Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers traded unevenly steady, and heifers under 500 lbs traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs traded 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Demand was good with several buyers for all consignments of fall and yearling calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.65/cwt on 3,171 head.

Average price

$176.65

3,171 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$165

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

$0.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	177.09	1,003	130
Medium and Large 1	661	176.63	1,168	3,041

One grade step is worth $0.46/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale3,171 hd

176.65

—

NE average4 barns · 8,178 hd

172.67

+3.98

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

37 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 1-2Unweaned	—	561	173.95/cwt	173.00–174.50	976	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	474	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	901	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	384	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	171.61/cwt	164.00–174.50	1,073	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	160.70/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,106	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	179.22/cwt	177.50–180.75	1,059	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	557	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,145	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	195.76/cwt	189.00–205.50	1,032	527
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	188.78/cwt	183.00–198.50	1,091	524
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	149.19/cwt	147.00–153.50	1,243	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	156.69/cwt	154.25–159.25	1,207	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	187.70/cwt	181.00–192.00	1,166	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	150.99/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,308	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	206.98/cwt	199.00–212.00	946	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	160.15/cwt	154.25–164.75	1,164	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	139.79/cwt	136.50–143.25	1,303	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	210.61/cwt	201.00–213.75	897	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	173.87/cwt	167.25–178.00	1,181	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	209.67/cwt	205.00–211.00	774	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	498	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	842	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	893	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	373	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	140.69/cwt	134.25–146.00	1,075	443
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	173.44/cwt	169.50–177.50	800	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	144.71/cwt	135.00–147.75	1,042	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	150.29/cwt	144.50–154.50	1,016	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	163.29/cwt	158.25–165.25	864	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	133.55/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,104	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	161.11/cwt	157.25–164.00	917	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	154.20/cwt	149.00–158.75	961	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	172.48/cwt	169.00–177.00	726	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	126.61/cwt	125.50–128.50	1,131	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	174.80/cwt	174.50–175.50	669	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	577	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,194	7

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.

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

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Apr 24, 2019

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

Receipts 5,310Last week 3,420Year ago 0

Compared with last week steers traded unevenly steady, and heifers under 500 lbs traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs traded 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Demand was good with several buyers for all consignments of fall and yearling calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	561	173.00–174.50	173.95
23	—	474	190.00	190.00
8	—	384	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	625	164.00–174.50	171.61
20	—	688	160.00–161.00	160.70
17	—	591	177.50–180.75	179.22
6	—	464	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	557	205.50	205.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
527	—	527	189.00–205.50	195.76
524	—	578	183.00–198.50	188.78
412	—	833	147.00–153.50	149.19
346	—	770	154.25–159.25	156.69
305	—	621	181.00–192.00	187.70
211	—	866	143.00–155.00	150.99
194	—	457	199.00–212.00	206.98
150	—	727	154.25–164.75	160.15
131	—	932	136.50–143.25	139.79
71	—	426	201.00–213.75	210.61
70	—	679	167.25–178.00	173.87
22	—	369	205.00–211.00	209.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	498	169.00	169.00
10	—	570	156.75	156.75
6	—	373	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	457	173.50	173.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
443	—	764	134.25–146.00	140.69
209	—	461	169.50–177.50	173.44
208	—	720	135.00–147.75	144.71
204	—	676	144.50–154.50	150.29
190	—	529	158.25–165.25	163.29
169	—	827	130.00–138.00	133.55
168	—	569	157.25–164.00	161.11
135	—	623	149.00–158.75	154.20
74	—	421	169.00–177.00	172.48
43	—	893	125.50–128.50	126.61
27	—	383	174.50–175.50	174.80
14	—	318	181.50	181.50
7	—	951	125.50	125.50

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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