Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-05-08

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, May 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
1,840 head
▼ 1,660 vs last sale 3,500▼ 3,150 vs year ago 4,990 · −63.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, with 600 to 650 lbs steers trading 8.00 to 10.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for May 15th Carlson Cattle Co Angus Bull Auction and Special Bred Cows and Pairs, Weigh Ups at 9:00 am, May 22 No Sale

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $339.23/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −160.45 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$339.23
173 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,878
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.37
vs NE average
+29.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548347.211,904101
Medium and Large 1-2561328.051,83972
One grade step is worth $19.16/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale173 hd
339.23
—
NE average8 barns · 1,000 hd
333.86
+5.37
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
+29.52
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−160.45
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
538497456415median 499.6904/0105/0607/0810/0710/28
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

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,65916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,79358
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462408.65/cwt394.00–445.001,88880
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526355.03/cwt350.00–358.001,86747
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,80514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564327.58/cwt327.50–328.001,84858
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568340.40/cwt330.00–347.501,93354
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613317.27/cwt310.00–322.501,945285
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615303.92/cwt303.00–306.001,86920
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659308.08/cwt307.75–309.002,030344
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667283.44/cwt281.00–285.001,89123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,03142
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,90510
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874248.75/cwt248.75–248.752,17468
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2894230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,05615
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939240.04/cwt230.50–245.502,25497
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,18910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373383.82/cwt365.00–395.001,43248
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431348.70/cwt340.00–359.001,50328
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4626
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484347.76/cwt337.00–363.001,68388
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,57516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534319.66/cwt309.00–332.001,70728
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582289.43/cwt280.00–298.001,68447
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Spayed651285.25/cwt285.25–285.251,85734
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed734258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,89772
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7716
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790235.12/cwt230.00–236.501,85759
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,89617
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1903206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,86012

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.