Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with a high demand for replacement quality heifers. Colder weather in the area. Next Auction dates for Jan 22nd and 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.46/cwt on 3,100 head.

Average price

$173.46

3,100 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	174.25	1,094	2,792
Medium and Large 1-2	571	166.98	954	288
Medium 1-2	548	156.75	859	20

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $234 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 sale3,100 hd

173.46

—

NE average11 barns · 23,090 hd

164.68

+8.78

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

35 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 1-2	—	580	161.85/cwt	160.50–165.00	939	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	164.99/cwt	157.00–166.50	1,046	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	171.83/cwt	165.00–172.50	883	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	158.22/cwt	157.25–161.00	1,201	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	792	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	193.75/cwt	193.75–193.75	1,073	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	600	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,086	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	756	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,244	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	639	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	161.28/cwt	160.00–162.00	792	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	164.00/cwt	160.00–169.50	708	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	143.32/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,035	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	161.75/cwt	158.00–164.25	859	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	174.61/cwt	173.00–176.00	828	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	194.09/cwt	192.00–197.50	1,042	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	161.78/cwt	159.50–163.00	1,158	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	177.08/cwt	170.00–183.50	1,031	374
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	175.37/cwt	168.50–178.25	1,093	575
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	166.53/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,121	736
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,014	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	911	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	492	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	812	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	594	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	891	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	206.04/cwt	200.00–212.00	762	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	190.84/cwt	186.00–196.00	838	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	184.66/cwt	180.00–186.50	901	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	151.09/cwt	146.50–156.00	944	598
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	156.30/cwt	150.00–158.50	902	641
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	901	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	835	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	154.23/cwt	152.00–155.00	808	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	150.56/cwt	148.00–156.50	1,028	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	647	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,035	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	661	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,051	94

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 Jan 15, 2020

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

Receipts 5,570Last week 6,865Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	580	160.50–165.00	161.85
97	—	634	157.00–166.50	164.99
109	—	514	165.00–172.50	171.83
11	—	474	173.00–176.00	174.61
8	—	654	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	759	157.25–161.00	158.22
200	—	537	192.00–197.50	194.09
251	—	716	159.50–163.00	161.78
374	—	582	170.00–183.50	177.08
575	—	623	168.50–178.25	175.37
736	—	673	160.00–170.00	166.53
21	—	370	200.00–212.00	206.04
69	—	439	186.00–196.00	190.84
96	—	488	180.00–186.50	184.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	554	193.75	193.75
171	—	600	181.00	181.00
70	—	756	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	492	165.00	165.00
11	—	594	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	451	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	315	169.00	169.00
16	—	376	170.00	170.00
38	—	491	160.00–162.00	161.28
83	—	432	160.00–169.50	164.00
85	—	722	143.00–144.00	143.32
441	—	531	158.00–164.25	161.75
598	—	625	146.50–156.00	151.09
641	—	577	150.00–158.50	156.30
188	—	683	148.00–156.50	150.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	143.00	143.00
14	—	653	138.00	138.00
23	—	574	145.50	145.50
31	—	524	152.00–155.00	154.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	647	160.00	160.00
94	—	661	159.00	159.00

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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