Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 1000 lbs steers trading 4.00 higher and 900 lbs spayed heifers trading 11.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date: Sept 30th Special Feeder Cattle Auction.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.00/cwt on 9 head, up $20.31 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −46.71 against this barn's trailing median of $456.71.

Average price

$410.00

▲ 20.31 vs prior sale

9 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.30

vs NE average

+55.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	410.00	2,103	9thin

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 sale9 hd

410.00

—

NE average6 barns · 161 hd

391.70

+18.30

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

+55.69

This barn, trailing median12 sales

456.71

−46.71

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

22 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	750–800	785	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,622	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	325.73/cwt	319.00–330.50	2,694	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	952	308.43/cwt	304.50–309.00	2,936	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	904	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,879	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,523	13
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,369	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	305.55/cwt	287.00–315.50	2,814	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	307.25/cwt	307.25–307.25	3,082	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	361.79/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,265	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	305.96/cwt	301.00–309.00	2,640	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,302	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	384.63/cwt	373.00–388.50	2,781	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	304.43/cwt	283.00–313.50	2,944	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	346.93/cwt	346.00–349.50	3,043	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,460	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,072	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,315	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,103	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	292.60/cwt	285.00–304.00	3,008	175
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,984	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,896	10
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	310.47/cwt	297.00–315.00	3,319	466

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 2,040Last week 1,780Year ago 3,565

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	513	410.00	410.00
48	600–650	626	357.50–365.00	361.79
10	650–700	682	339.50	339.50
15	700–750	713	345.00	345.00
27	750–800	785	334.00	334.00
205	800–850	827	319.00–330.50	325.73
32	850–900	863	301.00–309.00	305.96
215	900–950	921	287.00–315.50	305.55
131	950–1000	967	283.00–313.50	304.43
64	1000–1050	1,003	307.25	307.25
10	1050–1100	1,078	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
134	900–950	904	318.50	318.50
137	950–1000	952	304.50–309.00	308.43
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
175	1000–1050	1,028	285.00–304.00	292.60
15	1050–1100	1,085	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	642	393.00	393.00
55	700–750	723	373.00–388.50	384.63
10	800–850	825	351.00	351.00
26	850–900	877	346.00–349.50	346.93
67	950–1000	967	341.50	341.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
466	1050–1100	1,069	297.00–315.00	310.47
50	1100–1150	1,110	303.50	303.50

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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