Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparable offerings from last week include 600 to 650 lbs steers trading 3.00 to 8.00 lower, 555 lbs heifers traded 5.00 lower. High demand and active trade for lots of Fancy Sandhill raised offerings, . Next auction Dec. 17th Weigh Up Auction starting at 3:00 pm, Dec. 18th Holiday Special Bred Cow Heifer Auction starting at 9:00 am

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.03/cwt on 3,158 head.

Average price

$168.03

3,158 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$1.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	168.12	1,009	2,931
Medium and Large 1-2	497	166.94	829	227

One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about $180 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 sale3,158 hd

168.03

—

NE average11 barns · 17,277 hd

167.35

+0.69

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

34 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 1Fancy	—	617	173.03/cwt	171.75–174.00	1,068	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	178.02/cwt	175.00–180.25	984	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	680	164.54/cwt	163.00–165.50	1,119	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	567	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	166.05/cwt	164.50–167.50	692	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	933	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	645	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.18/cwt	161.00–167.00	773	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	142.10/cwt	140.50–144.00	874	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	714	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	155.03/cwt	154.75–155.50	1,104	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	189.28/cwt	180.50–191.00	918	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	183.30/cwt	178.50–190.75	955	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	201.97/cwt	200.00–206.00	778	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	149.59/cwt	143.00–153.50	1,153	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	169.06/cwt	135.00–188.00	717	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	156.86/cwt	156.00–158.00	885	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	157.00/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,052	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	164.25/cwt	160.00–170.00	943	540
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	963	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	163.80/cwt	154.00–169.00	855	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	172.93/cwt	170.00–177.50	821	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	162.28/cwt	156.00–170.00	1,017	608
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	188.21/cwt	181.00–191.00	723	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	826	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	157.66/cwt	150.00–164.75	804	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.47/cwt	141.00–148.50	826	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	160.99/cwt	160.00–161.50	676	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	148.79/cwt	145.00–166.00	510	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.81/cwt	142.00–152.50	690	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	141.67/cwt	141.00–143.00	725	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	968	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	897	52

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	617	171.75–174.00	173.03
190	—	553	175.00–180.25	178.02
279	—	680	163.00–165.50	164.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	329	217.00	217.00
24	—	712	154.75–155.50	155.03
136	—	485	180.50–191.00	189.28
331	—	521	178.50–190.75	183.30
17	—	385	200.00–206.00	201.97
75	—	771	143.00–153.50	149.59
415	—	670	150.00–160.50	157.00
540	—	574	160.00–170.00	164.25
608	—	627	156.00–170.00	162.28
58	—	413	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	424	135.00–188.00	169.06
41	—	564	156.00–158.00	156.86
10	—	653	147.50	147.50
49	—	522	154.00–169.00	163.80
53	—	475	170.00–177.50	172.93
11	—	605	150.00	150.00
26	—	384	181.00–191.00	188.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	663	146.00	146.00
52	—	554	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	313	181.00	181.00
19	—	417	164.50–167.50	166.05
24	—	655	142.50	142.50
34	—	377	171.00	171.00
68	—	468	161.00–167.00	165.18
77	—	615	140.50–144.00	142.10
82	—	510	150.00–164.75	157.66
132	—	564	141.00–148.50	146.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	420	160.00–161.50	160.99
31	—	343	145.00–166.00	148.79
59	—	470	142.00–152.50	146.81
59	—	512	141.00–143.00	141.67

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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