Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-07-24

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 24
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,150 head
▼ 5,570 vs last sale 8,720▼ 875 vs year ago 4,025 · −21.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two week ago, steer offerings 600 to 750 lbs and 1000 to 1050 lbs traded unevenly steady. Steer offerings 900 lbs traded steady. Heifer offerings 600 lbs traded steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Aug 7th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $339.55/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −160.14 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$339.55
137 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.28
vs NE average
+41.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556351.271,95379
Medium and Large 1-2586323.581,89758
One grade step is worth $27.69/cwt here — about $56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale137 hd
339.55
—
NE average2 barns · 147 hd
339.27
+0.28
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+41.73
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−160.14
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

31 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,53810
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,6478
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,80726
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535354.38/cwt353.00–362.501,89633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7758
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571349.04/cwt348.00–350.001,99346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594322.55/cwt321.00–329.001,91650
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635326.19/cwt317.50–328.002,071202
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663302.38/cwt295.00–317.002,00595
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731300.31/cwt290.00–302.502,19586
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1515
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758295.77/cwt288.50–301.002,242131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,07211
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,26962
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881264.75/cwt264.75–264.752,33266
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935260.19/cwt241.50–263.502,433233
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,48263
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030247.64/cwt224.25–252.002,551753
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,059244.68/cwt243.00–247.252,591390
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2316372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,1778
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387351.92/cwt345.00–357.501,36216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440345.15/cwt337.50–355.001,51918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,64024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524324.91/cwt322.50–327.001,70333
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617312.97/cwt289.00–318.001,931211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,83810
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,97485
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,99440
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875247.10/cwt230.00–251.002,16281
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,10010
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1961225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,16765

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.