Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 700 to 800 lbs steers traded 13.00 to 21.00 higher. Not enough comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Dec 10th Special Feeder Cattle Auction, No Weigh Ups Tuesday, Dec 16th Special Weigh Up Auction Wednesday Dec 17th Special Holiday Bred Cow and Bred Heifer Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $483.62/cwt on 886 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −19.23 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$483.62

886 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$45.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.02

vs NE average

+54.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	488.18	2,741	798
Medium and Large 1-2	566	442.24	2,504	88

One grade step is worth $45.94/cwt here — about $237 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 sale886 hd

483.62

—

NE average6 barns · 2,822 hd

459.60

+24.02

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+54.47

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−19.23

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

28 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	414	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,904	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,231	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	426.74/cwt	417.50–433.00	1,993	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	415.44/cwt	404.00–420.00	2,385	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,066	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	474.90/cwt	457.50–495.00	2,716	406
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	362.22/cwt	358.00–368.50	2,919	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	448.97/cwt	447.50–450.00	2,420	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	393.99/cwt	387.50–397.00	2,691	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	436.89/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,569	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	411.46/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,617	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	567	506.41/cwt	504.00–508.00	2,871	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	531.95/cwt	510.00–543.00	2,372	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,396	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	394.97/cwt	392.50–398.00	2,820	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	433.01/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,693	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,399	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	358.13/cwt	341.00–363.00	2,442	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	520.76/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,484	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	371.01/cwt	369.50–372.00	2,857	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	374.25/cwt	368.00–381.00	2,111	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,948	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	621	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,105	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	702	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,955	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	491.69/cwt	482.50–500.00	2,522	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	427.01/cwt	408.00–459.00	2,874	284

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,210Last week 2,565Year ago 3,450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	414	460.00	460.00
86	450–500	467	417.50–433.00	426.74
30	500–550	514	434.00	434.00
134	550–600	574	404.00–420.00	415.44
32	600–650	645	372.00	372.00
32	650–700	682	341.00–363.00	358.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	402.50	402.50
20	500–550	507	407.50	407.50
50	550–600	564	368.00–381.00	374.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	446	510.00–543.00	531.95
40	450–500	477	515.00–525.00	520.76
119	500–550	513	482.50–500.00	491.69
406	550–600	572	457.50–495.00	474.90
166	600–650	622	425.00–447.50	433.01
284	650–700	673	408.00–459.00	427.01
351	700–750	714	392.50–398.00	394.97
93	750–800	770	369.50–372.00	371.01
138	800–850	806	358.00–368.50	362.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	484	495.00	495.00
39	500–550	539	447.50–450.00	448.97
49	550–600	588	435.00–440.00	436.89
67	600–650	636	410.00–420.00	411.46
46	650–700	683	387.50–397.00	393.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
273	550–600	567	504.00–508.00	506.41
225	600–650	621	500.00	500.00
90	650–700	658	448.00	448.00
80	700–750	702	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	625	397.50	397.50

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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