Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 600 lb steers traded 11.00 higher, 650 and over sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. 600 to 650 lbs heifers traded 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and out of state bidders.

Warmer weather in the area after ice, snow and wind last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.48/cwt on 2,137 head.

Average price

$174.48

2,137 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$47.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.22

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	174.91	1,198	2,069
Medium and Large 1-2	604	169.50	1,023	55
Large 1-2	805	127.50	1,026	13thin

One grade step is worth $47.41/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,137 hd

174.48

—

NE average5 barns · 7,076 hd

163.26

+11.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	168.99/cwt	166.50–173.00	1,054	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	191.13/cwt	190.00–192.00	728	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,291	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	485	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,023	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	550	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,139	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	425	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	884	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	184.32/cwt	180.75–192.00	1,123	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	164.75/cwt	156.00–168.25	1,198	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	188.09/cwt	185.00–191.25	1,083	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	174.74/cwt	167.50–179.00	1,181	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,160	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	135.27/cwt	134.00–136.50	1,107	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	819	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	166.28/cwt	161.00–170.25	868	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	142.83/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,088	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	145.89/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,056	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	162.06/cwt	157.25–167.75	1,021	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	165.94/cwt	156.50–168.25	956	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	153.90/cwt	148.00–159.75	1,034	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	806	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	805	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,026	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	792	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,305	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	902	147.28/cwt	146.50–147.50	1,328	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	807	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,299	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	198.70/cwt	194.50–200.00	908	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	200.76/cwt	197.00–208.00	1,066	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	139.60/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,276	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	153.12/cwt	146.00–157.50	1,185	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	154.37/cwt	153.50–156.00	1,277	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,339	133

How this sale compares

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.

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Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Apr 17, 2019

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

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Warmer weather in the area after ice, snow and wind last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	624	166.50–173.00	168.99
11	—	381	190.00–192.00	191.13
9	—	533	189.00	189.00
7	—	887	145.50	145.50
7	—	699	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	485	211.00	211.00
83	—	550	207.00	207.00
42	—	425	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	609	180.75–192.00	184.32
265	—	727	156.00–168.25	164.75
214	—	576	185.00–191.25	188.09
170	—	676	167.50–179.00	174.74
25	—	457	194.50–200.00	198.70
33	—	531	197.00–208.00	200.76
49	—	914	138.00–140.00	139.60
97	—	774	146.00–157.50	153.12
109	—	827	153.50–156.00	154.37
133	—	878	150.00–155.00	152.52
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	805	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	792	164.75	164.75
78	—	902	146.50–147.50	147.28
138	—	807	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	172.00	172.00
8	—	917	126.50	126.50
24	—	818	134.00–136.50	135.27
49	—	483	169.50	169.50
54	—	522	161.00–170.25	166.28
149	—	762	142.00–144.00	142.83
155	—	724	138.00–148.00	145.89
199	—	630	157.25–167.75	162.06
263	—	576	156.50–168.25	165.94
294	—	672	148.00–159.75	153.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	152.50	152.50
6	—	490	164.50	164.50

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.

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