Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago in Bassett, 750-1000 lbs steers traded 2.00 to as much as 12.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was very good for all offerings, with several buyers. Next Auction Dates for October: 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.39/cwt on 1,394 head.

Average price

$147.39

1,394 head · 863 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$8.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	865	147.53	1,276	1,370
Medium and Large 1-2	746	139.38	1,039	24

One grade step is worth $8.15/cwt here — about $237 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 sale1,394 hd

147.39

—

NE average9 barns · 11,473 hd

146.40

+0.98

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

28 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	—	874	131.00/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,145	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	961	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,228	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	140.33/cwt	138.00–142.25	1,349	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	152.45/cwt	148.00–156.00	922	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	749	152.35/cwt	152.35–152.35	1,141	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	144.04/cwt	140.00–146.00	984	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	147.70/cwt	145.00–150.00	690	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	154.15/cwt	147.75–158.50	1,253	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	152.66/cwt	148.50–157.25	1,117	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	887	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,202	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	146.65/cwt	144.00–156.00	902	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,288	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,012	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	143.69/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,263	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	906	139.63/cwt	138.00–141.25	1,265	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,126	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	144.33/cwt	143.00–145.00	843	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,057	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	156.27/cwt	155.50–157.50	1,210	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	832	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,202	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	131.23/cwt	130.50–132.50	1,228	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	137.30/cwt	135.00–139.00	979	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	136.59/cwt	134.00–138.50	1,392	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	145.67/cwt	144.00–150.00	846	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	141.19/cwt	139.50–142.25	1,170	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,264	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	148.15/cwt	136.50–149.00	1,342	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,101	31

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	874	129.00–134.00	131.00
56	—	683	140.00–146.00	144.04
17	—	467	145.00–150.00	147.70
61	—	615	144.00–156.00	146.65
17	—	1,024	125.75	125.75
74	—	775	145.25	145.25
18	—	584	143.00–145.00	144.33
127	—	936	130.50–132.50	131.23
21	—	713	135.00–139.00	137.30
128	—	829	139.50–142.25	141.19
41	—	952	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	961	127.75	127.75
86	—	749	152.35	152.35
136	—	887	135.50	135.50
220	—	906	138.00–141.25	139.63
268	—	832	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	961	138.00–142.25	140.33
35	—	605	148.00–156.00	152.45
309	—	813	147.75–158.50	154.15
81	—	732	148.50–157.25	152.66
131	—	879	139.00–149.00	143.69
142	—	774	155.50–157.50	156.27
180	—	1,019	134.00–138.50	136.59
25	—	581	144.00–150.00	145.67
186	—	906	136.50–149.00	148.15
31	—	697	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	713	142.00	142.00
14	—	769	137.50	137.50

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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