Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-09-02

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
1,780 head
▲ 455 vs last sale 1,325▲ 350 vs year ago 1,430 · +24.5%
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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. 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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 −37.02 against this barn's trailing median of $390.87.
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

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1769355.002,73015thin
Medium and Large 1-2761351.002,6716thin
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.

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
390.87
−37.02
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 700–800 lb

15 sales
455416378340median 390.8703/1105/0607/2209/1610/28
Steers 700–800 lb: high $440.77, low $353.86, median $390.87 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,6716
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,73015
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828362.50/cwt362.50–362.503,00293
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,88510
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1859359.00/cwt359.00–359.003,08459
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,7938
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919342.50/cwt342.50–342.503,148120
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1961330.50/cwt330.50–330.503,17662
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2998295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,94418
Steers1000–1050Large 11,020317.06/cwt311.00–323.503,234346
Steers1050–1100Large 11,082305.50/cwt305.50–305.503,306231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,45414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,48118
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830317.16/cwt299.00–319.002,63266
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858308.46/cwt301.00–315.002,64741
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed935307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,875136
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1940314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,95225
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1987305.55/cwt298.00–316.003,016146
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Spayed1,009287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,90167
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,019302.80/cwt297.00–306.003,086157
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,033286.90/cwt279.00–296.002,96447
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,070276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,95313
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,131264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,9867

This sale against other markets

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.