Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-09-24

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,455 head
▲ 890 vs last sale 3,565▲ 4,455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 800 to 900 lbs steers traded steady to 9.00 higher and 1000 to 1050 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifer a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates Oct 1st, 8th, 15th, and 29th Special Yearlings and calves, 22nd Special Bred Cows and Pairs Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $410.72/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −88.97 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$410.72
14 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,374
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−54.18
vs NE average
−6.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578410.722,37414thin
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 sale14 hd
410.72
—
NE average5 barns · 669 hd
464.90
−54.18
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−6.37
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−88.97
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578410.72/cwt407.50–415.002,37414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614442.74/cwt437.00–444.002,718156
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692424.45/cwt402.00–431.002,937217
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715415.51/cwt400.00–427.002,971325
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727392.34/cwt386.00–394.002,85285
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780389.97/cwt379.50–402.003,0421,167
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840376.70/cwt371.00–382.503,164949
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872367.30/cwt360.50–377.003,203721
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911367.38/cwt352.50–376.003,347566
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1982349.00/cwt349.00–349.003,42760
Steers1000–1050Large 11,031343.00/cwt343.00–343.003,536120
Steers1050–1100Large 11,081332.50/cwt332.50–332.503,594150
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,35227
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5085
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828344.09/cwt338.00–355.002,84972
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2853295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5165
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873325.11/cwt318.00–329.002,83814
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed918338.50/cwt338.50–338.503,10760
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923332.32/cwt331.00–334.003,06730
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1977330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,22412
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,035328.00/cwt328.00–328.003,39547

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.