Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-10-07

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 7

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

1,045 head

▼ 1,010 vs last sale 2,055▼ 740 vs year ago 1,785 · −41.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Today's auction started the day with weigh-ups, yearling offerings off grass, followed by pregged checked opens heifers, and finished the day with non-weaned spring calves. Demand was good for all offerings. Next Auction Dates Oct 14th Special Feeder Cattle Auction, Oct 21st Special Bred Cows & Pairs, Oct 28th Special Yearlings and Calves

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.12/cwt on 26 head, up $6.62 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −64.57 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.

Average price

$435.12

▲ 6.62 vs prior sale

26 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.63

vs NE average

+4.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	435.12	2,398	26

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

435.12

—

NE average10 barns · 3,673 hd

454.75

−19.63

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+4.76

This barn, trailing median11 sales

499.69

−64.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $499.69 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

17 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,915	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,224	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,318	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	449.25/cwt	448.00–450.00	2,372	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,426	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	429.98/cwt	400.00–436.00	2,601	154
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,736	100
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,279	189
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	323.59/cwt	321.50–328.50	3,323	514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,149	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	392.76/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,207	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	325.94/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,666	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,769	37
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,760	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	999	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,827	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,866	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 Oct 7, 2026

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

Receipts 1,045Last week 2,055Year ago 1,785

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	555.00	555.00
7	350–400	399	557.50	557.50
15	450–500	488	475.00	475.00
16	500–550	528	448.00–450.00	449.25
10	550–600	588	412.50	412.50
154	600–650	605	400.00–436.00	429.98
100	650–700	684	400.00	400.00
189	900–950	945	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
514	1000–1050	1,027	321.50–328.50	323.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	430	455.00	455.00
10	500–550	513	419.00	419.00
29	550–600	562	385.00–400.00	392.76
26	800–850	818	325.00–327.00	325.94
37	850–900	896	309.00	309.00
9	900–950	942	293.00	293.00
8	950–1000	999	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,031	278.00	278.00

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.