Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers for the yearling offerings off grass and pregged checked open heifers that sold at the end of the auction. Next Auction Date, Sept. 16 special feeder cattle auction, Sept. 23 no sale, Sept 30 special feeder cattle auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $353.86/cwt on 21 head, down $13.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −49.17 against this barn's trailing median of $403.02.

Average price

$353.86

▼ 13.73 vs prior sale

21 head · 767 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$4.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.17

vs NE average

+22.45 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	769	355.00	2,730	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	761	351.00	2,671	6thin

One grade step is worth $4.00/cwt here — about $59 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

15 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $440.77, low $353.86, median $403.02 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

353.86

—

NE average3 barns · 314 hd

363.03

−9.17

National average123 barns · 4,421 hd

331.41

+22.45

This barn, trailing median15 sales

403.02

−49.17

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

23 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	830	317.16/cwt	299.00–319.00	2,632	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	286.90/cwt	279.00–296.00	2,964	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,885	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,944	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,793	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	308.46/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,647	41
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	317.06/cwt	311.00–323.50	3,234	346
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	3,306	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,952	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,730	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	305.55/cwt	298.00–316.00	3,016	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	935	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,875	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,148	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	3,002	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,176	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,084	59
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,009	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,901	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,481	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,454	14
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	302.80/cwt	297.00–306.00	3,086	157
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,953	13
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,131	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,986	7

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 Sep 2, 2026

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

Receipts 1,780Last week 1,325Year ago 1,430

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	737	333.00	333.00
18	750–800	790	314.00	314.00
66	800–850	830	299.00–319.00	317.16
41	850–900	858	301.00–315.00	308.46
25	900–950	940	314.00	314.00
146	950–1000	987	298.00–316.00	305.55
47	1000–1050	1,033	279.00–296.00	286.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
136	900–950	935	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	1000–1050	1,009	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	1000–1050	1,019	297.00–306.00	302.80
13	1050–1100	1,070	276.00	276.00
7	1100–1150	1,131	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	761	351.00	351.00
10	800–850	841	343.00	343.00
8	850–900	881	317.00	317.00
18	950–1000	998	295.00	295.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
346	1000–1050	1,020	311.00–323.50	317.06
231	1050–1100	1,082	305.50	305.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	769	355.00	355.00
93	800–850	828	362.50	362.50
59	850–900	859	359.00	359.00
120	900–950	919	342.50	342.50
62	950–1000	961	330.50	330.50

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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