Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, 700 lbs steers traded 4.00 lower. 400 lbs heifer offerings traded 6.00 lower and 550 to 650 lbs heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers in the barn today. Warm and sunny weather in the area cattle were clean and dry coming through the ring. Next Auction Dates for Feb 5th RJ Cline Bull Auction and Special Feeder Cattle Auction expecting 5000 head. Feb 12th Huffman Bull Auction and Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.13/cwt on 2,867 head.

Average price

$167.13

2,867 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$9.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.18

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	168.09	1,057	2,589
Medium and Large 1-2	597	158.17	944	278

One grade step is worth $9.92/cwt here — about $113 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 sale2,867 hd

167.13

—

NE average9 barns · 19,289 hd

162.95

+4.18

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

33 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 1Replacement	—	644	171.77/cwt	171.00–172.50	1,106	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	580	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,001	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	659	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,097	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	140.94/cwt	140.50–141.25	899	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	157.67/cwt	151.50–164.50	916	605
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	165.30/cwt	164.00–168.00	727	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	145.02/cwt	141.00–149.50	821	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	155.21/cwt	154.00–157.00	802	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,173	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	200.11/cwt	198.00–202.00	864	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	788	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	171.56/cwt	164.00–177.25	992	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	153.12/cwt	149.10–156.50	1,112	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	159.55/cwt	157.25–162.25	1,080	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	973	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	876	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	168.47/cwt	162.75–173.75	1,056	574
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	154.44/cwt	150.50–158.50	962	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	159.65/cwt	159.25–160.00	908	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	174.16/cwt	170.50–176.50	892	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	183.79/cwt	178.25–188.00	963	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	145.84/cwt	145.25–146.50	1,138	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	197.62/cwt	191.00–200.00	947	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	164.06/cwt	150.00–168.00	855	436
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	153.86/cwt	152.00–158.50	948	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	166.32/cwt	162.00–173.00	790	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	148.32/cwt	142.50–153.00	997	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	171.20/cwt	164.00–175.00	652	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,104	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	997	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	650	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	1,107	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	448	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	883	10

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 5,550Last week 3,405Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	644	171.00–172.50	171.77
94	—	580	172.50	172.50
80	—	659	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	638	140.50–141.25	140.94
10	—	472	150.00	150.00
59	—	440	164.00–168.00	165.30
52	—	566	141.00–149.50	145.02
27	—	517	154.00–157.00	155.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
605	—	581	151.50–164.50	157.67
436	—	521	150.00–168.00	164.06
302	—	616	152.00–158.50	153.86
199	—	475	162.00–173.00	166.32
176	—	672	142.50–153.00	148.32
68	—	381	164.00–175.00	171.20
14	—	703	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	823	142.50	142.50
50	—	432	198.00–202.00	200.11
22	—	388	203.00	203.00
471	—	578	164.00–177.25	171.56
405	—	726	149.10–156.50	153.12
327	—	677	157.25–162.25	159.55
574	—	627	162.75–173.75	168.47
228	—	524	178.25–188.00	183.79
148	—	780	145.25–146.50	145.84
115	—	479	191.00–200.00	197.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	671	145.00	145.00
10	—	471	186.00	186.00
151	—	623	150.50–158.50	154.44
63	—	569	159.25–160.00	159.65
31	—	512	170.50–176.50	174.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	515	193.50	193.50
79	—	650	170.25	170.25
10	—	448	197.00	197.00

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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