Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 800 to 950 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and 700 to 750 lbs heifers traded 4.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Sept 9th Special Fall Calf and Yearling Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.85/cwt on 1,936 head.

Average price

$146.85

1,936 head · 865 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$376

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

$5.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

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	589	152.00	895	7thin
Medium and Large 1	866	146.83	1,271	1,929

One grade step is worth $5.17/cwt here — about −$376 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 sale1,936 hd

146.85

—

NE average5 barns · 8,900 hd

147.88

−1.03

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

28 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	—	532	175.23/cwt	173.25–178.00	932	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	136.03/cwt	135.25–136.75	1,398	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,193	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	148.79/cwt	143.50–150.25	1,226	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	878	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	167.72/cwt	164.00–170.50	1,043	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	895	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	173.73/cwt	167.00–176.00	973	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	142.17/cwt	137.00–146.75	1,316	522
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	157.78/cwt	154.50–159.50	1,158	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	144.92/cwt	137.00–147.50	1,275	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	152.24/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,017	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	138.63/cwt	132.50–143.25	1,345	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	133.85/cwt	129.50–134.50	1,175	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	841	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,158	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.82/cwt	164.00–169.00	876	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	620	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	6,696	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	150.99/cwt	148.00–152.00	959	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	131.65/cwt	130.00–133.25	1,212	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	159.44/cwt	152.50–163.00	931	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	143.70/cwt	142.00–145.50	1,027	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.99/cwt	148.50–151.50	876	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	156.67/cwt	155.00–164.00	776	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	143.20/cwt	139.00–145.10	1,106	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	145.94/cwt	143.50–146.50	1,001	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,086	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	136.52/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,117	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	883	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,183	64

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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Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Aug 26, 2020

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

Receipts 3,025Last week 3,210Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	532	173.25–178.00	175.23
223	—	1,028	135.25–136.75	136.03
23	—	755	158.00	158.00
132	—	824	143.50–150.25	148.79
17	—	481	182.50	182.50
114	—	622	164.00–170.50	167.72
84	—	560	167.00–176.00	173.73
522	—	926	137.00–146.75	142.17
75	—	734	154.50–159.50	157.78
381	—	880	137.00–147.50	144.92
66	—	668	151.00–155.00	152.24
264	—	970	132.50–143.25	138.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	878	129.50–134.50	133.85
52	—	525	164.00–169.00	166.82
51	—	635	148.00–152.00	150.99
103	—	921	130.00–133.25	131.65
37	—	584	152.50–163.00	159.44
103	—	715	142.00–145.50	143.70
27	—	495	155.00–164.00	156.67
101	—	772	139.00–145.10	143.20
13	—	660	164.50	164.50
86	—	818	134.00–139.00	136.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	841	137.75	137.75
64	—	883	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	620	1,080.00	1,080.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	580	148.50–151.50	150.99
26	—	686	143.50–146.50	145.94

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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