Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 750 lbs steers traded 7.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifer a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers and very active bidding from the internet. Video calves report at following link

Feeder Cattle Internet and Video Auctions: http//www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3417.pdf Next Auction Date Dec 3rd SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9 A.M

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $431.31/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −71.54 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$431.31

123 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$35.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.13

vs NE average

+21.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	435.01	2,413	110
Medium and Large 1-2	581	400.00	2,324	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.01/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale123 hd

431.31

—

NE average8 barns · 3,138 hd

439.43

−8.13

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+21.23

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−71.54

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

26 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	400–450	446	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,998	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,712	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	372.72/cwt	365.50–382.00	2,192	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	334.25/cwt	334.25–334.25	2,403	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,269	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,582	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	440.77/cwt	440.00–441.00	2,323	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	360.18/cwt	352.00–368.00	2,402	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	338.78/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,961	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	390.25/cwt	390.25–390.25	2,630	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	411.78/cwt	407.00–418.00	2,627	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	349.24/cwt	347.00–351.00	2,867	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	373.56/cwt	357.50–378.50	2,858	548
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,260	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,966	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,199	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,656	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,428	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	433.31/cwt	424.50–437.00	2,440	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,072	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	373.26/cwt	369.50–381.00	2,714	567
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	702	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,520	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,011	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,997	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,125	13

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 2,565Last week 4,180Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle Internet and Video Auctions: http//www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3417.pdf Next Auction Date Dec 3rd SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9 A.M

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	446	448.00	448.00
53	500–550	539	421.00	421.00
18	550–600	588	365.50–382.00	372.72
21	700–750	719	334.25	334.25
98	800–850	802	322.00	322.00
10	850–900	892	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	614	368.00	368.00
48	650–700	685	433.00	433.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	493	405.00	405.00
13	500–550	538	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	463	475.00	475.00
25	500–550	527	440.00–441.00	440.77
85	550–600	563	424.50–437.00	433.31
65	600–650	645	376.50	376.50
82	650–700	674	390.25	390.25
567	700–750	727	369.50–381.00	373.26
548	750–800	765	357.50–378.50	373.56
294	800–850	821	347.00–351.00	349.24
151	850–900	874	326.00–340.00	338.78
55	900–950	918	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
97	600–650	638	407.00–418.00	411.78
21	650–700	667	352.00–368.00	360.18
18	700–750	702	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	440.00	440.00
13	550–600	581	400.00	400.00
8	800–850	830	320.00	320.00

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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