Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-08-05

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 5

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Jul 22Aug 5Aug 19 →

Receipts

670 head

▼ 2,255 vs last sale 2,925▲ 670 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings today at the Bassett Livestock Auction, a market trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Next Auction Date Aug. 19th

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.00/cwt on 9 head, up $9.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −18.69 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.

Average price

$481.00

▲ 9.94 vs prior sale

9 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+66.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	481.00	2,569	9thin

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 sale9 hd

481.00

—

NE average1 barns · 9 hd

481.00

+0.00

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+66.76

This barn, trailing median11 sales

499.69

−18.69

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

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

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,569	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	455.48/cwt	437.00–468.00	2,747	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,522	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,789	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	3,021	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	392.54/cwt	386.00–396.00	2,987	32
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,069	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,219	49
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,089	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,473	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,090	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,333	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	394.16/cwt	383.00–410.00	2,692	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,853	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,761	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	783	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,834	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	351.82/cwt	349.00–360.00	2,846	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	841	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	3,053	66
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	339.75/cwt	339.75–339.75	2,986	51
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,975	19

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Aug 5, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 670Last week 2,925Year ago 0

A limited number of comparable offerings today at the Bassett Livestock Auction, a market trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Next Auction Date Aug. 19th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	549	425.00	425.00
37	650–700	683	383.00–410.00	394.16
23	700–750	715	399.00	399.00
5	750–800	780	354.00	354.00
39	800–850	809	349.00–360.00	351.82
51	850–900	879	339.75	339.75
19	900–950	903	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	783	362.00	362.00
66	800–850	841	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	604	417.50	417.50
11	900–950	922	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	481.00	481.00
32	600–650	603	437.00–468.00	455.48
8	650–700	692	403.00	403.00
21	700–750	721	419.00	419.00
32	750–800	761	386.00–396.00	392.54
16	800–850	814	377.00	377.00
49	850–900	882	365.00	365.00
108	950–1000	995	349.00	349.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.