Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-02-05

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,920 head
▼ 2,590 vs last sale 5,510▼ 1,395 vs year ago 4,315 · −32.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 12th Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.33/cwt on 372 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −101.98 against this barn's trailing median of $449.31.
Average price
$347.33
372 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.03
vs NE average
+48.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542348.011,885363
Medium and Large 1-2544320.001,7419thin
One grade step is worth $28.01/cwt here — about $144 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 sale372 hd
347.33
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NE average9 barns · 3,188 hd
331.30
+16.03
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
+48.47
This barn, trailing median13 sales
449.31
−101.98
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

13 sales
499458417376median 449.3103/1105/0607/0808/1910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $449.31 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,76410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,86043
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy526412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,167226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,96624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531387.87/cwt382.50–405.002,060183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575340.41/cwt339.00–343.001,95720
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,25985
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612343.35/cwt333.00–369.502,101134
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613326.46/cwt323.00–327.002,00137
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy614373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,290190
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy662345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,28779
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683316.37/cwt311.50–325.002,161122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707306.17/cwt305.00–312.502,16596
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1056
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780290.40/cwt290.00–290.502,26535
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831286.50/cwt286.50–286.502,38158
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1938253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,3786
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,59515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474360.13/cwt350.00–367.501,707113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525356.67/cwt339.00–362.001,873242
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575330.68/cwt312.00–334.001,901121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,86310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625314.10/cwt304.00–320.501,963309
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement630339.18/cwt330.00–357.502,137109
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675294.37/cwt285.50–309.001,987231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727275.75/cwt273.00–276.502,005104
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774277.96/cwt270.00–279.502,15191
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,22970

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.