Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offering from two weeks ago, with 850 lbs steers trading 6.00 higher. No comparable offering for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good. Cooler weather in the Sandhills of Nebraska, raining again last evening. Next Auction Date: Aug 21st Special Fall Calf & Yearling Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.70/cwt on 1,079 head.

Average price

$154.70

1,079 head · 836 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$7.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.12

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	840	154.96	1,302	1,042
Medium and Large 1-2	702	147.39	1,035	37

One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $267 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 sale1,079 hd

154.70

—

NE average3 barns · 3,290 hd

150.58

+4.12

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

27 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	142.51/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,037	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	860	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,170	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	166.88/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,038	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	153.06/cwt	142.50–155.25	1,350	526
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	847	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,210	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	780	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,094	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	175.33/cwt	174.50–176.50	989	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	161.38/cwt	152.75–163.25	1,223	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,100	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	823	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,152	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	904	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,433	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	832	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	147.65/cwt	142.75–153.50	927	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,245	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	144.04/cwt	138.00–145.50	1,067	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	781	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	140.91/cwt	135.50–145.00	975	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	945	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,354	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	159.20/cwt	155.00–165.50	927	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	161.42/cwt	161.00–162.50	1,057	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	923	5

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 Aug 7, 2019

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 4,940Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	728	138.00–145.00	142.51
47	—	872	138.75	138.75
21	—	818	134.50	134.50
15	—	549	151.50	151.50
85	—	628	142.75–153.50	147.65
13	—	482	162.00	162.00
64	—	692	135.50–145.00	140.91
7	—	449	171.50	171.50
57	—	582	155.00–165.50	159.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	860	136.00	136.00
62	—	780	140.25	140.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	823	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	750	126.00	126.00
9	—	475	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	622	163.00–171.00	166.88
526	—	882	142.50–155.25	153.06
8	—	448	189.00	189.00
31	—	564	174.50–176.50	175.33
150	—	758	152.75–163.25	161.38
11	—	532	170.00	170.00
120	—	988	145.00	145.00
64	—	819	152.00	152.00
59	—	904	149.75	149.75
39	—	655	161.00–162.50	161.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	741	138.00–145.50	144.04
7	—	681	142.50	142.50
5	—	540	171.00	171.00

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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