Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-07-09

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
9,630 head
▲ 1,555 vs last sale 8,075▲ 910 vs year ago 8,720 · +10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale, started the day at 8:00 am, Fall calves followed by several load lots of yearlings, video auction at noon, then onto more loads of yearlings from local Sandhill Ranches. No comparable offerings for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good all day, with several buyers at the barn and active internet bidding. Scattered showers throughout the Sandhills bringing much needed rain, meadows are finally catching up. Next Auction Dates July 16th Special Bred Cow Auction July 23rd Special Fall Calves and Yearlings

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $453.90/cwt on 291 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −45.79 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$453.90
291 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs NE average
+74.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558453.902,531291
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale291 hd
453.90
—
NE average1 barns · 291 hd
453.90
+0.00
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
+74.77
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−45.79
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

54 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 1343503.89/cwt500.00–505.001,72822
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419509.41/cwt495.00–515.002,13419
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463491.00/cwt491.00–491.002,27323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1NHTC465495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,30253
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2269
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525436.50/cwt434.00–440.002,29217
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC554466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,582202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575424.07/cwt410.00–431.002,43872
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618422.22/cwt400.00–434.002,60992
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622376.38/cwt370.00–382.502,34173
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1NHTC638415.49/cwt409.00–420.502,651230
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678374.21/cwt365.00–381.002,53744
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,4579
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC710381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,70590
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721379.48/cwt362.00–389.002,736127
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767352.83/cwt350.00–357.002,706188
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1841336.61/cwt334.75–339.252,831289
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872330.38/cwt326.00–333.502,881554
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,7368
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926317.12/cwt312.25–322.252,9371,120
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1NHTC957325.50/cwt325.50–325.503,115119
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy960324.00/cwt324.00–324.003,110230
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972310.05/cwt295.50–320.253,0141,024
Steers1000–1050Large 11,017304.74/cwt292.00–314.003,099566
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,022294.36/cwt285.50–301.003,008288
Steers1000–1050Large 1Fancy1,035309.42/cwt306.50–312.503,202432
Steers1050–1100Large 11,056291.95/cwt288.25–294.253,083388
Steers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,056286.00/cwt286.00–286.003,020240
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,072299.05/cwt293.75–304.753,206107
Steers1100–1150Large 11,101290.25/cwt290.25–290.253,196346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4156
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1404448.53/cwt440.00–451.001,81231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466443.13/cwt440.00–451.002,06572
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488419.48/cwt395.00–429.002,04721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1NHTC525459.25/cwt459.25–459.252,41120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536418.38/cwt415.00–428.002,24367
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537389.22/cwt389.00–390.002,09030
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC567407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,30882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570383.10/cwt381.00–389.002,18464
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617377.72/cwt372.50–386.002,33179
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,31721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC678351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,38088
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686341.15/cwt329.00–347.502,340228
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Spayed690336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,32225
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,31719
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759320.02/cwt305.00–326.502,429112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed768334.23/cwt319.00–343.752,567200
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810321.28/cwt311.50–325.502,602370
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed872315.88/cwt312.00–317.752,754199
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875307.53/cwt303.00–312.252,691271
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed905299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,70643
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1938292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,73965
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed953295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,81654

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.