Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-01-08

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
6,530 head
▲ 955 vs last sale 5,575▲ 3,230 vs year ago 3,300 · +97.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted throughout the day. Sale comprised of longtime weaned, longhaired calves with some running out on meadows. Quite a few buyers bidding actively on the first big sale of 2025. Next Auction Date Jan 15th expecting 8500 head starting at 9:00 am

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $356.45/cwt on 1,153 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −143.23 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$356.45
1,153 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.18
vs NE average
+14.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562357.782,0101,066
Medium and Large 1-2555340.221,88887
One grade step is worth $17.56/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,153 hd
356.45
—
NE average7 barns · 2,829 hd
355.27
+1.18
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
+14.37
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−143.23
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

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5446
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6957
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,833100
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430408.53/cwt395.00–422.501,75779
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,91115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483400.06/cwt394.50–410.001,932195
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484379.08/cwt378.00–385.001,835143
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519356.17/cwt355.00–358.001,84929
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520372.23/cwt362.00–382.501,936223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,04850
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573332.24/cwt327.50–337.001,90458
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574352.88/cwt344.00–355.002,026793
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616344.43/cwt324.00–351.502,1221,115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1NHTC635355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,25485
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,04272
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy660340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,24480
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674324.08/cwt315.00–335.002,184786
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2697295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,05610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC710319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,265160
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723290.50/cwt290.50–290.502,10025
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724310.98/cwt302.00–319.502,251555
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759291.50/cwt291.50–291.502,21228
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3895
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,35910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,48915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417388.55/cwt377.50–397.501,62033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,55514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479350.16/cwt344.00–365.001,677184
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,62917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509355.50/cwt342.50–367.501,809172
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533330.41/cwt328.00–335.001,76168
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560327.18/cwt321.00–332.501,832367
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580310.75/cwt310.00–312.001,80233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628305.63/cwt292.50–313.001,919466
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement633319.50/cwt319.50–319.502,02285
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,81011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,93576
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement680303.61/cwt298.50–309.002,065163
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement700297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,07926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,88925
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732285.83/cwt278.00–291.502,092124
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,07574

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.