Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-09-04

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,540 head
▼ 640 vs last sale 3,180▼ 910 vs year ago 3,450 · −26.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 900 to 1000 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 800 lbs offerings trading 9.00 lower. Demand was good. Next Auction Date Sept 18th Special Fall Calves and Yearlings

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $301.00/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −198.69 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$301.00
46 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.15
vs NE average
+31.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595301.001,79146
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 sale46 hd
301.00
—
NE average2 barns · 94 hd
301.15
−0.15
National average147 barns · 6,928 hd
269.40
+31.60
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−198.69
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

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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,30612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,53842
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural595301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,79146
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9559
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,05137
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,88712
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883251.77/cwt251.50–252.252,223191
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922245.18/cwt237.00–252.502,261370
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2922217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,00512
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1971234.44/cwt230.25–240.752,276242
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,022230.10/cwt225.50–234.752,352381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1494275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,35910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3608
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630261.44/cwt256.00–264.001,64777
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735243.05/cwt237.50–247.001,786125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782234.36/cwt229.50–236.001,83352
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1816228.56/cwt222.00–233.251,865307
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed841230.27/cwt224.00–232.001,937164
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1891236.29/cwt230.00–237.002,10529
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed899229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,05963
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910231.26/cwt230.00–231.502,10451
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1978233.76/cwt233.00–235.002,286116
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,089208.75/cwt208.75–208.752,27323

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.