Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the auction two weeks ago on Wednesday, steer offerings 550 to 750 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher and sharply higher for 550 to 600 lbs heifer offerings. Demand was very good with several buyers and active bidding from the internet. Next Auction Date: MARCH 4 - HALL RANCH BLACK ANGUS BULL AUCTION & SPECIAL BRED COW AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9AM

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $512.08/cwt on 468 head, up $11.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +9.24 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$512.08

▲ 11.10 vs prior sale

468 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$509

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

$110.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs NE average

+24.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	520.85	2,879	431
Medium and Large 1-2	578	409.97	2,370	37

One grade step is worth $110.88/cwt here — about $509 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 sale468 hd

512.08

—

NE average7 barns · 1,269 hd

512.12

−0.04

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+24.73

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

+9.24

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

42 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 1-2	550–600	572	394.40/cwt	377.50–435.00	2,256	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	345.41/cwt	343.00–348.00	2,725	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	506.25/cwt	505.00–507.50	2,400	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	551.24/cwt	550.00–552.55	2,370	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	424.03/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,659	389
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	378.25/cwt	362.50–387.00	2,739	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	660	419.01/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,765	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	794	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	3,009	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	718	418.68/cwt	390.00–460.00	3,006	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	455.63/cwt	442.50–465.00	2,606	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	393.34/cwt	375.00–402.00	2,506	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,499	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	3,053	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	811	392.86/cwt	392.00–394.00	3,186	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	539	548.00/cwt	548.00–548.00	2,954	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	720	440.81/cwt	430.50–446.00	3,174	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	665	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,733	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,575	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	548.26/cwt	532.50–557.50	2,654	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	602.74/cwt	602.50–603.00	2,544	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,979	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	442.44/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,801	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	436.56/cwt	423.00–457.00	2,982	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	423.00/cwt	414.50–430.50	3,054	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,183	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	470.75/cwt	459.00–480.50	2,961	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	395.08/cwt	386.00–408.00	3,054	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	500.47/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,873	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	374.29/cwt	365.00–385.00	3,107	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	508	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,845	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	393.90/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,753	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	409.97/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,370	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,189	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	516.21/cwt	512.00–541.00	2,767	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	395.94/cwt	381.00–407.50	2,684	464
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	381.14/cwt	370.00–384.50	2,920	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	497.80/cwt	490.00–507.50	2,633	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	346.04/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,810	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,154	8

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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	474	505.00–507.50	506.25
41	500–550	534	468.00	468.00
35	550–600	572	377.50–435.00	394.40
78	600–650	637	375.00–402.00	393.34
33	750–800	789	343.00–348.00	345.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	605.00	605.00
39	400–450	430	550.00–552.55	551.24
17	450–500	476	540.00	540.00
84	500–550	529	490.00–507.50	497.80
191	550–600	572	442.50–465.00	455.63
389	600–650	627	412.50–440.00	424.03
464	650–700	678	381.00–407.50	395.94
321	700–750	724	362.50–387.00	378.25
111	750–800	766	370.00–384.50	381.14
24	800–850	812	345.00–347.50	346.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
100	650–700	660	410.00–420.00	419.01
235	700–750	718	390.00–460.00	418.68
35	750–800	794	379.00	379.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	500	515.00	515.00
85	650–700	665	411.00	411.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	500–550	539	548.00	548.00
225	600–650	618	494.00	494.00
386	700–750	720	430.50–446.00	440.81
119	800–850	811	392.00–394.00	392.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	680.00	680.00
5	350–400	364	635.00	635.00
29	400–450	422	602.50–603.00	602.74
86	450–500	484	532.50–557.50	548.26
64	500–550	536	512.00–541.00	516.21
215	550–600	574	480.00–515.00	500.47
321	600–650	629	459.00–480.50	470.75
396	650–700	683	423.00–457.00	436.56
322	700–750	722	414.50–430.50	423.00
245	750–800	773	386.00–408.00	395.08
126	800–850	830	365.00–385.00	374.29
28	850–900	851	350.00	350.00
17	900–950	912	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	398	550.00	550.00
37	550–600	578	400.00–415.00	409.97
65	600–650	633	415.00–455.00	442.44
41	650–700	699	387.50–395.00	393.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	508	560.00	560.00

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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