Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week. Today's auction started with over 540 weigh ups then onto Spade heifers and yearlings followed by non-weaned Spring calves. The market showed a downward trend for the day, demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Nov 12th 8:00 am Weigh Ups Special Yearlings and Calves 11:00 am start, Nov 19th Special Yearlings Calves, Bred Cows and Pairs

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $425.12/cwt on 446 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −77.73 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$425.12

446 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.52

vs NE average

+6.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	425.12	2,374	446

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 sale446 hd

425.12

—

NE average12 barns · 6,740 hd

447.64

−22.52

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+6.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−77.73

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

30 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 1Fancy	500–550	505	440.50/cwt	440.50–440.50	2,225	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,519	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	265.26/cwt	264.50–265.50	2,873	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	450.87/cwt	440.00–464.00	1,758	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	438.90/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,922	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	439.16/cwt	432.50–442.50	2,033	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,849	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,413	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,605	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	646	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,545	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	459.99/cwt	447.50–482.00	2,171	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	408.64/cwt	390.00–416.00	2,370	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,753	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,996	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	424.28/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,291	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	488.83/cwt	487.00–492.50	2,161	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	418.71/cwt	405.50–435.00	2,567	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	914	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,907	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	972	292.82/cwt	261.00–298.00	2,846	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,460	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	527	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,366	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	512.61/cwt	507.50–530.00	2,040	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,394	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	408.26/cwt	392.50–417.50	1,923	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	393.11/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,072	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	416.29/cwt	372.50–427.50	1,836	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	291.25/cwt	291.25–291.25	2,860	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	413.64/cwt	402.50–422.50	2,159	61

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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,625Last week 2,850Year ago 1,285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	500–550	505	440.50	440.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	390	440.00–464.00	450.87
59	400–450	438	430.00–445.00	438.90
71	450–500	471	392.50–417.50	408.26
61	500–550	522	402.50–422.50	413.64
61	550–600	574	417.00	417.00
9	800–850	848	297.00	297.00
60	950–1000	982	291.25	291.25
5	1000–1050	1,017	276.50	276.50
29	1050–1100	1,083	264.50–265.50	265.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	600–650	613	405.50–435.00	418.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	900–950	914	318.00	318.00
78	950–1000	972	261.00–298.00	292.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	400–450	441	372.50–427.50	416.29
42	500–550	527	385.00–397.50	393.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	398	507.50–530.00	512.61
14	400–450	435	425.00	425.00
41	450–500	463	432.50–442.50	439.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	643	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	600–650	646	394.00	394.00
11	650–700	661	365.00	365.00
18	700–750	708	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	512.50	512.50
13	350–400	358	557.50	557.50
81	400–450	442	487.00–492.50	488.83
142	450–500	472	447.50–482.00	459.99
75	500–550	540	412.50–440.00	424.28
201	550–600	580	390.00–416.00	408.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	527	449.00	449.00
76	550–600	559	440.00	440.00

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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