Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 600 lbs steers traded unevenly steady. Not enough comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with high internet activity. Next Auction Date: Nov 27th Special Bred Cow and Pair Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.54/cwt on 1,711 head.

Average price

$166.54

1,711 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$8.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.79

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	166.90	1,004	1,636
Medium and Large 1-2	604	158.58	958	75

One grade step is worth $8.33/cwt here — about $46 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 sale1,711 hd

166.54

—

NE average8 barns · 13,115 hd

167.33

−0.79

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

48 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 1-2Unweaned	—	536	146.97/cwt	145.00–151.00	788	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	157.07/cwt	156.50–158.25	754	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	164.11/cwt	161.00–165.50	701	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	880	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	149.64/cwt	143.50–151.50	839	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	789	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	145.93/cwt	142.50–149.00	1,360	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	149.75/cwt	143.00–153.00	943	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,236	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	163.13/cwt	153.00–166.75	1,005	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	158.57/cwt	155.75–160.25	1,086	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	342	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	658	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	158.19/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,014	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	772	163.81/cwt	159.25–168.50	1,265	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	731	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,202	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	138.05/cwt	137.50–139.00	860	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	145.72/cwt	144.00–147.00	839	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	394	165.22/cwt	165.00–166.50	651	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	543	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	153.26/cwt	148.00–157.75	1,266	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,098	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,372	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	648	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,098	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	162.12/cwt	154.25–166.00	850	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	160.19/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,091	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	744	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,045	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	190.31/cwt	186.00–194.25	813	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	162.67/cwt	157.00–165.75	934	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	920	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,394	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	952	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	157.03/cwt	144.00–160.00	1,132	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	162.91/cwt	157.75–165.50	1,127	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	712	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	979	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	160.44/cwt	159.00–161.00	821	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,034	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	730	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	827	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,362	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,151	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	159.38/cwt	156.00–166.00	896	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	201.84/cwt	201.50–202.00	757	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	185.86/cwt	181.00–188.50	861	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	178.94/cwt	175.00–182.75	929	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	779	24

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 20, 2019

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Receipts 3,245Last week 1,675Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	536	145.00–151.00	146.97
14	—	623	137.50–139.00	138.05
18	—	485	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	575	149.00	149.00
19	—	689	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	480	156.50–158.25	157.07
55	—	427	161.00–165.50	164.11
9	—	607	145.00	145.00
119	—	576	144.00–147.00	145.72
72	—	394	165.00–166.50	165.22
15	—	331	164.00	164.00
25	—	712	137.50	137.50
75	—	512	159.00–161.00	160.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	561	143.50–151.50	149.64
32	—	508	155.25	155.25
17	—	932	142.50–149.00	145.93
140	—	826	148.00–157.75	153.26
44	—	760	144.50	144.50
24	—	968	141.75	141.75
7	—	1,012	137.75	137.75
25	—	643	148.00	148.00
79	—	721	144.00–160.00	157.03
224	—	692	157.75–165.50	162.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	630	143.00–153.00	149.75
16	—	543	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	832	148.50	148.50
24	—	472	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	616	153.00–166.75	163.13
52	—	685	155.75–160.25	158.57
10	—	342	192.50	192.50
28	—	744	140.50	140.50
86	—	427	186.00–194.25	190.31
219	—	574	157.00–165.75	162.67
21	—	375	201.50–202.00	201.84
56	—	463	181.00–188.50	185.86
202	—	519	175.00–182.75	178.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	641	153.00–160.00	158.19
8	—	468	180.00	180.00
7	—	369	188.00	188.00
93	—	524	154.25–166.00	162.12
183	—	681	150.00–164.00	160.19
5	—	447	181.00	181.00
17	—	752	153.00	153.00
153	—	562	156.00–166.00	159.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	772	159.25–168.50	163.81
27	—	731	164.50	164.50
80	—	648	169.50	169.50
31	—	827	164.75	164.75

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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