Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week smaller lots of calves on offer with 500 to 700 lbs steers trading 4.00 to 9.00 lower and heifers 550 to 650 lbs trading steady. Demand was moderate to good with rain showers in the area. Next Auction Dates Jan 29th Special Feeder Auction, No Weigh Ups. Feb 5th Bull Auction and Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.75/cwt on 2,217 head.

Average price

$167.75

2,217 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$5.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	168.63	1,054	1,862
Medium and Large 1-2	618	163.18	1,008	355

One grade step is worth $5.44/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 sale2,217 hd

167.75

—

NE average10 barns · 17,449 hd

169.19

−1.43

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

27 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	—	621	151.16/cwt	144.00–157.50	939	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	640	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,069	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	721	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,067	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	172.90/cwt	166.25–185.50	999	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	157.38/cwt	150.50–160.00	1,121	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	154.92/cwt	150.50–163.50	902	406
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	150.43/cwt	144.00–156.75	987	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	172.75/cwt	166.50–179.50	833	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	174.54/cwt	173.00–178.00	909	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	153.86/cwt	152.00–155.50	1,054	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	201.35/cwt	195.00–205.00	848	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,210	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	780	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	159.64/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,092	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	184.43/cwt	181.00–189.50	885	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	144.91/cwt	141.50–151.50	1,119	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	162.26/cwt	162.00–162.50	948	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,063	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	169.92/cwt	164.00–176.50	1,047	509
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	161.60/cwt	157.50–163.50	1,031	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	184.78/cwt	183.00–188.50	981	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	178.36/cwt	170.00–181.00	776	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	156.24/cwt	152.25–160.00	831	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	137.84/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,115	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,010	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,071	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	634	12

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 3,405Last week 5,570Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	621	144.00–157.50	151.16
406	—	582	150.50–163.50	154.92
219	—	656	144.00–156.75	150.43
177	—	482	166.50–179.50	172.75
83	—	435	170.00–181.00	178.36
69	—	532	152.25–160.00	156.24
62	—	809	137.00–138.00	137.84
29	—	716	141.00	141.00
21	—	768	139.50	139.50
12	—	352	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	640	167.00	167.00
29	—	721	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	578	166.25–185.50	172.90
164	—	712	150.50–160.00	157.38
88	—	421	195.00–205.00	201.35
70	—	804	150.50	150.50
17	—	353	221.00	221.00
412	—	684	155.00–165.00	159.64
111	—	480	181.00–189.50	184.43
108	—	772	141.50–151.50	144.91
509	—	616	164.00–176.50	169.92
131	—	531	183.00–188.50	184.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	521	173.00–178.00	174.54
23	—	685	152.00–155.50	153.86
23	—	584	162.00–162.50	162.26
15	—	711	149.50	149.50
224	—	638	157.50–163.50	161.60

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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