Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Tuesday, Dec. 16th Weigh Ups, Dec. 17th starting at 10:00 am Special Holiday Bred Cow & Heifer Auction, NO WEIGH-UPS

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.52/cwt on 481 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −38.33 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$464.52

481 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$21.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.85

vs NE average

+33.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	469.36	2,593	375
Medium and Large 1-2	556	447.39	2,486	106

One grade step is worth $21.97/cwt here — about $107 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 sale481 hd

464.52

—

NE average8 barns · 3,118 hd

468.37

−3.85

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+33.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−38.33

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

38 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	800–850	818	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,634	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	376.61/cwt	370.00–396.00	2,365	86
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	335.69/cwt	327.00–340.25	3,478	689
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,022	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,546	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	425.72/cwt	417.00–437.00	2,222	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	407.30/cwt	392.50–414.00	2,330	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	462.39/cwt	452.50–480.00	2,626	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,696	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	478.04/cwt	461.00–507.00	2,548	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	394.77/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,846	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	459.24/cwt	456.00–470.00	2,420	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	342.67/cwt	316.50–344.50	3,382	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	433.60/cwt	432.50–437.50	2,554	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	413.96/cwt	410.00–416.00	2,608	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	504.46/cwt	502.50–507.50	2,230	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,268	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	413.80/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,781	632
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	342.90/cwt	329.00–350.00	2,335	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	414.10/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,000	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	385.80/cwt	362.50–392.00	2,932	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	436.14/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,722	489
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,377	65
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	313.84/cwt	304.50–320.25	3,515	514
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,330	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	314.16/cwt	303.50–329.50	2,714	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,412	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,149	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	455.23/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,108	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,220	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	701	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,951	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	630	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,867	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,632	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	367.77/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,089	34

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	428	472.50	472.50
31	450–500	463	450.00–465.00	455.23
137	500–550	522	417.00–437.00	425.72
125	550–600	572	392.50–414.00	407.30
86	600–650	628	370.00–396.00	376.61
18	650–700	658	387.00	387.00
30	700–750	724	363.50	363.50
39	800–850	818	322.00	322.00
24	850–900	864	303.50–329.50	314.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	436	305.00	305.00
42	450–500	483	405.00–440.00	414.10
74	500–550	544	408.00	408.00
34	550–600	568	362.50–370.00	367.77
24	600–650	621	346.00	346.00
18	650–700	681	329.00–350.00	342.90
7	800–850	818	316.50	316.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
689	1000–1050	1,036	327.00–340.25	335.69
65	1050–1100	1,072	315.00	315.00
514	1100–1150	1,120	304.50–320.25	313.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	595.00	595.00
56	400–450	420	540.00	540.00
12	450–500	466	517.50	517.50
167	500–550	533	461.00–507.00	478.04
208	550–600	568	452.50–480.00	462.39
489	600–650	624	425.00–448.00	436.14
632	650–700	672	395.00–422.00	413.80
390	700–750	721	382.00–400.00	394.77
383	750–800	760	362.50–392.00	385.80
10	850–900	882	323.50	323.50
183	950–1000	987	316.50–344.50	342.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	442	502.50–507.50	504.46
7	450–500	454	400.00	400.00
57	500–550	527	456.00–470.00	459.24
49	550–600	589	432.50–437.50	433.60
48	600–650	630	410.00–416.00	413.96
32	750–800	768	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
164	600–650	630	455.00	455.00
152	700–750	701	421.00	421.00

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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