Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 500 to 550 lbs steers trading unevenly steady , 850 lbs steers traded 3.00 lower and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was moderate to good with an active internet. Next Auction Dates for Dec. 2nd and 9th Special Calf and Yearling Auctions

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.90/cwt on 1,070 head.

Average price

$144.90

1,070 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$398

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

$10.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.21

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	414	155.00	642	12thin
Medium and Large 1	718	144.79	1,040	1,058

One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about −$398 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 sale1,070 hd

144.90

—

NE average9 barns · 8,376 hd

146.11

−1.21

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

31 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	—	438	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	172.71/cwt	170.00–176.00	663	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	996	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	977	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	157.61/cwt	156.00–159.50	736	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,119	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	815	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,131	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	781	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	643	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	958	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	861	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	938	130.00/cwt	129.75–130.50	1,219	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	792	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,079	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	840	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,222	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	878	138.12/cwt	137.25–139.00	1,213	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	161.01/cwt	157.50–161.75	934	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	151.61/cwt	144.00–154.50	791	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,341	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	171.36/cwt	165.00–179.00	905	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	730	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,135	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,021	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	146.83/cwt	143.00–150.00	837	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,058	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	155.73/cwt	153.00–156.00	942	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	150.55/cwt	145.00–152.50	992	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	642	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	139.09/cwt	137.00–141.50	890	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	146.28/cwt	144.50–148.50	935	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	147.21/cwt	143.50–150.00	1,282	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,245	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	135.61/cwt	135.50–135.75	1,025	56

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 Nov 25, 2020

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

Receipts 1,870Last week 2,810Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	162.00	162.00
22	—	384	170.00–176.00	172.71
23	—	730	136.50	136.50
30	—	699	139.75	139.75
32	—	467	156.00–159.50	157.61
38	—	829	135.00	135.00
125	—	522	144.00–154.50	151.61
79	—	570	143.00–150.00	146.83
58	—	640	137.00–141.50	139.09
56	—	756	135.50–135.75	135.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	815	138.75	138.75
80	—	938	129.75–130.50	130.00
24	—	792	136.25	136.25
130	—	878	137.25–139.00	138.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	643	149.00	149.00
71	—	840	145.50	145.50
160	—	730	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	414	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	435	179.50	179.50
19	—	492	175.00	175.00
114	—	580	157.50–161.75	161.01
64	—	975	137.50	137.50
152	—	528	165.00–179.00	171.36
11	—	714	143.00	143.00
44	—	605	153.00–156.00	155.73
56	—	659	145.00–152.50	150.55
118	—	871	143.50–150.00	147.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	764	138.50	138.50
5	—	400	171.00	171.00
25	—	639	144.50–148.50	146.28
21	—	891	139.75	139.75

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