Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steer or heifers. Demand was good with several buyer in the barn today and high internet activity. Next Auction Dates for May 6th and May 13th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.55/cwt on 2,387 head.

Average price

$151.55

2,387 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$198

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

$8.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	160.13	812	100
Medium and Large 1	668	151.17	1,011	2,287

One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale2,387 hd

151.55

—

NE average5 barns · 6,110 hd

139.17

+12.38

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

30 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	—	856	123.95/cwt	115.00–124.25	1,061	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	162.94/cwt	153.75–167.00	955	396
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	157.83/cwt	150.50–161.00	772	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	143.62/cwt	142.00–145.00	669	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	138.29/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,054	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	114.09/cwt	112.75–115.25	1,055	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	148.89/cwt	141.00–154.50	874	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	843	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	995	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	186.87/cwt	180.00–190.00	899	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	173.81/cwt	167.00–179.00	906	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	151.33/cwt	147.75–157.00	1,011	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	164.37/cwt	156.50–171.00	764	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	198.91/cwt	193.00–203.00	814	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	129.86/cwt	129.50–130.25	1,084	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	154.20/cwt	150.00–158.00	648	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	143.50/cwt	138.50–148.00	897	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	157.12/cwt	155.50–161.00	606	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	134.99/cwt	131.00–135.60	1,026	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	137.62/cwt	134.00–140.00	936	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	165.45/cwt	159.00–169.00	515	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	143.80/cwt	138.00–146.00	732	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	137.51/cwt	133.75–141.50	978	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	142.41/cwt	135.50–148.50	822	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	124.93/cwt	124.00–127.00	917	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	141.52/cwt	133.00–146.50	1,023	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	154.48/cwt	150.00–164.75	962	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	182.45/cwt	178.00–184.00	679	19

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 Apr 29, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	856	115.00–124.25	123.95
396	—	586	153.75–167.00	162.94
68	—	762	129.00–142.00	138.29
126	—	925	112.75–115.25	114.09
108	—	481	180.00–190.00	186.87
134	—	521	167.00–179.00	173.81
395	—	668	147.75–157.00	151.33
78	—	409	193.00–203.00	198.91
128	—	835	129.50–130.25	129.86
208	—	723	133.00–146.50	141.52
423	—	623	150.00–164.75	154.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	172.50	172.50
50	—	587	141.00–154.50	148.89
5	—	519	156.00	156.00
20	—	465	156.50–171.00	164.37
19	—	372	178.00–184.00	182.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	843	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	489	150.50–161.00	157.83
64	—	420	150.00–158.00	154.20
154	—	625	138.50–148.00	143.50
42	—	386	155.50–161.00	157.12
118	—	760	131.00–135.60	134.99
179	—	680	134.00–140.00	137.62
17	—	311	159.00–169.00	165.45
77	—	509	138.00–146.00	143.80
167	—	711	133.75–141.50	137.51
287	—	577	135.50–148.50	142.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	466	142.00–145.00	143.62
9	—	623	129.00	129.00
73	—	734	124.00–127.00	124.93

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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