Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-09-16

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 16
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,040 head
▲ 260 vs last sale 1,780▼ 1,525 vs year ago 3,565 · −42.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 1000 lbs steers trading 4.00 higher and 900 lbs spayed heifers trading 11.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date: Sept 30th Special Feeder Cattle Auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.00/cwt on 9 head, up $20.31 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −39.31 against this barn's trailing median of $449.31.
Average price
$410.00
▲ 20.31 vs prior sale
9 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.30
vs NE average
+55.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513410.002,1039thin
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
410.00
—
NE average6 barns · 161 hd
391.70
+18.30
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
+55.69
This barn, trailing median13 sales
449.31
−39.31
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

13 sales
499458417376median 449.3103/1105/0607/0808/1910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $449.31 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,52313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723384.63/cwt373.00–388.502,78155
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,89610
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877346.93/cwt346.00–349.503,04326
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967341.50/cwt341.50–341.503,30267
Steers1050–1100Large 11,069310.47/cwt297.00–315.003,319466
Steers1100–1150Large 11,110303.50/cwt303.50–303.503,36950
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1039
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626361.79/cwt357.50–365.002,26548
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,31510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,46015
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,62227
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827325.73/cwt319.00–330.502,694205
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863305.96/cwt301.00–309.002,64032
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed904318.50/cwt318.50–318.502,879134
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1921305.55/cwt287.00–315.502,814215
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed952308.43/cwt304.50–309.002,936137
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1967304.43/cwt283.00–313.502,944131
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003307.25/cwt307.25–307.253,08264
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,028292.60/cwt285.00–304.003,008175
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,078285.00/cwt285.00–285.003,07210
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,085275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,98415

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.