Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Annual BBQ Auction featuring Fall calves and yearlings started the day at 8:30 am. Compared with two weeks ago steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding throughout the day. Next Auction Dates for July 15th Special Bred Cows & Pairs, July 22nd Special Feeder Cattle Auciton

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.69/cwt on 59 head, down $24.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −3.16 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$499.69

▼ 24.13 vs prior sale

59 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

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

$27.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

vs NE average

+40.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	510.95	2,744	35
Medium and Large 1-2	573	483.26	2,769	24

One grade step is worth $27.69/cwt here — about −$25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale59 hd

499.69

—

NE average2 barns · 145 hd

499.24

+0.45

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+40.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−3.16

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

52 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	450–500	452	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,305	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	413.31/cwt	393.50–446.00	2,761	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	344.14/cwt	329.75–356.00	3,170	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	462.92/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,708	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,001	64
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	316.32/cwt	299.50–321.50	3,568	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	976	349.35/cwt	346.50–355.00	3,410	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,778	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	471.14/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,893	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	382.69/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,790	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	368.92/cwt	362.00–372.50	2,697	21
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	300.56/cwt	300.00–302.00	3,057	153
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	995	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,433	60
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,153	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,459	56
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	344.15/cwt	326.00–358.00	3,534	923
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	339.33/cwt	317.50–345.00	3,624	855
Steers	Large 1NHTC	1000–1050	1,038	352.44/cwt	340.00–359.00	3,658	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	377.34/cwt	370.00–382.00	3,324	393
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	425.73/cwt	408.00–438.00	3,291	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	359.20/cwt	356.00–360.50	2,981	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	355.90/cwt	334.50–371.00	3,463	894
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	358.57/cwt	342.50–369.50	3,285	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	509.08/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,718	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	380.79/cwt	375.00–381.50	2,947	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,425	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	501.21/cwt	492.00–506.00	2,666	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	491.09/cwt	484.00–495.00	3,305	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	449.93/cwt	433.00–463.00	3,266	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	402.89/cwt	375.00–409.00	3,308	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	602	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	3,221	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	451.25/cwt	449.00–452.50	2,762	393
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	386.94/cwt	383.50–397.50	2,747	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	642	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,812	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	629	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,805	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	561	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,732	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	483.26/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,769	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	519.97/cwt	517.50–527.50	3,198	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	770	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,926	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	829	373.72/cwt	372.50–375.00	3,098	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,924	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	798	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	3,463	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	533.43/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,592	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	683	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	3,395	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	417.34/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,617	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	390.11/cwt	389.00–392.50	2,680	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	483.38/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,557	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	461.19/cwt	422.50–473.00	3,108	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	925	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	3,316	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	357.19/cwt	331.50–364.50	3,043	90

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 Jul 8, 2026

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

Receipts 8,720Last week 7,830Year ago 9,630

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	452	510.00	510.00
124	500–550	532	492.00–506.00	501.21
71	550–600	585	457.50–470.00	462.92
393	600–650	612	449.00–452.50	451.25
289	650–700	668	393.50–446.00	413.31
54	700–750	710	383.50–397.50	386.94
185	750–800	774	375.00–381.50	380.79
211	800–850	830	356.00–360.50	359.20
90	850–900	852	331.50–364.50	357.19
251	900–950	921	329.75–356.00	344.14
64	950–1000	984	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	433	510.00	510.00
43	500–550	529	480.00–487.50	483.38
10	550–600	560	450.00	450.00
53	600–650	627	410.00–421.00	417.34
16	650–700	687	389.00–392.50	390.11
21	700–750	731	362.00–372.50	368.92
16	750–800	788	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
153	1000–1050	1,017	300.00–302.00	300.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	642	438.00	438.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	561	487.00	487.00
40	600–650	629	446.00	446.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	750–800	770	380.00	380.00
134	800–850	829	372.50–375.00	373.72
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	950–1000	995	345.00	345.00
923	1000–1050	1,027	326.00–358.00	344.15
855	1050–1100	1,068	317.50–345.00	339.33
71	1100–1150	1,128	299.50–321.50	316.32
56	1150–1200	1,153	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
88	600–650	602	535.00	535.00
176	650–700	683	497.00	497.00
99	750–800	798	434.00	434.00
175	950–1000	976	346.50–355.00	349.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	573	460.00–500.00	483.26
47	600–650	614	465.00–480.00	471.14
44	650–700	674	422.50–473.00	461.19
92	700–750	729	375.00–415.00	382.69
82	800–850	845	346.00	346.00
Steers — Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
156	1000–1050	1,038	340.00–359.00	352.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	486	525.00–550.00	533.43
29	500–550	534	505.00–515.00	509.08
6	550–600	552	520.00	520.00
105	600–650	615	517.50–527.50	519.97
340	650–700	673	484.00–495.00	491.09
153	700–750	726	433.00–463.00	449.93
275	750–800	773	408.00–438.00	425.73
195	800–850	821	375.00–409.00	402.89
393	850–900	881	370.00–382.00	377.34
336	900–950	916	342.50–369.50	358.57
894	950–1000	973	334.50–371.00	355.90
50	1050–1100	1,057	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
64	900–950	925	358.50	358.50

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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