Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-03-19

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
1,125 head
▼ 3,040 vs last sale 4,165▲ 1,125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Another cold windy day in the area. Next Auction Date April 2

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.25/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −123.43 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$376.25
183 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.20
vs NE average
+19.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566379.292,146161
Medium and Large 1-2557354.001,97222
One grade step is worth $25.29/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale183 hd
376.25
—
NE average8 barns · 2,072 hd
384.45
−8.20
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+19.09
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−123.43
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

21 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1348475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6539
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1397484.00/cwt484.00–484.001,92119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,82310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522395.64/cwt388.00–410.002,06533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,97222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577375.08/cwt370.00–378.002,164128
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636319.60/cwt282.00–344.002,03340
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647356.59/cwt356.50–358.502,307212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661245.29/cwt222.50–323.001,62193
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685338.17/cwt334.00–344.752,31633
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,17414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724323.25/cwt323.25–323.252,34075
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,33214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385419.54/cwt416.00–440.001,61531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463371.43/cwt370.00–372.501,72026
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543345.39/cwt345.00–347.001,87540
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8305
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627292.56/cwt281.00–299.001,83444
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675288.87/cwt287.00–293.001,95038
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,033125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773268.75/cwt268.75–268.752,07775

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.