Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction started with yearlings, followed by weaned and non-weaned calves that received fall vaccinations. Compared to two weeks ago, the market showed a significant downward trend for both steers and heifers. Demand was moderate to good, with buyers focusing on quality and condition. Next auction dates are November 5th, 12th, and 19th, featuring special yearling and calf auctions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.56/cwt on 601 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −48.29 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$454.56

601 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$42.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.93

vs NE average

+24.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	455.78	2,519	584
Medium and Large 1-2	586	412.82	2,419	17thin

One grade step is worth $42.96/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale601 hd

454.56

—

NE average9 barns · 6,047 hd

468.50

−13.93

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+24.84

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−48.29

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,758	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,785	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	474.29/cwt	472.50–477.50	2,011	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	463.42/cwt	457.00–471.00	2,591	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,302	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	434.96/cwt	430.00–441.00	2,062	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	412.82/cwt	410.00–414.00	2,419	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	666	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,364	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,658	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	394.15/cwt	380.00–403.00	2,629	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	401.62/cwt	397.50–418.00	2,530	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	317.21/cwt	316.00–321.00	3,140	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,710	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,128	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	470.59/cwt	442.50–480.00	2,273	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,439	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	440.29/cwt	420.00–462.00	2,523	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	501.42/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,322	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,435	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,095	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,124	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,609	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	462.24/cwt	443.00–491.00	2,441	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	648	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,780	49
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	3,518	58
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	338.30/cwt	330.50–339.75	3,501	132
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,639	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,598	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	517.42/cwt	515.00–519.00	2,189	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,966	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,628	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	629	355.20/cwt	353.00–357.50	2,234	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	377.00/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,322	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,811	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	573	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,722	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	437.57/cwt	425.00–439.00	2,232	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	373.13/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,280	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,061	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,104	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	417.35/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,350	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	419.38/cwt	417.50–422.50	1,959	18

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 2,850Last week 3,660Year ago 6,420

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	350	510.00	510.00
41	400–450	424	472.50–477.50	474.29
42	450–500	474	430.00–441.00	434.96
63	500–550	510	425.00–439.00	437.57
181	550–600	559	457.00–471.00	463.42
70	600–650	611	360.00–377.00	373.13
11	650–700	652	353.00	353.00
15	800–850	815	322.50	322.50
20	850–900	894	308.50	308.50
14	950–1000	974	304.50	304.50
7	1050–1100	1,063	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	629	353.00–357.50	355.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	616	365.00–385.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	467	417.50–422.50	419.38
20	500–550	526	400.00	400.00
67	550–600	563	407.50–430.00	417.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	448	475.00	475.00
46	450–500	483	442.50–480.00	470.59
17	550–600	586	410.00–414.00	412.82
15	650–700	686	355.50	355.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	612	358.00	358.00
12	650–700	666	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
160	600–650	630	397.50–418.00	401.62
143	650–700	667	380.00–403.00	394.15
43	700–750	707	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	388	540.00	540.00
65	400–450	423	515.00–519.00	517.42
117	450–500	463	490.00–512.50	501.42
265	500–550	528	443.00–491.00	462.24
226	550–600	573	420.00–462.00	440.29
9	600–650	639	381.00	381.00
46	650–700	654	399.00	399.00
34	750–800	757	358.00	358.00
36	900–950	938	333.00	333.00
28	950–1000	990	316.00–321.00	317.21
59	1050–1100	1,055	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	550–600	573	475.00	475.00
49	600–650	648	429.00	429.00
55	650–700	663	424.00	424.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	1000–1050	1,035	330.50–339.75	338.30
58	1050–1100	1,055	333.50	333.50
150	1100–1150	1,101	330.50	330.50

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.

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