Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-10-01

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
1,740 head
▼ 2,715 vs last sale 4,455▼ 5,270 vs year ago 7,010 · −75.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week, with 850 lbs steers trading 13.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction dates Oct 8th and 15th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb steers averaged $380.85/cwt on 487 head. That ranks 13 of 15 comparable sales and sits +21.91 against this barn's trailing median of $358.94.
Average price
$380.85
487 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$3,306
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.01
vs NE average
+24.20 vs national

Price by quality 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1868380.853,306487
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale487 hd
380.85
—
NE average4 barns · 1,445 hd
370.83
+10.01
National average106 barns · 10,693 hd
356.65
+24.20
This barn, trailing median15 sales
358.94
+21.91
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 800–900 lb

15 sales
410382355328median 358.9403/1105/0607/2209/1610/28
Steers 800–900 lb: high $395.75, low $341.50, median $358.94 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

13 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829378.00/cwt378.00–378.003,13463
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874381.27/cwt380.00–382.253,332424
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917367.50/cwt367.50–367.503,37061
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1964353.15/cwt346.25–355.003,404244
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,016345.54/cwt345.25–346.003,511328
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1749357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,67815
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement791406.00/cwt406.00–406.003,21163
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820352.75/cwt352.75–352.752,89349
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1916331.16/cwt330.00–332.003,03317
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed929338.35/cwt335.00–341.503,143323
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1963330.53/cwt323.00–334.003,18345
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,008318.56/cwt304.00–326.003,21121
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,053300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,1596

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.