Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2026-11-04

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2026-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Nov 4

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Oct 28Nov 4latest

Receipts

1,590 head

▼ 325 vs last sale 1,915▼ 35 vs year ago 1,625 · −2.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 550 lbs steers traded sharply lower, with no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding. Another day of cloudy wet weather in the area. Next Auction Dates: Nov 11th Special Feeder Cattle Auction, Nov 18th Special Feeder Cattle & Bred Cow Auction

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 $436.57/cwt on 597 head, down $24.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −48.80 against this barn's trailing median of $485.37.

Average price

$436.57

▼ 24.47 vs prior sale

597 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.52

vs NE average

+22.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	436.57	2,444	597

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 sale597 hd

436.57

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NE average11 barns · 5,708 hd

450.09

−13.52

National average87 barns · 11,167 hd

414.07

+22.50

This barn, trailing median12 sales

485.37

−48.80

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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $485.37 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	508.98/cwt	500.00–516.00	1,985	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	495.08/cwt	494.00–496.00	2,050	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	476.86/cwt	473.00–482.00	2,275	209
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,220	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	458.42/cwt	451.00–465.00	2,347	212
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	424.54/cwt	410.00–437.00	2,488	385
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	377.62/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,322	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,510	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,673	87
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	339.46/cwt	334.00–342.00	2,587	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,996	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,916	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,034	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,108	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,308	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,049	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	373.01/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,294	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	343.77/cwt	337.50–346.75	2,314	47
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	335.75/cwt	335.75–335.75	2,555	49
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	285.59/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,645	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	287.57/cwt	277.00–290.00	2,913	70
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,086	266.21/cwt	266.00–267.00	2,891	19
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,126	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,871	5
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,194	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,925	8

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 Nov 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,590Last week 1,915Year ago 1,625

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	525	387.50	387.50
8	600–650	601	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	446	447.50	447.50
17	450–500	453	423.00	423.00
16	500–550	537	392.50	392.50
20	550–600	577	400.00	400.00
33	600–650	615	370.00–375.00	373.01
47	650–700	673	337.50–346.75	343.77
49	750–800	761	335.75	335.75
13	900–950	926	280.00–289.00	285.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	1000–1050	1,013	277.00–290.00	287.57
19	1050–1100	1,086	266.00–267.00	266.21
5	1100–1150	1,126	255.00	255.00
8	1150–1200	1,194	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	496	447.50	447.50
22	600–650	615	370.00–380.00	377.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	390	500.00–516.00	508.98
11	400–450	414	494.00–496.00	495.08
209	450–500	477	473.00–482.00	476.86
212	500–550	512	451.00–465.00	458.42
385	550–600	586	410.00–437.00	424.54
78	650–700	673	373.00	373.00
87	700–750	709	377.00	377.00
52	750–800	762	334.00–342.00	339.46

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.