Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-10-15

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 15
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,660 head
▲ 1,875 vs last sale 1,785▼ 750 vs year ago 4,410 · −17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 900 lb steers trading steady. A large crowd on hand and several buyers for the first show of non-weaned calves. Demand was very good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 15th and 22nd

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $510.94/cwt on 789 head. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +11.26 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$510.94
789 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.02
vs NE average
+41.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556515.262,864629
Medium and Large 1-2531493.982,625160
One grade step is worth $21.28/cwt here — about $240 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 sale789 hd
510.94
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NE average10 barns · 5,011 hd
486.92
+24.02
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
+41.90
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
+11.26
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

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428577.91/cwt562.00–602.502,47324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,4256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1452578.35/cwt567.00–585.002,61430
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484489.45/cwt480.00–495.002,36916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519499.35/cwt487.50–505.002,592133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522539.32/cwt514.00–547.502,815301
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587493.18/cwt477.50–497.002,895328
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,76827
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617470.34/cwt455.00–478.002,902149
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,68631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672456.23/cwt455.00–457.503,066151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,69310
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,97927
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786398.30/cwt394.00–409.003,13137
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,8687
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812395.00/cwt395.00–395.003,20731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834372.00/cwt372.00–372.003,1027
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1852388.00/cwt388.00–388.003,306135
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940368.08/cwt362.50–369.003,460222
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1979372.50/cwt372.50–372.503,647285
Steers1100–1150Large 11,140330.25/cwt330.25–330.253,765103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361602.50/cwt602.50–602.502,17510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0185
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411534.11/cwt533.00–537.502,19540
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423507.95/cwt505.00–510.002,14917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474492.55/cwt477.50–500.002,335162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474470.93/cwt462.00–475.002,23263
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513476.45/cwt462.00–504.002,444177
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533444.94/cwt441.00–447.502,37215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,69431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579439.40/cwt425.00–447.502,54463
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583400.95/cwt400.00–402.502,33831
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,43412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686386.24/cwt375.00–407.502,65044
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,82072
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754370.15/cwt343.00–376.002,791106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1802362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,90370
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869342.48/cwt336.00–355.002,97651
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919334.47/cwt331.00–337.503,07438
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed925339.50/cwt339.50–339.503,140134
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed979329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,221106
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Spayed1,047314.50/cwt314.50–314.503,29351

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.