Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-10-07

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 7
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
1,045 head
▼ 1,010 vs last sale 2,055▼ 740 vs year ago 1,785 · −41.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Today's auction started the day with weigh-ups, yearling offerings off grass, followed by pregged checked opens heifers, and finished the day with non-weaned spring calves. Demand was good for all offerings. Next Auction Dates Oct 14th Special Feeder Cattle Auction, Oct 21st Special Bred Cows & Pairs, Oct 28th Special Yearlings and Calves

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.12/cwt on 26 head, up $6.62 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −64.57 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$435.12
▲ 6.62 vs prior sale
26 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,398
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−19.63
vs NE average
+4.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551435.122,39826
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 sale26 hd
435.12
—
NE average10 barns · 3,673 hd
454.75
−19.63
National average183 barns · 26,018 hd
430.36
+4.76
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−64.57
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

17 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,9155
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1399557.50/cwt557.50–557.502,2247
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,31815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528449.25/cwt448.00–450.002,37216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,42610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605429.98/cwt400.00–436.002,601154
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,736100
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945347.00/cwt347.00–347.003,279189
Steers1000–1050Large 11,027323.59/cwt321.50–328.503,323514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,95712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,14910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562392.76/cwt385.00–400.002,20729
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818325.94/cwt325.00–327.002,66626
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1896309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,76937
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1942293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,7609
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1999283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,8278
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,031278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,8667

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.