Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with an active internet. Next Auction Dates Dec 16th Special Calves and Yearlings. Tuesday Dec 22 Special weigh up auction, Wed, Dec. 23rd Holiday Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.05/cwt on 1,818 head.

Average price

$165.05

1,818 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$10.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	165.73	1,050	1,700
Medium and Large 1-2	614	155.36	954	118

One grade step is worth $10.37/cwt here — about $97 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 sale1,818 hd

165.05

—

NE average11 barns · 16,939 hd

165.40

−0.35

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,173	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,002	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,016	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,246	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	767	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	604	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	795	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	982	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	827	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,079	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	151.05/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,104	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	157.32/cwt	150.50–159.00	1,054	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	181.45/cwt	176.00–185.25	944	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	170.66/cwt	161.00–173.00	971	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	794	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	167.07/cwt	166.25–168.50	718	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	698	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,017	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	603	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	929	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	663	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,147	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	158.75/cwt	155.00–162.00	891	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	154.56/cwt	153.00–155.75	977	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	187.67/cwt	181.00–190.00	871	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	135.21/cwt	133.50–137.00	1,320	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,246	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	188.47/cwt	180.00–199.00	792	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	141.82/cwt	140.00–143.00	825	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	166.18/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,055	506
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	790	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	807	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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Receipts 2,405Last week 2,035Year ago 3,600

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	889	132.00	132.00
7	—	768	130.50	130.50
12	—	677	150.00	150.00
17	—	930	134.00	134.00
24	—	484	158.50	158.50
25	—	343	176.00	176.00
63	—	504	157.50	157.50
67	—	430	166.25–168.50	167.07
46	—	582	140.00–143.00	141.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	795	123.50	123.50
16	—	827	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	698	145.75	145.75
23	—	603	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	539	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	731	145.00–154.00	151.05
180	—	670	150.50–159.00	157.32
200	—	520	176.00–185.25	181.45
294	—	569	161.00–173.00	170.66
25	—	328	202.00	202.00
29	—	784	146.25	146.25
80	—	464	181.00–190.00	187.67
126	—	976	133.50–137.00	135.21
30	—	923	135.00	135.00
73	—	420	180.00–199.00	188.47
506	—	635	159.00–172.00	166.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	561	155.00–162.00	158.75
95	—	632	153.00–155.75	154.56
10	—	509	158.50	158.50

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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