Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-12-11

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 11
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
5,575 head
▲ 2,125 vs last sale 3,450▲ 1,845 vs year ago 3,730 · +49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, smaller packages of consignments as steers traded unevenly steady, no comparable offerings for heifers. All calves offered today were weaned. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Very cold weather in the area. Next Auction Date TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 - SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION 11 A.M, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 - SPECIAL HOLIDAY BRED COWS & BRED HEIFERS AUCTION, 9:00 A.M. NO WEIGH UPS

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.39/cwt on 712 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −141.30 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$358.39
712 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.41
vs NE average
+34.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549360.001,977654
Medium and Large 1-2551340.241,87558
One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about $102 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 sale712 hd
358.39
—
NE average8 barns · 3,594 hd
346.98
+11.41
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
+34.04
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−141.30
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

41 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378437.03/cwt435.00–440.001,65212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,56812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,68716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470389.40/cwt378.00–400.001,830183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,74814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530351.79/cwt341.00–357.001,86425
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy534378.68/cwt377.00–387.002,022165
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535356.03/cwt350.00–370.501,905166
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564352.50/cwt345.00–360.001,988323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567331.49/cwt323.00–339.001,88033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy628353.38/cwt350.00–357.502,219340
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632327.71/cwt314.50–344.502,071669
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675310.65/cwt301.00–321.002,097770
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy706312.10/cwt310.00–314.002,203180
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733296.58/cwt287.00–305.002,174683
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752295.58/cwt294.25–297.002,223146
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,00318
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0864
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2158
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1974260.25/cwt260.25–260.252,535452
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,032250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,580111
Steers1100–1150Large 11,121242.88/cwt242.00–243.752,723423
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,25410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,29910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy427359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,53321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428338.46/cwt333.00–341.001,44964
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487313.73/cwt312.50–317.501,52823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489340.57/cwt328.00–345.001,66539
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy507346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,75442
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,70351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,6939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586312.85/cwt311.00–315.001,83339
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,76032
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669270.96/cwt269.00–274.001,81336
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,76810
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783253.00/cwt250.00–254.001,98186
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8195
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,97510
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,065190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0244
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,122200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,2443

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.