285	950–1000	979	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	547.50	547.50
16	450–500	484	480.00–495.00	489.45
133	500–550	519	487.50–505.00	499.35
27	550–600	592	467.50	467.50
10	650–700	686	392.50	392.50
7	750–800	790	363.00	363.00
7	800–850	834	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
149	600–650	617	455.00–478.00	470.34
151	650–700	672	455.00–457.50	456.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	619	434.00	434.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1100–1150	1,140	330.25	330.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	520.00	520.00
17	400–450	423	505.00–510.00	507.95
63	450–500	474	462.00–475.00	470.93
15	500–550	533	441.00–447.50	444.94
31	550–600	583	400.00–402.50	400.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	602.50	602.50
40	400–450	411	533.00–537.50	534.11
162	450–500	474	477.50–500.00	492.55
177	500–550	513	462.00–504.00	476.45
63	550–600	579	425.00–447.50	439.40
12	600–650	628	387.50	387.50
44	650–700	686	375.00–407.50	386.24
72	700–750	723	390.00	390.00
106	750–800	754	343.00–376.00	370.15
70	800–850	802	362.00	362.00
51	850–900	869	336.00–355.00	342.48
38	900–950	919	331.00–337.50	334.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	559	482.00	482.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,047	314.50	314.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
134	900–950	925	339.50	339.50
106	950–1000	979	329.00	329.00

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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