Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week a high demand for 500 lbs steers trading 16.00 higher and 550 lbs steers trading 7.00 higher. No comparable offerings for Heifers a trend will not be given. Light snow and colder weather in the area. Total Weigh Ups for the day 425 head. Next Auction Dates for Nov 20th expecting 3000 head, Nov 27th Special Cow and Pair Auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.41/cwt on 1,411 head.

Average price

$172.41

1,411 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$11.83/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	560	173.06	970	1,334
Medium and Large 1-2	553	161.22	892	77

One grade step is worth $11.83/cwt here — about $78 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 sale1,411 hd

172.41

—

NE average11 barns · 16,715 hd

168.44

+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

22 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	—	369	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	627	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	337	168.91/cwt	168.00–171.00	569	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	148.35/cwt	146.00–151.00	844	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	794	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	183.91/cwt	178.50–188.00	883	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	166.81/cwt	163.00–178.50	971	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	579	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	886	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	394	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	648	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	154.40/cwt	151.00–155.00	735	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	710	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	376	195.01/cwt	194.00–196.00	733	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	159.32/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,077	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	180.09/cwt	173.00–183.75	951	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	498	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	819	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	662	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	151.60/cwt	147.00–153.00	787	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	157.50/cwt	153.00–159.50	677	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	188.05/cwt	181.00–201.00	645	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	190.84/cwt	178.00–201.00	830	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	163.44/cwt	158.00–169.25	1,023	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	529	168.83/cwt	166.50–169.75	893	40

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 Nov 13, 2019

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 2,130Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	369	170.00	170.00
8	—	304	172.00	172.00
39	—	406	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	337	168.00–171.00	168.91
59	—	569	146.00–151.00	148.35
8	—	394	164.50	164.50
56	—	476	151.00–155.00	154.40
50	—	519	147.00–153.00	151.60
79	—	430	153.00–159.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	498	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	451	176.00	176.00
9	—	363	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	480	178.50–188.00	183.91
219	—	582	163.00–178.50	166.81
32	—	376	194.00–196.00	195.01
216	—	676	157.00–161.00	159.32
370	—	528	173.00–183.75	180.09
23	—	343	181.00–201.00	188.05
117	—	435	178.00–201.00	190.84
259	—	626	158.00–169.25	163.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	579	153.00	153.00
40	—	529	166.50–169.75	168.83

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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