Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-01-15

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 15

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Jan 8Jan 15Jan 29 →

Receipts

9,005 head

▲ 2,475 vs last sale 6,530▲ 5,515 vs year ago 3,490 · +158.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week's auction steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Jan 21st Special Weigh Up Auction starting at 2:00 pm, Jan 22nd Special Bred Cow & Heifer Auction, Jan 29th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.82/cwt on 1,124 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −129.87 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.

Average price

$369.82

1,124 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$21.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.40

vs NE average

+27.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	373.22	2,032	949
Medium and Large 1-2	555	351.37	1,950	175

One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,124 hd

369.82

—

NE average10 barns · 5,588 hd

360.42

+9.40

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+27.37

This barn, trailing median11 sales

499.69

−129.87

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

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

39 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,705	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,383	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	439.14/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,858	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	402.05/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,894	95
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	362.35/cwt	352.50–388.00	1,721	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	385.38/cwt	371.00–394.00	2,004	455
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	360.66/cwt	352.00–363.00	1,930	90
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,074	67
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	360.29/cwt	352.00–368.00	2,050	427
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	341.53/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,967	85
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,202	236
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	327.52/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,037	91
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	339.91/cwt	333.00–355.00	2,138	1,089
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,953	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	666	336.41/cwt	336.00–336.50	2,240	192
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	316.41/cwt	303.50–327.50	2,158	984
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	311.57/cwt	299.00–321.00	2,240	1,083
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	293.83/cwt	291.50–295.00	2,124	117
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	283.79/cwt	280.50–298.00	2,225	862
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	287.28/cwt	281.00–293.00	2,356	242
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	278.83/cwt	269.00–280.00	2,429	406
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,389	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,454	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,282	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	385.37/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,607	51
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	340.61/cwt	334.00–352.50	1,502	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	370.90/cwt	362.50–375.75	1,765	200
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	349.51/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,695	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	342.16/cwt	334.50–355.00	1,831	313
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	328.43/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,770	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	327.21/cwt	316.00–336.00	1,852	90
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	312.99/cwt	303.00–319.00	1,790	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	307.93/cwt	295.50–319.00	1,915	496
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	661	303.90/cwt	300.00–314.50	2,009	106
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,899	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	292.50/cwt	282.50–296.50	1,998	178
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	708	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,166	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	283.23/cwt	281.50–284.25	2,008	58

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Jan 15, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 9,005Last week 6,530Year ago 3,490

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	405.00	405.00
14	350–400	359	405.00	405.00
51	400–450	417	380.00–387.50	385.37
200	450–500	476	362.50–375.75	370.90
313	500–550	535	334.50–355.00	342.16
90	550–600	566	316.00–336.00	327.21
496	600–650	622	295.50–319.00	307.93
178	650–700	683	282.50–296.50	292.50
58	700–750	709	281.50–284.25	283.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	361	355.00	355.00
81	400–450	441	334.00–352.50	340.61
26	450–500	485	345.00–352.00	349.51
15	500–550	539	326.00–332.00	328.43
22	550–600	572	303.00–319.00	312.99
21	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
13	650–700	682	278.50	278.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
106	650–700	661	300.00–314.50	303.90
39	700–750	708	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	382	362.00	362.00
52	450–500	475	352.50–388.00	362.35
90	500–550	535	352.00–363.00	360.66
85	550–600	576	325.00–349.00	341.53
91	600–650	622	327.00–329.00	327.52
14	650–700	651	300.00	300.00
117	700–750	723	291.50–295.00	293.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	348	490.00	490.00
57	400–450	423	430.00–455.00	439.14
95	450–500	471	400.00–412.50	402.05
455	500–550	520	371.00–394.00	385.38
427	550–600	569	352.00–368.00	360.29
1,089	600–650	629	333.00–355.00	339.91
984	650–700	682	303.50–327.50	316.41
1,083	700–750	719	299.00–321.00	311.57
862	750–800	784	280.50–298.00	283.79
242	800–850	820	281.00–293.00	287.28
406	850–900	871	269.00–280.00	278.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	550–600	556	373.00	373.00
236	600–650	605	364.00	364.00
192	650–700	666	336.00–336.50	336.41

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.