Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the auction two weeks ago, steer offerings 550 to 750 lbs traded unevenly steady. Heifer offerings 550 to 600 lbs traded 3.00 to 10.00 higher and 650 lbs weights trading 9.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers at the barn and a very active internet. Next Auction Dates Feb 4th Special Feeder Cattle Auction and Bull Sale, Feb 11th Special Bred Cow and Bred Heifer Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.18/cwt on 229 head, down $14.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −14.67 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$488.18

▼ 14.67 vs prior sale

229 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$19.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.73

vs NE average

+4.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	492.29	2,796	180
Medium and Large 1-2	556	473.07	2,628	49

One grade step is worth $19.22/cwt here — about $168 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 sale229 hd

488.18

—

NE average9 barns · 2,338 hd

502.90

−14.73

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+4.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−14.67

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

31 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	424	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,141	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,414	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	335.99/cwt	335.00–337.00	2,762	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	362.34/cwt	345.00–371.00	2,739	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	389.40/cwt	376.00–403.00	2,819	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	447.69/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,547	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,542	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	577.00/cwt	577.00–577.00	2,441	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	404.80/cwt	404.00–414.00	2,749	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	409.02/cwt	403.50–415.00	2,949	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	463.78/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,820	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	351.37/cwt	351.00–351.50	3,053	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	430.55/cwt	415.00–442.50	2,902	670
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	613	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,624	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	462.53/cwt	457.50–465.00	2,692	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	488.90/cwt	477.00–500.00	2,801	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	373.67/cwt	366.50–375.00	3,045	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	327.28/cwt	326.25–339.00	3,132	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	385.21/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,978	662
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	391.04/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,510	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,740	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	352.04/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,598	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	408.62/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,770	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	411.02/cwt	396.00–422.00	2,557	719
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	767	420.73/cwt	405.50–435.00	3,227	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	447.84/cwt	436.00–452.50	2,423	39
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,305	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	476.40/cwt	458.00–490.00	2,530	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	381.37/cwt	366.00–396.00	2,574	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,396	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	718	451.35/cwt	448.00–455.00	3,241	135

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 Jan 28, 2026

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

Receipts 6,475Last week 5,605Year ago 5,510

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	424	505.00	505.00
10	450–500	453	533.00	533.00
150	500–550	531	458.00–490.00	476.40
145	550–600	569	425.00–455.00	447.69
719	600–650	622	396.00–422.00	411.02
307	650–700	675	366.00–396.00	381.37
115	700–750	724	376.00–403.00	389.40
77	750–800	756	345.00–371.00	362.34
46	800–850	822	335.00–337.00	335.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	600–650	613	428.00	428.00
251	650–700	678	400.00–420.00	408.62
135	700–750	718	448.00–455.00	451.35
95	750–800	767	405.50–435.00	420.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	497.00	497.00
39	500–550	541	436.00–452.50	447.84
52	600–650	642	390.00–395.00	391.04
36	700–750	738	335.00–365.00	352.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	523	486.00	486.00
27	550–600	582	457.50–465.00	462.53
148	650–700	679	404.00–414.00	404.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	423	577.00	577.00
19	500–550	526	521.00	521.00
161	550–600	573	477.00–500.00	488.90
89	600–650	608	457.50–470.00	463.78
670	650–700	674	415.00–442.50	430.55
332	700–750	721	403.50–415.00	409.02
662	750–800	773	375.00–402.50	385.21
210	800–850	815	366.50–375.00	373.67
102	850–900	869	351.00–351.50	351.37
317	950–1000	957	326.25–339.00	327.28
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	1000–1050	1,046	316.00	316.00

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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