Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 to 700 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, 550 lbs heifers traded 2.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs heifers traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good, with record low temperatures in the area. Feb 24th Special Feeder Cattle Auction to start at 11:00 am ,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.30/cwt on 1,288 head.

Average price

$144.30

1,288 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$9.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	145.16	937	1,175
Medium and Large 1-2	646	135.37	875	113

One grade step is worth $9.79/cwt here — about $62 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 sale1,288 hd

144.30

—

NE average4 barns · 4,701 hd

143.60

+0.69

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

22 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 1Fleshy	—	730	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	913	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	160.69/cwt	160.00–161.00	783	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	159.25/cwt	158.00–160.00	822	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,093	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	133.64/cwt	126.00–135.25	1,020	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	154.06/cwt	150.00–156.00	881	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	173.64/cwt	172.50–174.50	806	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	175.68/cwt	174.00–176.50	1,010	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	145.42/cwt	135.50–147.00	1,054	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	141.55/cwt	132.25–147.00	1,009	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	180.20/cwt	175.50–186.00	962	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	918	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	159.01/cwt	154.75–166.25	997	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	138.29/cwt	137.50–140.50	936	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	147.96/cwt	144.00–150.50	932	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	157.39/cwt	152.50–164.50	1,037	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,117	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	890	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	136.41/cwt	136.25–137.50	872	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	171.05/cwt	170.00–173.00	900	23

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 Feb 17, 2021

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

Receipts 2,200Last week 3,455Year ago 3,455

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	730	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	437	160.00	160.00
22	—	487	160.00–161.00	160.69
49	—	516	158.00–160.00	159.25
64	—	833	131.25	131.25
87	—	763	126.00–135.25	133.64
377	—	572	150.00–156.00	154.06
118	—	713	132.25–147.00	141.55
160	—	677	137.50–140.50	138.29
207	—	630	144.00–150.50	147.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	687	129.50	129.50
96	—	639	136.25–137.50	136.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	464	172.50–174.50	173.64
154	—	575	174.00–176.50	175.68
158	—	725	135.50–147.00	145.42
90	—	534	175.50–186.00	180.20
151	—	627	154.75–166.25	159.01
181	—	659	152.50–164.50	157.39
72	—	780	143.25	143.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	374	184.50	184.50
11	—	651	141.00	141.00
23	—	526	170.00–173.00	171.05

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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