Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-06-26

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jun 26
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
6,795 head
▲ 5,315 vs last sale 1,480▼ 1,710 vs year ago 8,505 · −20.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steer or heifer offerings. Demand was good for all offerings of weaned Fall calves and yearlings off grass. Several buyers today at the barn and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date July 10th Special Annual BBQ Auction with Yearlings and Fall Calves, no weigh-ups

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.87/cwt on 714 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −116.43 against this barn's trailing median of $449.31.
Average price
$332.87
714 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.10
vs NE average
+63.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563334.431,884657
Medium and Large 1-2561314.931,76557
One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale714 hd
332.87
—
NE average4 barns · 983 hd
327.77
+5.10
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
+63.59
This barn, trailing median13 sales
449.31
−116.43
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

13 sales
499458417376median 449.3103/1105/0607/0808/1910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $449.31 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3155
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425404.25/cwt395.00–410.001,71815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434372.64/cwt357.50–388.001,61710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478391.66/cwt381.00–398.501,87280
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494371.73/cwt369.00–377.501,83622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532365.24/cwt350.00–375.001,94352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574358.85/cwt349.00–368.002,060389
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,95210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613314.14/cwt309.00–318.001,92614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625331.43/cwt313.00–338.002,071523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666306.17/cwt298.00–311.002,03941
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677329.07/cwt316.00–339.002,228431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718299.15/cwt285.25–309.502,148205
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC730284.25/cwt284.25–284.252,07577
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765286.15/cwt280.00–291.002,18965
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,31078
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833266.03/cwt264.00–272.002,21670
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869271.24/cwt260.50–273.502,35779
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1907256.75/cwt256.75–256.752,32970
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,017249.60/cwt246.00–250.252,538760
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4617
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443366.01/cwt360.00–372.001,62120
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457331.80/cwt325.00–333.001,51634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481357.51/cwt350.00–366.001,72092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517323.39/cwt308.00–337.501,67221
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532348.05/cwt340.00–358.001,85298
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569332.04/cwt320.00–348.001,889559
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586309.99/cwt301.00–319.001,81736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626309.66/cwt302.50–325.001,938291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638291.24/cwt288.75–299.501,858136
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676291.32/cwt285.00–300.501,969202
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679276.14/cwt272.00–278.001,87546
Heifers650–700Medium 1Unweaned680273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,86033
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716268.81/cwt266.00–271.001,92553
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy717302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,16576
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767250.67/cwt250.25–252.501,923106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed817255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,08357
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865243.02/cwt234.25–246.252,102788
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed889248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,20563
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1932234.15/cwt227.25–237.752,182525
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1975228.90/cwt223.75–232.502,232104

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.