Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-04-23

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,570 head
▼ 246 vs last sale 4,816▲ 1,070 vs year ago 3,500 · +30.6%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding, but not a big crowd for the consignment list of weaned and non-weaned Fall calves followed by yearling offerings. A beautiful day in the Sandhills with hopes of rain in the weather forecast. Next Auction Date MAY 7 - SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION, WEIGH UPS 9 A.M.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.67/cwt on 454 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −99.02 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$400.67
454 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,206
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs NE average
+26.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553401.312,218415
Medium and Large 1-2529393.872,08439
One grade step is worth $7.44/cwt here — about $135 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 sale454 hd
400.67
—
NE average5 barns · 1,130 hd
395.19
+5.47
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
+26.65
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−99.02
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

49 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6588
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned346482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,6697
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370487.18/cwt485.00–490.001,80324
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,82714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1446461.51/cwt457.50–467.002,05847
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461444.07/cwt440.00–450.002,04740
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,94018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482415.70/cwt412.50–419.002,00457
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,93618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522417.07/cwt410.00–433.002,177163
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529393.87/cwt391.00–402.502,08439
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570394.05/cwt382.50–412.502,246211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned586375.97/cwt370.00–383.002,20341
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625323.49/cwt300.00–347.502,02231
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635373.91/cwt352.50–377.502,37471
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635361.63/cwt357.00–365.002,29663
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,37828
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679335.35/cwt328.00–339.002,277199
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709331.88/cwt305.50–340.002,353368
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769309.09/cwt298.00–311.002,377231
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1NHTC798299.50/cwt299.50–299.502,39080
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816306.89/cwt298.00–310.002,50499
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,20221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1NHTC857298.50/cwt298.50–298.502,55871
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871299.65/cwt291.50–303.252,610428
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891281.00/cwt280.00–283.002,50415
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1NHTC928289.50/cwt289.50–289.502,68765
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932286.33/cwt284.00–291.002,669520
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1992280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,77860
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,029265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,73249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3865
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned394390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,53715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431392.42/cwt380.00–397.501,69154
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5808
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6707
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469394.67/cwt385.00–401.001,85161
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469383.60/cwt376.00–390.001,79925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,81220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523370.06/cwt362.50–387.501,935181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,96029
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575342.70/cwt326.00–367.501,971177
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589339.41/cwt337.50–345.001,99939
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618330.63/cwt320.00–338.002,043123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement635339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,15394
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674316.91/cwt294.50–330.002,136208
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,98830
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement696317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,20649
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766287.75/cwt287.75–287.752,20451
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1856246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,10612

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.