Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 12.00 lower heifer offerings traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Jan 20th and 27th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.80/cwt on 2,056 head.

Average price

$159.80

2,056 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$99

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

$7.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.16

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	539	167.05	901	19thin
Medium and Large 1	626	159.73	1,000	2,037

One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale2,056 hd

159.80

—

NE average11 barns · 27,256 hd

151.64

+8.16

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	—	476	162.54/cwt	161.00–165.00	774	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	715	155.72/cwt	151.50–159.00	1,113	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	577	175.39/cwt	175.00–175.75	1,012	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	164.75/cwt	163.50–166.00	626	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,092	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,004	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.38/cwt	162.00–174.50	725	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	562	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	896	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	784	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	188.70/cwt	185.00–192.50	881	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	144.41/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,057	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	179.09/cwt	172.00–188.00	928	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	150.74/cwt	145.75–156.25	924	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	161.37/cwt	152.00–165.25	854	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	661	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,038	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	629	163.38/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,028	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	163.68/cwt	158.50–169.50	941	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	136.68/cwt	130.50–138.00	1,039	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	848	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,103	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	138.91/cwt	134.75–141.00	932	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	151.13/cwt	143.50–153.50	892	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	161.76/cwt	156.00–163.50	1,027	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	148.28/cwt	142.50–152.00	982	597
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	136.65/cwt	133.50–139.00	866	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	749	5

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 13, 2021

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

Receipts 3,780Last week 4,730Year ago 5,570

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	476	161.00–165.00	162.54
21	—	380	163.50–166.00	164.75
25	—	860	127.00	127.00
52	—	722	139.00	139.00
74	—	428	162.00–174.50	169.38
185	—	613	145.75–156.25	150.74
209	—	529	152.00–165.25	161.37
177	—	671	134.75–141.00	138.91
163	—	590	143.50–153.50	151.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	715	151.50–159.00	155.72
39	—	562	159.50	159.50
54	—	661	157.00	157.00
175	—	629	162.00–166.00	163.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	634	133.50–139.00	136.65
5	—	477	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	577	175.00–175.75	175.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	406	193.00	193.00
142	—	467	185.00–192.50	188.70
241	—	732	139.00–149.00	144.41
260	—	518	172.00–188.00	179.09
153	—	575	158.50–169.50	163.68
94	—	760	130.50–138.00	136.68
66	—	801	137.75	137.75
8	—	388	189.00	189.00
265	—	635	156.00–163.50	161.76
597	—	662	142.50–152.00	148.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	654	141.00	141.00
11	—	456	186.00	186.00

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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