Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-04-02

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 2

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Mar 19Apr 2Apr 23 →

Receipts

4,816 head

▲ 3,691 vs last sale 1,125▼ 409 vs year ago 5,225 · −7.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago thin test of the market, comparable offerings this week on steers and heifers less than 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Quite a few order buyers on the seats throughout the day with some cattle going to out of state feedlots. Some wean and bawling fall calves along with several packages and load lots of yearling cattle. Some top quality heifer genetics heading back into the breeding program to calve next year. Light rain across different areas of the state giving ranchers hope that grass will green up and flourish.

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 $397.01/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −102.67 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.

Average price

$397.01

321 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$25.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.60

vs NE average

+28.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	400.30	2,205	279
Medium and Large 1-2	522	375.17	1,957	42

One grade step is worth $25.14/cwt here — about $248 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 sale321 hd

397.01

—

NE average7 barns · 2,052 hd

390.41

+6.60

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+28.00

This barn, trailing median11 sales

499.69

−102.67

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

50 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	456.86/cwt	452.50–467.50	1,891	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,866	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	457	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,965	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	421.38/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,023	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	423.44/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,130	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,975	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,018	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,842	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	394.75/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,246	194
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,219	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	346.85/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,199	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	362.90/cwt	353.50–372.50	2,326	608
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	342.39/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,325	80
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,025	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	327.96/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,348	696
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,229	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	294.59/cwt	286.00–301.50	2,460	236
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	284.90/cwt	276.00–286.50	2,496	73
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	918	286.25/cwt	286.25–286.25	2,628	183
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	270.28/cwt	263.50–276.75	2,500	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	271.49/cwt	262.50–272.75	2,647	270
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,034	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,745	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	313	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,471	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,627	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	409	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,738	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	401.91/cwt	397.50–412.50	1,656	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,667	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	457	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,782	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	333.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,643	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	353.61/cwt	338.00–364.00	1,835	131
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	522	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,707	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,528	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,698	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	346.69/cwt	326.00–357.00	2,028	178
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	323.00/cwt	313.50–330.50	2,009	287
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	308.91/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,974	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	644	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,861	7
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	655	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,945	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	306.78/cwt	289.50–315.50	2,068	171
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	284.45/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,946	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	297.56/cwt	287.50–312.00	2,136	311
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	273.38/cwt	268.00–288.00	2,132	161
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	268.17/cwt	265.50–269.00	2,196	56
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	828	290.97/cwt	281.00–303.00	2,409	131
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	262.28/cwt	257.00–269.50	2,311	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	887	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,395	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,281	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,406	41
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,038	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,398	6

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

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Receipts 4,816Last week 1,125Year ago 5,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	414	452.50–467.50	456.86
23	450–500	480	412.50–425.00	421.38
63	500–550	503	420.00–427.00	423.44
194	550–600	569	373.00–405.00	394.75
608	600–650	641	353.50–372.50	362.90
80	650–700	679	334.00–350.00	342.39
696	700–750	716	310.00–337.50	327.96
236	800–850	835	286.00–301.50	294.59
73	850–900	876	276.00–286.50	284.90
60	900–950	925	263.50–276.75	270.28
270	950–1000	975	262.50–272.75	271.49
64	1000–1050	1,034	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	430.00	430.00
22	500–550	527	383.00	383.00
10	600–650	603	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	513	385.00	385.00
7	550–600	565	326.00	326.00
27	600–650	634	345.00–348.00	346.85
6	700–750	708	286.00	286.00
12	750–800	766	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	457	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
183	900–950	918	286.25	286.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	457	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	313	470.00	470.00
8	350–400	381	427.00	427.00
10	550–600	564	301.00	301.00
7	600–650	644	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	412	397.50–412.50	401.91
29	450–500	493	330.00–350.00	333.24
131	500–550	519	338.00–364.00	353.61
178	550–600	585	326.00–357.00	346.69
287	600–650	622	313.50–330.50	323.00
171	650–700	674	289.50–315.50	306.78
311	700–750	718	287.50–312.00	297.56
161	750–800	780	268.00–288.00	273.38
56	800–850	819	265.50–269.00	268.17
70	850–900	881	257.00–269.50	262.28
17	900–950	905	252.00	252.00
41	950–1000	976	246.50	246.50
6	1000–1050	1,038	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	522	327.00	327.00
10	650–700	655	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	447	373.00	373.00
12	500–550	542	282.00	282.00
35	600–650	639	308.00–310.00	308.91
23	650–700	684	281.00–286.00	284.45
13	700–750	735	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
131	800–850	828	281.00–303.00	290.97
11	850–900	887	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	409	425.00	425.00

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.