Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market activity showed moderate to good demand with active internet bidding. The day began with rain showers in the area. Consigned offerings of weaned fall calves, yearlings off short grass, and preg-checked open heifers to conclude the auction. Due to a lack of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, no trend will be provided for steers or heifers. The next auction is scheduled for September 2nd, featuring a Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.69/cwt on 16 head, down $35.31 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −67.02 against this barn's trailing median of $456.71.

Average price

$389.69

▼ 35.31 vs prior sale

16 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.38

vs NE average

+38.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	389.69	2,153	16thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $456.71 across 12 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 sale16 hd

389.69

—

NE average3 barns · 76 hd

397.06

−7.38

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

+38.77

This barn, trailing median12 sales

456.71

−67.02

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

25 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
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,004	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,082	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	486	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,005	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,405	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	312.11/cwt	302.00–324.00	2,615	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	424.59/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,679	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	407.00/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,580	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	339.37/cwt	338.50–340.00	3,126	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	300.01/cwt	288.50–317.25	2,892	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,029	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	343.44/cwt	342.50–344.00	2,177	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	3,318	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	642	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,167	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	333.60/cwt	333.50–335.00	2,472	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	367.00/cwt	364.00–367.50	2,870	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	313.87/cwt	304.00–329.00	2,947	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	330.85/cwt	327.50–337.50	3,189	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	332.10/cwt	320.00–338.50	2,564	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,671	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	330.04/cwt	329.00–332.00	2,739	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	318.27/cwt	314.50–319.25	2,743	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,124	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	297.22/cwt	273.00–304.50	3,002	61
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,975	29

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 Aug 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,325Last week 670Year ago 2,220

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,004	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	583	412.50	412.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	631	422.50–427.50	424.59
19	700–750	722	370.00	370.00
78	750–800	782	364.00–367.50	367.00
48	850–900	887	341.50	341.50
105	900–950	921	338.50–340.00	339.37
184	950–1000	964	327.50–337.50	330.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	563	442.50	442.50
13	600–650	634	395.00–417.50	407.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,032	321.50	321.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	412.50	412.50
6	600–650	642	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	634	342.50–344.00	343.44
33	800–850	838	302.00–324.00	312.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
9	550–600	574	370.00	370.00
74	700–750	741	333.50–335.00	333.60
71	750–800	772	320.00–338.50	332.10
67	800–850	830	329.00–332.00	330.04
40	850–900	862	314.50–319.25	318.27
106	900–950	939	304.00–329.00	313.87
141	950–1000	964	288.50–317.25	300.01
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1000–1050	1,010	273.00–304.50	297.22
29	1100–1150	1,102	270.00	270.00

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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